“Who is Superman’s greatest foe?” Ask anyone, and nine out of ten will say Lex Luthor. And that’s accurate; the billionaire genius has long been the Man of Steel’s most notable nemesis. But just as consistently, the alien android Brainiac has been his second most popular villain for decades. And yet, he’s never appeared in a live-action film, even after seven Superman films . Imagine if, by the time of The Dark Knight Rises , all we’d seen on screen fighting Batman was Joker and Riddler. See why it’s so absurd? But why is Brainiac so important to the Superman mythos, and thus long overdue for cinematic treatment? For that, we’ve got to get into the character’s history, which goes back to DC Comics’ Silver Age.

The Silver Age Brainiac, Superman’s Alien Enemy

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