Brainiac 4
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Brainiac 4 is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Fictional character biography
[edit]Pre-Zero Hour/Post-Infinite Crisis
[edit]| Brainiac 4 | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Adventure Comics #335 (August 1965) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Kajz Dox |
| Species | Coluan |
| Place of origin | Colu |
| Abilities | "Twelfth-level" intelligence |
The Silver Age version of Brainiac 4 is Kajz Dox, the father of Querl Dox (Brainiac 5), who died when Querl was a child.[1][2]
Post-Zero Hour
[edit]| Brainiac 4 | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Legion of Super-Heroes #107 (August 1998) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Coluan |
| Place of origin | Colu |
| Team affiliations | Dark Circle |
The second Brainiac 4 first appears in Legion of Super-Heroes #107 (August 1998). This incarnation is Brainiac 5's mother and the leader of the Dark Circle who joined them to alleviate her longtime lack of emotion. After being defeated by the Legion, she is committed to an asylum.
In Mark Waid's Legion of Super-Heroes reboot, Brainiac 4 is one of several Coluans who are infected with a mind-altering illness during an attack on the United Planets.
In other media
[edit]Brainiac 4 appears in Legion of Super-Heroes (2023), voiced by Robbie Daymond.[3] This version is a clone of Brainiac and member of the Dark Circle who was created to steal the Miracle Machine. After his failure to do so, Brainiac fuses him into himself, but Brainiac 5 later manipulates Brainiac 4 and his fellow clones into fighting and killing one another from the inside.
References
[edit]- ^ Adventure Comics #356 (May 1967)
- ^ Adventure Comics vol. 2 #8 / vol. 1 #511 (May 2010). DC Comics.
- ^ Couch, Aaron (October 13, 2022). "DC's Legion of Super-Heroes Sets Voice Cast With Meg Donnelly and Harry Shum Jr. to Star (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
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