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55-700: Following the Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! continuity reboot, a new Legion continuity was created, beginning with a retelling of the origin story starting in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #0 and then continued in spin-off sister series Legionnaires #0 (both released in October 1994). Several members from the previous continuity are given new codenames and several new heroes are added, including XS , Sensor , Kinetix , and Gates . While in some ways following

110-538: A child, he was cared for by robots and given almost no contact with other living people, developing no social skills. Having created a method of traveling back to the 20th century, leading to the Legion's rescue of Valor , Brainiac 5 was arrested for unauthorized time-travel. He was later pardoned when R.J. Brande became President of the United Planets . In addition to having a crush on Andromeda, Brainiac 5 had

165-517: A group of Legionnaires disappear through a spatial rift and struggle to return home. The ensuing limited series Legion Worlds (2001) showed what was happening back in the United Planets during their absence. A new series, The Legion , is launched in which the Legion reunites and gains a new base and purpose. Written for its first 33 issues by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning , the series was cancelled with issue #38. The most notable addition to

220-484: A mental institution (the energies of the Machine having driven Matter-Eater Lad insane). Brainiac 5 eventually recovers his sanity and rejoins the group. Shortly afterward, however, he is accused of having murdered Ultra Boy's ex-girlfriend himself. To prove his innocence, he finds Stargrave and defeats him. He later manages to cure Matter-Eater Lad's insanity. Around this time, he corrects another of his mistakes by finding

275-406: A race of digitalized aliens while connected to the cyberspace , creates a new body for Dream Girl, imprinting her personality, into the cloned body. Successful in his attempt, that, despite Nura's previsions, even restored her lost sight, Brainiac 5 happily extends to all the legionnaires his invitation to their marriage, holding hands with his resurrected soon-to-be bride Unbeknownst to Brainiac 5,

330-420: A relationship, but the couple eventually separated and she became the common law wife of Rond Vidar (a Legion ally and Green Lantern who had been a close friend of Brainiac 5). Brainiac 5 joined other Legionnaires in searching for the space pirate Roxxas, and was present when the team officially reformed. The reassembled Legion repelled a Khund invasion fleet, and confronted Darkseid , but shortly thereafter,

385-534: A robot duplicate of her in his sleep, convincing himself this was the real Supergirl. The Legion encountered Pulsar Stargrave, a villain who convinced Brainiac 5 that he was the Coluan's long-lost father. Brainiac 5 joined Stargrave to battle the sorcerer Mordru , but the android's influence would haunt him long after that. It was claimed in Superboy #225 that Stargrave was actually the original Brainiac android, but

440-434: A secret stash of lustful holo-collection featuring Andromeda herself, Dreamer (Nura Nal) , Spark (Ayla Ranzz) and another fellow legionary whose alias begins with "In-" (obviously Invisible Kid ), and probably others. Before that, in a moment of rare emotional outburst, Brainy kisses Lyle's cheek as he finds him again, and right after he feels embarrassed. Brainiac 5 was one of a number of Legionnaires who were trapped in

495-476: A virulent disease that had afflicted an entire planet and crippled the former Lightning Lad, Garth Ranzz . Soon after the start of Legion (vol. 4) a retcon removed the Superman family of characters almost completely from Legion continuity. Supergirl was replaced by Laurel Gand , a Daxamite descendant of Lar Gand 's brother. Unlike Supergirl, she was a native of the 30th century. Brainiac 5 and Laurel did have

550-515: A way of controlling Computo. Brainiac 5 enters a state of deep melancholy upon the thousand-year anniversary of Supergirl's death at the hands of the Anti-Monitor during Crisis on Infinite Earths . However, as the Crisis eliminated Supergirl from existence, Brainiac 5 (as well as everyone else) has no recollection of her. Beyond this, however, Brainiac 5's history was relatively unaffected by

605-465: A wrenching experience for someone used to suppressing emotion. It was later revealed that, even amongst Coluans, Querl Dox had been something of a loner, due to his even higher intelligence, interest in practical experiments rather than "pure" thought, and lack of concern about the consequences of his experiments. It was also revealed that his mother, Brainiac 4 , had abandoned him at birth, having no emotional attachment whatsoever to her newborn child. As

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660-651: Is a character appearing in media published by DC Comics , primarily as a member of the 30th–31st centuries's Legion of Super-Heroes . She is the granddaughter of Barry Allen (the second superhero known as the Flash ), and cousin of Bart Allen (the second Kid Flash ). Her first appearance is in Legionnaires #0 (Oct 1994). Jessica Parker Kennedy portrayed a variation of the character in The CW Arrowverse television series The Flash . Jenni Ognats

715-440: Is just as arrogant and unthinking of others as the previous version was initially, but is more politically savvy. He has a tendency to put plans in motion without consulting Legion leader Cosmic Boy , who suspects him of planning a coup. He also has problems with Dream Girl as he hates that she is able to predict the future without scientific means. "Brainy" was also unnerved when she told him that they would one day marry. When she

770-503: Is not the leader of the Justice Legion L (that duty fell to Cosmicbot ), but is one of the most valuable members, and is shown to have integrated his technologies to the point where he can jump back a thousand years to recruit an earlier version of Superboy for the purposes of saving the day. In volume 5 of the Legion of Super-Heroes title, Brainiac 5 is portrayed as similar to his ancestor Vril Dox II in L.E.G.I.O.N. . He

825-554: Is stealing and bottling cities, an act usually committed by Brainiac, but is here only named "the Collector". A younger Brainiac 5 appears briefly during Justice League (vol. 3) (2017) by Bryan Hitch, though unconnected to the Legion. He is also not referred to by his name, only as the "brainy kid" by Cyborg. After analyzing the Timeless technology with specialized contacts, he lends Cyborg his prototype flight bracelet, marked with

880-501: Is the granddaughter of Barry Allen , and was born in the 30th century. After her Speed Force abilities activate, Jenni joins the Legion of Super-Heroes as XS. During the Legion's first trip to the 20th century, XS is separated from them and meets her cousin, Bart Allen / Impulse . She eventually returns to her time via the Cosmic Treadmill . After the Legion disbands during Legion Lost , XS and Star Boy travel to

935-473: The Flash . At the end of the storyline, Brainiac 5 is seen holding one of the lightning rods the Legionnaires used on 21st century Earth , and told his teammates that the Legion had gotten what it came for. This Brainiac 5's agenda does not end there, however; in the pages of Countdown , Una arrives in the present to stop Karate Kid from returning to the 31st century, explaining that Brainiac 5 says

990-638: The " Five Year Gap ". Five years after the end of the "Magic Wars", things had radically changed for the heroes, most notably the disbanding of the Legion and an ongoing war with the Khund Empire, which had resulted in Earth's government (Earthgov) signing a deal with the Dominators . When Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) began, Brainiac 5 was dedicated to finding a cure to the Validus Plague,

1045-569: The ".1" from his name thereafter. Eventually, using his teammate Shikari 's tracking skills and an interdimensional doorway they'd earlier found, but been forced to leave, he did get them home. Upon their return, Brainiac began developing a replacement for the Stargates, based on the "threshold" doorway they had used to return from the Lost Galaxy. Restoring the connection to the planet Xanthu, they learned that it had been at war with Robotica,

1100-470: The "robot homeworld", until they mysteriously disappeared. Robotica's leader was revealed as C.O.M.P.U.T.O. A strike team was launched against it, but Brainiac 5 tricked it into upgrading itself, so it no longer sought vengeance. It was revealed that the Coluans disapproved of artificial intelligence, however, and Brainiac 5 was made a pariah on his homeworld for saving machine-life from destruction. During

1155-466: The 20th century, he also encountered his ancestors, Brainiac and Vril Dox II, as well as the post-Crisis Supergirl. Ironically, he was attracted to Supergirl due to her similarity to Andromeda. Upon his return, he was part of a team that investigated a mysterious space anomaly. The anomaly "upgraded" him: he was now more considerate of others, and had vastly improved people skills. He also internalized his force shield apparatus. Following his return from

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1210-538: The 20th century. He spent his efforts trying to find a way back to his own time using 20th century equipment. He finally produced a computer capable of doing this, utilizing a 30th Century Omnicom, a New Gods Mother Box loaned to him by Metron and the responsometer of Veridium of the Metal Men . Unfortunately, this became the post-Zero Hour C.O.M.P.U.T.O. The Legion had to defeat it and separate it into its component pieces before returning to their own time. While in

1265-747: The 30th and 31st centuries. Brainiac 5 has been substantially adapted into other media, primarily in association with the Legion. He is voiced by Adam Wylie in Legion of Super Heroes (2006) and portrayed by James Marsters and Jesse Rath in Smallville and the Arrowverse respectively. A gender-swapped alternate universe variant of Brainiac 5 appears in the fifth season of Supergirl , portrayed by Rath's sister Meaghan Rath . Brainiac 5 first appeared in Action Comics #276 (May 1961) and

1320-400: The 31st century". However, his ruse is discovered, and Brainiac leaves with the Legion, with only four hours until the United Planets go to war. After Superman and the Legion defeat Earthman and his "Justice League of Earth", and convince the armada to stand down, Brainiac 5 tells Superman that the Legion will not forget him this time. In this Final Crisis tie-in, Brainiac 5 is driven to

1375-551: The Brainiac sigil, so the League member can reach the weapon. In Doomsday Clock , Doctor Manhattan erases Brainiac 5 and the Legion from existence before eventually restoring them. Brainiac 5 possesses a twelfth-level intelligence, above the eighth-level intelligence of most Coluans. This gives him superhuman calculation skills, enhanced memory , and the ability to operate on several tracks of thought at once. Brainiac 5

1430-643: The Crisis, although it would be some time before he received an origin that reflected the new Brainiac 1. Following the death of the pocket universe Superboy , Brainiac 5 is one of a number of Legionnaires who swear revenge on the Time Trapper . To this end, he recreated the Infinite Man. The Infinite Man and Time Trapper seemingly destroy each other, but Brainiac 5 quits the Legion after being accused of murdering Professor Rugarth. He rejoins in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #63 (August 1989), shortly before

1485-478: The Legion as atonement for his misdeeds. When Brainiac 1 was revealed to be an android created by the Computer Tyrants, Brainiac 5 "discovered" he was actually descended from Brainiac 2, the leader of the rebellion against the tyrants, as well as being the clone of the original Brainiac. Brainiac 5's ingenuity led to the invention of, amongst other things, the Legion flight ring (perfecting an invention of

1540-527: The Legion of Super-Heroes " story arc in Action Comics . This incarnation of the Legion shares roughly the same history as the original Legion up to the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths . The pre- Crisis Brainiac 5 appears in the Justice League/Justice Society Lightning Saga crossover. He is revealed as the mastermind behind the Legion's plot to return to the 21st century to retrieve someone connected to

1595-445: The Legion to fight the Legion of Super-Villains and the Time Trapper . The Workforce is a group founded by corrupt industrialist Leland McCauley as a response to the Legion. They solely operate for profit and disguise themselves as heroes. Elements of Workforce are incorporated into Legion of Super Heroes ' incarnation of the Legion of Super-Villains. XS (character) Abilities: Equipment: XS ( Jenni Ognats )

1650-588: The Legion was forced to go on the run as fugitives after being framed by Universo and the Khund Empire, Brainiac wore a high-tech combat suit to protect his ravaged new body, and went by the simpler moniker of "5". When "Zero Hour" befell the Legion, Brainiac 5 redoubled his efforts to save the timestream and reality as the 30th century knew it. Despite all the brilliance of Brainiac and his youthful SW6 counterpart combined, they could not save themselves from being swallowed up by temporal entropy, and their timeline

1705-428: The Legion. XS possesses Speed Force -based powers like the other members of her family (Barry Allen, Bart Allen, Wally West and Iris West II ). She can run at near-light speeds, vibrate through solid matter, and travel through time and space by altering her molecular vibrational frequencies. As a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, XS is provided a Legion Flight Ring, which allows her to fly and protects her from

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1760-491: The Post- Zero Hour version sees his older counterpart as wiser and more experienced, and tries to mediate between his alternate selves. Despite their differences, all three versions of Brainiac 5 work together to set in motion the final phases of the original Brainiac's master contingency plan against Superboy-Prime. This plan, which involved the resurrections of Superboy-Prime foes Bart Allen /Kid Flash (whose essence

1815-559: The Reboot Legion's heyday, they are tangentially involved in the DC One Million crossover, where the audience is shown the "Justice Legion L" of the 853rd Century. Loosely based on members of the Legion of the 31st Century, the Justice Legion L are tasked with protecting the remains of the United Planets, by that point reduced to a small system of worlds joined together by a powerful magnetic core centered on Braal. Several of

1870-585: The breaking point after being banished by Colu and facing continued xenophobia. He considers leaving the Legion, but is convinced to remain as a way to prove all his naysayers wrong. When Superboy-Prime attacks Takron-Galtos and frees the Legion of Super-Villains , Brainiac 5 informs his fellow Legionnaires of his plan to recruit their Post- Zero Hour and "Threeboot" selves to help. His plan succeeds, and Brainiac meets his alternate selves from two other realities. The "Threeboot" version of Brainiac refuses to work with his older self, due to his rebellious nature, while

1925-464: The consequences again, inadvertently transforming the team into a " Bizarro Legion". Brainiac 5.1 was amongst the Legionnaires who were cast into a distant galaxy when the Stargate network was shut down. They spent a year travelling through the "Lost Galaxy". During this time, he felt a great amount of stress, as his teammates all believed he could devise a way of getting them home in addition to all

1980-599: The dark side of his mind, the avatar of his repressed urges and dark feelings, was granted a physical body by Princess Projectra. The events of the Infinite Crisis miniseries have apparently restored a close analogue of the Pre- Crisis Legion to continuity, as seen in " The Lightning Saga " story arc in Justice League of America and Justice Society of America , and in the " Superman and

2035-549: The latter's home planet of Xanthu and become involved in a war with Robotica. Following Infinite Crisis , XS and her version of the Legion exist on Earth-247 in the DC multiverse . In Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds , XS helps Brainiac 5 revive Bart Allen by retrieving him from the Speed Force. The two then team up against Superboy-Prime . After the battle with Prime and his Legion of Super-Villains , XS resigns from

2090-512: The night together in which Dream Girl inhabited the body of a spiritualist, however, on the same night, Princess Projectra has her own urges and primal, repressed emotion, viciously attack Dream Girl upon her return to Querl's mind, viciously beating her and gouging out her eyes, leaving the girl blind and powerless, thus hoping to strip Brainiac 5 of her constant counseling. He much later manages to turn their dream into reality when, forced to rebuild new bodies for his teammates, mangled to shreds by

2145-460: The original Invisible Kid based on a metal discovered by Mon-El ), the anti-lead serum that allowed Mon-El to leave the Phantom Zone and the force field belt which became the signature device of the character. Another of Brainiac 5's creations had less beneficial effects: the super computer Computo , which attempted to take over the world, killing one of Triplicate Girl 's three selves in

2200-433: The other responsibilities forced upon him by the circumstances of their situation. As he eventually confessed to Saturn Girl , he did not have a clue how to get them home - or even where "home" was, relative to their location. In the same conversation, he also complained that he'd "always hated [his] name upgrade," and on the way out, as well as reassuring him, she made a point of redubbing him "Brainiac Five ," and he dropped

2255-493: The pattern of the original continuity, the new continuity diverged from the old one in several ways: some characters died as they had previously, others did not, and some Legion members spent time in the 20th century where they recruited Ferro . The Legion are initially not allies of the United Planets , earning their respect by exposing their president Chu as corrupt and defeating the White Triangle. In Legion Lost ,

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2310-490: The planets involved had actually merged to form new, symbiotic worlds, including Colu-Bgztl. The Justice Legion L includes Brainiac 417, a counterpart to Brainiac 5 who is from this particular combined world. As with all members of his race, he combines super-intelligence with an ephemeral, intangible state; Brainiac 417 appears to be a shimmering green brain inside a transparent humanoid body. His race are purported to have become beings of pure intelligence and thought. Brainiac 417

2365-399: The process. He successfully destroyed his creation with "an anti-matter force". Another experiment, performed in conjunction with honorary Legionnaire Rond Vidar, led to the transformation of fellow scientist Professor Jaxon Rugarth into the psychotic, all-powerful Infinite Man . As time went on, Brainiac 5 began to be portrayed as unstable. Long attracted to Supergirl , Brainiac 5 created

2420-677: The space anomaly, he befriends teammate Gates , who dubs him "Brainiac 5.1". Shortly after that, the Legion investigated the criminal/terrorist organization called the Dark Circle . Querl learned his mother, Brainiac 4 , was the leader of the Dark Circle, having found that mass destruction was the only thing capable of making her feel emotions. The shock of this almost caused him to revert to his former, distant self. Although he did not revert, he began to be somewhat sarcastic and impatient again. He also began researching without considering

2475-500: The team during the title's publication was the post- Crisis Superboy , a 21st-century clone of Superman and Lex Luthor who had previously been granted honorary membership. The post- Zero Hour Legion appears in Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds , written by Geoff Johns and drawn by George Pérez . The miniseries features the 1994 Legion teaming up with Superman and the post- Infinite Crisis and 2004 incarnations of

2530-502: The truth of this is uncertain. When Stargrave murders Ultra Boy 's ex-girlfriend An Ryd, Brainiac 5 frames Ultra Boy for the murder. Chameleon Boy , who suspected Brainiac 5 from the beginning, finds proof when Brainiac's madness leads him to an attempt to destroy the universe using the Miracle Machine, a device that turns thoughts into reality. He is stopped by Matter-Eater Lad , who eats the machine, and both are committed to

2585-528: The two of them have another mission in the present day. In this follow-up story to the Lightning Saga (taking place in Action Comics #858-863), Brainiac 5 masquerades as a tyrannical dictator to delay Colu, which is the strategical beachhead of a United Planets attack on Earth. Brainiac still possesses the Lightning Rod, and states that the person inside is crucial to stopping the "Crisis of

2640-593: The vacuum of space and other dangerous environments. XS appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure . XS appears in Adventures in the DC Universe #10. Brainiac 5 Brainiac 5 ( Querl Dox ) is a superhero appearing in comics published by DC Comics . He is from the planet Colu and is a long-standing member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in

2695-431: Was created by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney . He was originally written as a descendant of Superman's enemy Brainiac . Several years later, when Brainiac was revealed to be a living computer, Brainiac 5 was retconned to be a descendant of his adopted son. Brainiac 5 is a teenage Coluan of the planet Colu, who claimed to be descended from the original Brainiac , one of Superman 's deadliest enemies, and wished to join

2750-424: Was destroyed in a disaster reminiscent of Krypton 's destruction over a millennium earlier, a few dozen surviving cities and their inhabitants reconstituted their world as New Earth. The SW6 Legionnaires — including their version of Brainiac 5 — remained. Not long after the destruction of Earth, Brainiac 5 discovered the timestream was extremely unstable, and that Legion history was in a state of constant flux. This

2805-541: Was in the lightning rod) and Superboy , was devised long ago when Brainiac 5 was forewarned of Prime's arrival by one of Dream Girl's prophesies. Brainiac 5 seems to be largely unaffected by the changes of the Flashpoint miniseries, as is true for the Legion of Super-Heroes as a whole. However, the term "Brainiac" is no longer his name but an honorable title. This adds understanding to the opening arcs of Action Comics (vol. 2) (2011) by Grant Morrison, where an alien

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2860-584: Was killed during Terror Firma's attack on the Legion HQ on Earth, he became obsessed with "outthinking death." In a botched experiment to restore her to life, he however manages to store her consciousness in his own subconscious mind, enabling the girl to interact with him in his dreams, and keep using her precognition in his behalf. Following Cosmic Boy's disappearance, Brainiac 5 has become the advisor to Legion leader Supergirl and later to Lightning Lad. Brainiac 5 eventually proposes to Dream Girl after spending

2915-474: Was rebooted. Following the Zero Hour event and the rebooting of the Legion, the "new" Brainiac 5 was extremely antisocial and disrespectful of his colleagues. He barely interacted with the other Legionnaires, although he was still somewhat attracted to Laurel Gand, now called Andromeda , who was now also something of an outsider. When Andromeda was believed killed, he was the only person who really missed her,

2970-605: Was swept into the war against the corrupt Earthgov and the Dominators. During the Dominators' subjugation of Earth, the members of their highly classified "Batch SW6" escaped captivity. Originally, Batch SW6 appeared to be a group of teenage Legionnaire clones, created from samples apparently taken just prior to Ferro Lad 's death at the hands of the Sun-Eater . Later, they were revealed to be time-paradox duplicates, every bit as legitimate as their older counterparts. After Earth

3025-403: Was the first indication of Zero Hour , the event that would lead to the Legion's whole history being rebooted. During a battle with Glorith , a time-warping sorceress, Brainiac 5 was rapidly aged into a weathered, enfeebled older man. Due to the trauma of this rapid aging, Brainiac's already-prickly personality took a turn for the worse, and he became colder, more clinical, and even amoral. When

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