Superman #23.2: Brainiac Review

By all rights, a story predicated on humanizing the most inhuman of Superman villains, Brainiac, should be a colossal failure. Instead, Superman #23.2 manages to pull it off. Tony Bedard and Pascal Alixe's revamped Brainiac origin proves to be one of the strongest Villains Month issues so far. Who knew?

Fans of Grant Morrison's Action Comics run or Bedard's own work on the criminally under-appreciated R.E.B.E.L.S. will find plenty to enjoy here. Bedard pulls elements from both books as he works to provide a more cohesive and unified look at Brainiac in his many forms. As Bedard establishes, The Collector, Brainwyrm, Vril Dox -- they're all facets of the same core intelligence.

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