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The fictional character brainiac was created for us by otto binder, a famous science fiction writer who is currently the editor of space world, a magazine for rocket experts otto also created bizarro and wrote the great superman novel, krypton lives on. Jerry siegel and simon shuster created superman, as we know the character, in the mid1930s, and published the first superman comic in 1938. Characters who identify themselves as gay or lesbian. I think theres a tipping point in the power rangers comic book between action and characters. Dc comics justice league alex ross series 5 brainiac action figure. Take this quiz and find out which comic book character you are from the marvel or dc comics universe. Brainiac storyline was actually a brainiac probe or a clone.
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