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Ask almost any DC Comics fan and they ’ll secernate you thatBatman is the publishing firm ’s smartest Hero of Alexandria , which do it surprising thatSupermandisagrees . Fans have often speculate that heroes like Mister Terrific , Blue Beetle or the Atom might merit the ' smart DC poor boy ' peak , but it turn out there ’s someone we ’ve been draw a blank .
In a preview ofSuperman : The Last years of Lex Luthor # 2- from Mark Waid , Bryan Hitch , Kevin Nowlan , David Baron , Richard Starkings and Tyler Smith - Superman ’s nemesis go on to have from a calamitous disease that even he ca n’t cure . Deciding to facilitate Lex despite his legacy of evil , Superman dons a flight ring and chart a course for the futurity .
For any hardcore DC devotee , it ’s clear that there ’s only one submarine that Superman could be touch on to as"the overbold mankind I ’ve ever met . “The issue ’s summary reassert that Superman is manoeuver for the thirtieth century - the home of the Legion of Super - Heroes andDC’srealsmartest hero of all time , Brainiac 5 .
The Legion of Super - Heroes is one of DC ’s oldest and most respected team and now the publishing firm has break diversity is the key to their success .
Superman Acknowledges Brainiac 5 as DC’s Smartest Hero
But Why Would a Super-Genius Help Save Lex Luthor?
TheLegion of Super - Heroes are an intergalactic teamof young hero sandwich who first appeared in 1958 . InAdventure Comics # 247 ’s ' The Legion of Super - Heroes ' by Otto Binder and Al Plastino , a young Superboy meets Saturn Girl , Cosmic Boy and Lightning Boy . The Legion quickly made Clark Kent a extremity , solidifying his bond with the heroes of the far future . DC has retconned the team several times since , but the basics stay the same -they’re a huge alignment of far - succeeding heroes inspired to heroism by the superheroes of DC ’s forward-looking day .
Is Brainiac 5 plug into to Superman ’s alien nemesis Brainiac?Yes , but DC has changed the link between the two over the twelvemonth - Brainiac 5 was originally a descendent of the villain , after retconned as a descendent of Brainiac ’s dramatise son when it was disclose the original scoundrel was non - constituent .
One of the Legion of Super - Heroes ' primal members is Brainiac 5 -a Coluan hero with a"12th - level reason . “Brainiac 5 ’s genius"computer mind"has produced several key invention substantive to Legion traditional knowledge , including both the Flight Ring that Superman is using in this comic and the Legion ’s clip traveling twist , the Time Bubble . Most Coluans travel by any human reason , but Brainiac 5 is their corking mind - an expert in scientific discipline , engine room , medicine and tactics who can apply his genius - level intellect to multiple remember track at the same time .
WhileBatman is still probable DC ’s smartesthumanhero , Brainiac 5 ’s entire use is being the smartest deathly to ever live , so it make sense that Superman is seeking him out to help Lex Luthor . However , the Legion of Super - Heroes have the reward of historical knowledge , possessing criminal record of how many event in the present playact out . While they ’re a genuinely altruistic group , it ’s possible that thehistorical prospect of Lex Luthorwill make them reluctant to help . After all , Lex has committed most of his life to try on to killSuperman- the Legion of Super - Heroes are the only people who know whether he actually come through .
Superman : The Last Days of Lex Luthor # 2is come March 19 from DC Comics .
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