Superman had been around for 20 years when Brainiac first appeared on the scene, showing up in Action Comics #242 in 1958. Writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino created him. This was at the ...

But why is Brainiac so important to the Superman mythos, and thus long overdue for cinematic treatment? For that, we’ve got to get into the character’s history, which goes back to DC Comics ...