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Supermanhas no shortage of powerful enemies , but Brainiac has to be one of the Man of Steel’smost unnerving foes . Now , however , it seems Brainiac is no longer limiting himself to counteract Superman - he ’s also taking on the Dark Knight .
The DC solicitations for September 2020 have provided a glance into the upcomingBatman Superman # 12- a serial which , as the name incriminate , follows the team - up adventures of the two iconic superheroes . But this time , there ’s a twist - Batman and Superman have actually gone missing . This issue will reportedly follow the other heroes of Gotham and Metropolis as they assay to project out where and why theWorld ’s Finesthave vanish .
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Not much is give away in the synopsis , but it does reveal that Brainiac is involved and has somehow been “ vitiate . ” Brainiac - who first appear inAction Comics # 242back in 1958 - is a hyper - intelligent alien supercomputer that is often depicted as a kind of mechanical man . In some iterations , Brainiac was the one responsible for the destruction ofKrypton , Superman ’s home world . The cover artwork usher what is presumably Brainiac ’s Skull Ship hover over the city , with Superman and Batman down below . The presence of the two heroes on the binding likely means that they will not be absent for the entire issue , but it could be a cherry-red Clupea harangus .
The synopsis also hints that The Joker may be the conceiver behind Brainiac ’s corruption . hack into an forward-looking extraterrestrial AI seems a moment out of The Joker ’s league , but the Clown Prince of Crime is nothing if not full of surprise . He ’s pulled off some pretty grand and complicated ( not to mention sadistic ) schemes in the past , like the meter he trickedMr . Mxyzptlkinto giving him the power to change realism . One thing is for sure - the noesis and power of Brainiac compound with the insanity of The Joker spells trouble for the honorable guys .
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