# 60yearsofbrainiac5

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes 227 (2/17/1977) starts with the team hunting down a seemingly maniacal Brainiac 5.of course this is incongrous with the end of last issue but if you skipped 226 you might have been fooled 🤷

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The stone reveals to Brainy that the man he thinks is his dead father is in fact the original Brainiac 😱 Brainy immediately abandons his quest & goes to seek out Brainiac & kill him. The team rushes to stop him because they don't want him expelled

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"For a moment I stood there transfixed by the image of myself twisted by an insane mirror... Then I heard his evil laugh, and somehow, deep wthin me, I new!" ~Brainy

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"Whereas I have learned from Val Armorr- Master of all martial arts!" ~Brainy
Brainy faces a series of increasingly complex magical defenses.

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We hear Brainy's PoV on Stargrave's revelation he is Brainy's fater transformed and we get the idea that Brainy is not as keen on helping him as we had thought.

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After the meeting Stargrave contacts Brainy and we learn Stargrave has a special mission for Querl. Brainy also appears to beleive Stargrave is his long deceased father, a fact a snooping Superboy overhears.

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When the team returs to their base Brainy reveals Stargrave's plans an advises the team to help him in his battle. The team is shocked but listen and agree to Brainy's plan.

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Pulsar Stargrave weaves a story for Brainy of a scientist much like himself who met a disaster and Brainy reveals he remembers his face and that day! 😱

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Stargrave tosses the other legionnaires aside with the flick of his wrist and turns his focus on Brainy

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Suddenly Stargrave reveals to Brainy he can not only read his thoughts but knows his real name. I love how the panel swings off access in the middle of the page and narrows to gocus on Querl's shocked expression.

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"Lightning Lad's bolts don't seem to effect Stargrave... But why is he staring at Brainiac 5?" ~Kal El
Stargrave explains he arranged for their battle with the Time Trapper as a test he needs an ally but the team isn't interested.

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Brainy does not appear in Superboy 223 (10/19/1976) but we are introduced to Stargrave and his henchmen Holdur and Quicksand as they watch a battle between the Legion of Super-Heroes and the Time Trapper

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And now we hit the start of a troubled period for poor brainy with the arrival the disco king himself PULSAR STARGRAVE in Superboy 224 (11/16/1976)

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Legion of Super-Heroes 218 (4/20/1976) Tyroc is back, the legionnaires continue to come off racist by saying how not racist they are . . . oh and that pretty darn unethical clone thing comes back to haunt them... who could have seen that coming?🙋

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In Karate Kid 1 (12/4/1975) Brainy tracks down Karate Kid in the 20th century and Val is a little upset at Brainy after Nemesis Kid escapes Brainy's inescapable cell.

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In the 2nd story in Superboy Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes 214 (10/21/1975) Brainy takes Shrinking violet to a planet of giants to cure her and almost gets sucked up by a robot vacuum!

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In Superboy Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes 214 (10/21/1975) Brainy has to protect the spoiled son of Leland McCauley on a planet with auto-defenses that have gone haywire!

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In Superboy Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes 213 (9/16/1975) A theif tells the Legion he will steal the Miracle Machine within 48 hours despite the teams best efforts they are losing... until Superboy absent mindedly wishes to capture the theif near the MM.

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In Superboy Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes 210 (5/8/1975) Brainy must perform emergency surjury on Phantom Girl and Discovers the soldier terrorizing the city is from WW VI.

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In Superboy Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes 207 (12/24/1974) Lightning Lad broke Brainy's view screen.

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