| BRAINIAC | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino |
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Brainiac (Pre-Crisis)
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CHRONOLOGY
Brainiac first appeared in Action Comics #242 (July 1958).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Brainiac in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Brainiac Chronology
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| Superman Vol. 1 #167 (February 1964): "The Team of Luthor and Brainiac" [Flashback] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #141 (November 1960): "Superman's Return to Krypton" |
| Superboy Vol. 1 #106/2 (July 1963): "The Lair of Brainiac" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #242 (July 1958): "The Super-Duel in Space" |
| Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #17/2 (May 1960): "Lana Lang, Superwoman" |
| Action Comics #275 (April 1961): "The Menace of Red-Green Kryptonite" |
| Action Comics #280 (September 1961): "Brainiac's Super-Revenge" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #167 (February 1964): "The Team of Luthor and Brainiac" |
| World's Finest Comics #144 (September 1964): "The 1,000 Tricks of Clayface and Brainiac" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #172 (October 1964): "The New Superman" |
| Action Comics #318 (November 1964): "The Death of Luthor" |
| World's Finest Comics #149 (May 1965): "The Game of Secret Identities" [Flashback] |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #86/3 (July 1965): "The Team of Olsen and Brainiac" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #87 (September 1965): "The Arena of Doom" |
| Action Comics #332 (January 1966): "The Super-Vengeance of Lex Luthor" |
| Action Comics #335 (March 1966): "Luthor's First Victory Over Superman" |
| Action Comics #339/2 (July 1966): "Brainiac's Blitz" |
| Action Comics #342 (October 1966): "The Super-Human Bomb" |
| World's Finest Comics #164 (February 1967): "Brainiac's Super Brain-Child" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #116/2 (December 1968): "Brainiac--Big Time Operator" |
| World's Finest Comics #183 (March 1969): "Superman's Crime of the Ages" |
| Adventure Comics #388/2 (January 1970): "The Romance Machine" |
| Adventure Comics #389/2 (February 1970): "Supergirl's Jilted Boy Friends" |
| Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #130 (July 1970): "The Computer-Man of Steel" |
| Action Comics #413 (June 1972): "The Voodoo Doom of Superman" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #400/2 (May 1971): "Duel of Doom" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #413 (June 1972): "The Voodoo Doom of Superman" |
| Action Comics #417 (October 1972): "The Conspiracy of the Crime-Lords" |
| Action Comics #418 (November 1972): "The Attack of the Phantom Super-Foes" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #271 (January 1974): "The Man Who Murdered Metropolis" |
| Action Comics #443 (January 1975): "At Last! Clark Kent, Super-Hero" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #299 (May 1976): "The Double-Or-Nothing Life of Superman" |
| Justice League of America #137 (December 1976): "Crisis in Tomorrow!" |
| Superman Family #183/5 (May-June 1977): "Death Is a Computer" |
| DC Special Series #5 (1977): "The Second Coming of Superman" |
| Action Comics #489 (November 1978): "Krypton Dies Again" |
| Action Comics #490 (December 1978): "No Tomorrow for Superman" |
| Action Comics #491 (January 1979): "A Matter of Light and Death" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #338 (August 1979): "Let My People Grow" |
| Action Comics #514 (December 1980): "Countdown of the Killer Computer" |
| Action Comics #528 (February 1982): "Star-Kill" |
| Action Comics #529 (March 1982): "I Have Two Eyes, But I Cannot See" |
| Action Comics #530 (April 1982): "Fantastic Deadly Voyage" |
| Action Comics #544/2 (June 1983): "Rebirth" |
| Action Comics #545 (July 1983): "With But a Single Step" |
| Action Comics #546 (August 1983): "Showdown" |
| New Teen Titans Annual Vol. 2 #1 (1985): "The Vanguard" [Flashback] |
| DC Comics Presents #80 (April 1985): "A World Full of Supermen" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (June 1985): "Oblivion Upon Us" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 (September 1985): "3 Earths! 3 Deaths!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (October 1985): "Beyond the Silent Night" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (February 1986): "Aftershock" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis" |
| Legionnaires 3 #1 (February 1986): "Future Shock" |