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Action Comics #869 (2008) · The Collector

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Action Comics (1938)
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Action Comics #869

Brainiac Part 4 Mind Over Matter

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: November 2008
On sale: Sep 17, 2008
Cover price: $2.99
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Brainiac's probes arrive in Metropolis, and Supergirl and Lois confront them. On the ship Superman and Brainiac continue their confrontation, and Superman gains the upper hand, putting Brainiac temporarily out of commission. He then goes to get the Kandor bottle, which starts communicating with him. Supergirl's parents are alive in there, and tell how they and Argo City survived the initial destruction of Krypton using Brainiac's technology. But Brainiac tracked them down, destroying Argo City, which forced Zor-El and Alura to send Kara away to Earth in the moments before destruction. But Brainiac has recovered; he severs the communications link and recaptures Superman. Supergirl is also captured and brought to the ship. A bottle starts forming around Metropolis, and the ship then fires a weapon into the Earth's sun.

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Credits

Writer: Geoff Johns
Penciller: Gary Frank
Inker: Jon Sibal
Colorist: Brad Anderson
Letterer: Rob Leigh
Cover: Gary Frank
Cover colors: Brad Anderson
Editor: Matt Idelson
Associate: Nachie Castro

Characters

Alura
Brainiac
Brainiac Probe
Catherine Grant
Jimmy Olsen· Cameo
Jonathan Kent· Cameo
Lois Lane
Martha Kent· Cameo
Ron Troupe
Steve Lombard
Supergirl
Superman
Zor-El

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