| BRAINIAC (Vril Dox) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by (as Brainiac) Otto Binder and Al Plastino (as the Collector of Worlds) Grant Morrison and Rags Morales |
CHRONOLOGY
Brainiac first appeared in (as the Collector of Worlds, behind the scenes) Action Comics Vol. 2 #2 (December 2011); (actual appearance) Action Comics Vol. 2 #3 (January 2012). First historical appearance was in (as Brainiac) Action Comics Vol. 1 #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. 3 #6 (April 2012): "The Measure of a Superman" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #3 (January 2012): "World Against Superman" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #2 (December 2011): "In Chains" [Behind the scenes] |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #3 (January 2012): "World Against Superman" [Behind the scenes] |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #4 (February 2012): "Superman and the Men of Steel" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #7 (May 2012): "Doomsday Decision" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #8 (June 2012): "Superman Meets...The Collector of Worlds" |
| Supergirl Vol. 6 #23 (October 2013): "Out of the Past" |
| Supergirl Vol. 6 #24 (December 2013): "Death Becomes Her" |
| Superman Annual Vol. 3 #2 (September 2013): "The Last Byline" |
| Superman Vol. 3 #30 (June 2014): "All Good Things Must End" |
| Superman: Doomed #1 (July 2014): "Superman Doomed, Part 1" [Behind the scenes] |
| Superman Vol. 3 #31 (July 2014): "Lockdown" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #33 (September 2014): "Superman Doomed: Superdoom, Part 1: Unbound" |
| Superman/Wonder Woman #10 (September 2014): "Superman Doomed: Superdoom, Part 2: Distance" |
| Action Comics Annual Vol. 2 #3 (September 2014): "Superdoom, Part 4: My Body is a Cage" |
| Action Comics Vol. 2 #34 (October 2014): "Superman Doomed: Last Sun, Part 1: Assimilation" |
| Superman/Wonder Woman #11 (October 2014): "Superman Doomed: Last Sun: Assimilation, Part 2" |
| Superman: Doomed #2 (November 2014): "Superman Doomed: Last Sun, Part 4: Evolutions" |
| Convergence #0 (June 2015): "The God Machine" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #13 (February 2019): "Legion of Doom, Part Three" |
| Justice League Annual Vol. 4 #1 (March 2019): "Multiversal Meltdown!" [Flashback] |
| Justice League Annual Vol. 4 #1 (March 2019): "Multiversal Meltdown!" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #17 (April 2019): "Old Frontier" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #18 (April 2019): "Legion of Doom, Part Four" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #19 (May 2019): "The Sixth Dimension, Chapter 1" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #20 (May 2019): "The Sixth Dimension, Chapter 2" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #22 (June 2019): "The First Crisis" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #25/2 (August 2019): "The Message" [Flashback] |
| DC's Year of the Villain Special #1 (July 2019): "Doom" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #25/2 (August 2019): "The Message" |
| Justice League Odyssey #11 (September 2019): "Sepulkore" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #30 (October 2019): "Justice/Doom War, Part 1" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #31 (November 2019): "Justice/Doom War, Part 2" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #32 (November 2019): "Justice/Doom War, Part 3" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #33 (December 2019): "Justice/Doom War, Part 4" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #34 (December 2019): "Justice/Doom War, Part 5" |
| Action Comics #1019 (March 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Part 3" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #1018 (March 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Part 2" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #1020 (April 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Part 4" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #1017 (January 2020): "Metropolis Doom!" |
| Action Comics #1018 (March 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Part 2" |
| Action Comics #1019 (March 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Part 3" |
| Action Comics #1021 (May 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Conclusion" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #55 (December 2020): "Doom Metal, Part Three" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #56 (January 2021): "Doom Metal, Part Four" |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal Infinite Hour Exxxtreme! #1/3 (January 2021): "Part Three: Lobo Land" |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 (March 2021): "Death Metal - An Anti-Crisis, Part VII: A Slap in the Face" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| DC's Year of the Villain Special #1/3 (July 2019): "Justice" |
| Deathstroke Vol. 4 #44 (August 2019): "Deathstroke R.I.P.: Elegy" |
| Deathstroke Vol. 4 #48 (December 2019): "Deathstroke R.I.P., Book Five: Summerville" |
| Detective Comics #1027/10 (November 2020): "As Always" |
| Justice League Odyssey #2 (December 2018): "Ghost Sector, Part 2" [Flashback] |