Brainiac (Pre-Crisis)

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==Summary==
Brainiac was a robot from the distant future who traveled the universe, shrinking cities for his own self-satisfaction. He was among Superman's greatest and most fearsome foes. Though he lacked in physical strength, he more than made up for it with his unmatched mind, arsenal of futuristic weapons and shockingly good agility. After what could have been his final outing involving a weapon known as the Planet-Eater, Brainiac's body was transformed into the New Brainiac, a bio-robot who absorbed all the knowedge in the universe, and embarked on a new quest, a quest that would never be fufilled, to overthrow God himself.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least . , potentially with Preparation and Fusionism. with Mental Powers | At least 
Key: Old Brainiac | New Brainiac
Name: Brainiac, Vril Dox, 'The Cruel King Without a Kingdom', The Man of Circuity, Android of Steel
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Male
Age: Said to be 300 years old in a retconned comic
Classification: Human Computer (retconned origin), Coluan Android, 12th-Order Brain, Immortal, Tyrant
Powers and Abilities: 
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|-|Old Brainiac=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Photographic Memory, Cyborgization (Exists as a robot-human hybrid (later retconned to Coluan), with an infinite mind and perfect memorySuperman Vol 1 167), Longevity (Is 300 years old), Self-Destruction (Can explode if he thinks certain thoughts, though this was only an issue for a brief time), Analytical Prediction (When Jimmy Olsen gained a similar mind as Brainiac, he became a master gambler, able to calculate down to the smallest factorsSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Vol 1 86 Predicted every single one of Superman's attacks via calculations.Superman Vol 1 271 Was able to predict beams moving at the speed of light and dodged accordingly), Hacking (Reprogrammed Jimmy Olsen after making him a cyborg Reprogrammed Superman Robots.Action Comics Vol 1 413), Fusionism (Became one with the Planet-EaterAction Comics Vol 1 528-530), Stealth Mastery (Disguised himself as BatmanWorld's Finest Vol 1 164 Gained control over Superman's entire arsenalAction Comics Vol 1 514), Vehicular Mastery (Seemingly skilled with any ship he comes across Piloted his saucer at speeds comparable to the speed of light while performing 'impossible' stuntsAction Comics Vol 1 529), Data Manipulation, Technology Manipulation (Can hook his mind into machines and manipulate themAdventure Comics Vol 1 388), Weapon Mastery (Shot the brain of a rampaging Tiglor with enough persuasion to lobomize itWorld's Finest Vol 1 183), Possession, Immortality (Types 3 and 6; Luthor described him as an being regenerative immortal.DC Special Series Vol 1 5 Brainiac's body is merely an outer-vessel, his true life is his mind, which he can transfer from body to body without fear of harm, even if his original body diesSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Vol 1 130), Flight (Matched Superman in the airSuperman Vol 1 271), Spaceflight, Self-Sustenance (Type 1; Doesn't need air to breath. Can fly in space forever), Thread Manipulation (Created webs strong enough to restrain Superman, though he easily broke them once he went all-out), Water Manipulation (Reversed Superman's own wave), Matter Manipulation, Status Effect Inducement (Manipulated Messons in such a way that he stunned even a speeding Superman in his placeAction Comics Vol 1 443), Automatic Translation (Can decipher every languageAction Comics Vol 1 489), Biological Manipulation (Removed Green Lantern's skinJustice League of America Vol 1 137), Energy Projection, Pain Manipulation (His beams could cause Superman horrific headachesSuperman Vol 1 338), Enhanced Senses (Picked up on Superman's ultra-frequency), Statistics Amplification, Radiation Manipulation, Explosion Manipulation (Imbued Superman with so much excess strength that he could revive a dying star, or would explodeAction Comics Vol 1 514), Resistance to Perception Manipulation (Doesn't get dizzy due to his robotic natureAction Comics Vol 1 339), Temperature Manipulation, Radiation Manipulation (Can exist in space without a forcefield),
|-|New Brainiac=Incorporeality, Time Travel, Absorption (Absorbed all the knowledge throughout the cosmos, across hundreds of millions of galaxies, and traveled through time, eventually finding the darkness before The Hands created all that isAction Comics Vol 1 544), Information Analysis (Analyzed Superman on a deeper levelAction Comics Vol 1 545), Martial Arts (Is a master of all martial arts across the timeline), Fusionism (Effectively became one with his ship), Pain Manipulation (Tortured Superman with his powers), Homing Attack (As seen here), Social Influencing (Militarized an entire planet), Intangibility (Converted himself into pure energy to avoid damageNew Teen Titans Vol 2 Annual 1)
|-|With Equipment and Preparation=Energy Projection (Has many ray-guns and similar technologies), Flight, Spaceflight (Via his various spaceshipsAction Comics Vol 1 242), Attack Reflection (Via his flying saucer), Air Manipulation (Via airhoses. (Manipulated a water tornado), Size Manipulation (Has shrunk entire cities, and possibly planets down to the size of models.Action Comics Vol 1 276 Can also make things grow in sizeSuperboy Vol 1 106 Eventually built a device that defiantly could shrink planets), Absorption (Via Cosmic Rays, which absorb energy), Forcefield Creation (Strong enough to resist Superman throwing he had at him, destroying a small planet in the process Can shield over entire areas), Sleep Manipulation (Can go into suspended animation Made a drink to put someone to sleepAdventure Comics Vol 1 388), Teleportation (Superman teleported Metropolis from his spaceship to Earth using his tech), Magnetism Manipulation (As seen hereSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane Vol 1 17
), Explosion Manipulation (Has built bombs, one of which was strong enough to destroy Earth), Clairvoyance (Built various devices to perform this, such as a medallion. Can produce his thoughts onto a screen and can see events across time and space), Telekinesis, Fire Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation (Via Force FingersAction Comics Vol 1 275), Biological Manipulation (Caused Superman to grow a third eye, though that was due to his unique physiology. Devolved an entire city, can lobomize animals and people), Radiation Manipulation (Can fire Kryptonite radiation and increase radiation values from substances. Has miniature atomic bombs) , Time Travel (Via the Time-Space ShipAction Comics Vol 1 280), Telepathy (Via the Mind Helmet), Hypnotism, Mind Manipulation (Hypnotized Lex Luthor), Status Effect Inducement (Could paralyze Superman), Enhanced Senses (Can see even through leadWorld's Finest Vol 1 144), Healing (His Z-Ray healed Luthor's gunshot wound and Superman's fatal kryptonite woundsSuperman Vol 1 172), Smoke Manipulation (Built a robot who could manipulate smog), Poison Manipulation (Via Knockout Gas), Invisibility (As seen here), Electricity Manipulation (Zapped Supergirl), BFR (Can send enemies to billions of years into the future with the Time-Travel-Ray), Weather Manipulation ("Ripped apart" a thunderstorm), Magnetism Manipulation (Via his Magnetic Remote), Gas Manipulation (Via Kryptonite Gas), Telepathy (Via the thought casterAction Comics Vol 1 342) Energy Manipulation, Statistics Amplification, Self-Destruction (Amplified the energy within Superman to high levels, amplifying his powers and causing him to nearly self-destruct), Matter Manipulation, Intangibility (Via his De-Polarizer), Light Manipulation (Built a robot who fired a beam of light), Morality Manipulation (His Malingo Beam could turn people evilWorld's Finest Vol 1 183), Water Manipulation (Made it rain poison water), Empathic Manipulation (Made a drink that could relieve 'neural tension', Summoning (Has built various robots to assist him, such as Kim-Puter and Genia), Mind Duplication (Built a device that could copy the mind of someone to put it in a robot), Sound Manipulation (Can communicate great distances with his clairvoyant technology), Aura (His aura is indestructible even for SupergirlAdventure Comics Vol 1 389), Adhesive Manipulation (Via his adhesive liquid kryptonite), Body Puppetry (Under the guise of "Mr. Mystr", he gained a "voodoo doll" that could latch onto opponents via their brainwaves, applications of this doll include Statistics Reduction (Reduced Superman's strength to that of a regular human), Power Nullification, Density Manipulation (Caused Superman to grow in density and lose his power of flight), Status Effect Inducement (Paralyzed Superman), Fire Manipulation (Set a Superman Robot ablaze), Vibration Manipulation (Upon holding a voodoo doll in his image, he began to violently vibrate), Perception Manipulation (Blinded Superman and messed with his sense of direction), Ice Manipulation (Froze over a waterfallAction Comics Vol 1 417), Illusion Creation (Created an illusionary version of Metropolis), Deconstruction (Which would have disintegrated Metropolis upon impact), Damage Boost (His forcefield can actually increase the damage dealt to whosever insideSuperman Vol 1 299), Madness Manipulation (After gaining control of the Mind Molder, he nearly drove Superman insane), Earth Manipulation, Sand Manipulation, Magma Manipulation (Created and later gained complete mental control over the Planet-Eater, which caused countless forms of natural disasters, including thunderstorms, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods and more), Sense Manipulation, Memory Manipulation (The Planet-Eater could also manipulate Superman's senses and memories), Solar Radiation Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, Instinctive Reaction (As well a instinctively attack, blast solar radiation, and manipulate its own gravity), Duplication (Built copies of himself)
|-|Resistances=With his forcefields: Temperature Manipulation, Energy Projection (Unaffected by Superman's heat vision), 
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Attack Potency: At least Street level physically (Far superior to Lex Luthor). Solar System level, Universe level over time with Preparation and Fusionism (Created and became one with the Planet-Eater, an object that can eventually mass-energy convert stars and could grow in power to reduce the entire universe to a void, where only it exists). Unknown with Mental Powers (Imbued Superman with the power to revive a dead sunAction Comics Vol 1 514) | At least Multi-Continent level (As Brainiac is effectively one with his ship, he should no doubt be superior to a probe which could destroy a planet)
Speed: Relativistic+, possibly Speed of Light combat and reaction speed (His computer mind is comparable to light and allowed him to easily dodge light-speed attacks), possibly Massively FTL+ (somewhat matched Superman who was going all out)
Lifting Strength: At least Superhuman (Far stronger than humans), Unknown but far higher with Tractor Beams (Lifted the city of Kandor when it was only slightly shrunken) | Unknown
Striking Strength: At least Street level | Unknown
Durability: City Block level for his outer shell (Though he was incapacitated, his armor was unaffected by an explosion of this calibre), likely Multiverse level+ with forcefields (With his forcefield, he managed to withstand blows from Superman who was explicitly going all out, though it was implied that he wouldn't be able to keep this up for long An uncontrollable, heavily empowered Superman still somewhat struggled with tearing down his forcefield, and lost the majority of his strength doing soAction Comics Vol 1 491) | Unknown
Stamina: Seemingly Infinite (Though he had to sleep in his earliest appearances, this was mostly to pass the time and has been retconned and he's been later shown to have effectively infinite stamina)
Range: Several Meters with energy blasts, Citywide with his Tractor Beams (Can shrink entire cities), Planetary with stronger weapons (Could shrink Earth), Stellar with some weapons (Made a star go nova), Universal with strongest weapons' (The Planet-Eater was going to reduce the entire universe to nothing), Intergalactic in his incorporeal form (Absorbed the knowledge from hundreds of millions of galaxies)
Standard Equipment: Countless weapons, vehicles, and machines, all of which are documented in his Powers and Abilities section
Intelligence: Supergenius (His mind is orders of magnitude superior to the infinite minds of the 10th Level Effectors, who themselves were several orders of magnitude superior than the smartest Coluans, who themselves were orders of magnitude smarter than humans. Absorbed all the knowledge in the entire universe and of all time, from the dawn of creation until its end,, and compared his former self to a mere child.
Weaknesses: Vulnerable to hacking, electricity, and other typical robotic short-comings. 
==Notable Matchups==
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