Cover to Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #1 (2009). Art by George Pérez.
Publication information
Publisher
DC Comics
First appearance
Action Comics #276 (May 1961)
Created by
Jerry Siegel Jim Mooney (based on Brainiac by Otto Binder and Al Plastino)
In-story information
Alter ego
Querl Dox
Species
Coluan
Place of origin
Colu
Team affiliations
Legion of Super-Heroes
Notable aliases
Brainiac 5.1 B-5 Brainy
Abilities
12th-level intellect
Mechanical aptitude
Force field via belt
Flight via ring
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox) is a superhero appearing in comics published by DC Comics. He is from the planet Colu and is a long-standing member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries.[1]
The first live-action version of the character appeared as a regular character in Smallville, portrayed by James Marsters. Brainiac 5 was introduced in the third season of the Arrowverse series Supergirl, portrayed by Jesse Rath. He became part of the main cast starting in the fourth season. An alternate universe female version of Brainiac 5 appeared in the fifth season of Supergirl, portrayed by Rath's sister Meaghan Rath.
^Beatty, Scott (2008), "Brainiac 5", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, London: Dorling Kindersley, p. 60, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1
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