Showcase 96 11-12

{{{issue}}} Reboot » Post-Zero Hour Story titles Brain in Vain Roots Issues Showcase '96 #11 Showcase '96 #12 Previous story (Ultra Boy/Apparition, simultaneous) Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #87 Next story Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #88 Publication dates #11: 2 October, 1996 #12: 6 November, 1996 Cover dates #11: December 1996 #12: Winter 1997 Creators Writer(s) Tom Peyer Penciller(s) Derec Aucoin Inker(s) Jason Martin (#11, part of #12) ??? Branch (part of #12) Letterer(s) Ken Bruzenak Colourist(s) Dave Grafe (#11) Adrienne Roy (#12) Editor(s) Chris Duffy (associate editor) Frank Pittarese Cover artist(s) Steve Lightle

Brain in Vain

Brainiac 5 walks, distractedly, around a STAR Labs security post looking for equipment better than their Metropolis HQ; while causing panic in the control room. Unable to see him properly due to his forcefield, they turn on the automated defences, which he completely ignores. What he doesn't ignore, however, is the sight of the apparently-comatose original Brainiac (B1), his own great-great-grandfather, in a small cell.

Scanning him, he confirms this, then notes that his mental functions are off the scale his Omnicom can read. Thinking B1 may produce a way home, B5 investigates something B1's mental functions are seemingly linked to, and discovers Coluan technology he doesn't recognise, but thinks is 30th Century.

Roll Call

Legionnaires

• Brainiac 5
• Gates
• Cosmic Boy
• Shvaughn Erin (de facto member only)
• Saturn Girl
• Inferno (de facto member only)
• Spark
• Ultra Boy (#11 only, repeated scene from Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #87)
• Apparition (#11 only, repeated scene from Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #87)

Villains

• Brainiac [One]

Other characters

• "Duffy" (#11 only)
• Director Hamilton (#11 only)
• "Tomasi" (#11 only)
• Captain Comet (cameo, #11 only)
• Vril Dox II
• Taptree (#12 only)
• Stealth (#12 only)
• Lyrl Dox (#12 only)

Planets and Settings

• 20th Century Earth (#11 only)
  • Metropolis
    • S.T.A.R. Labs main HQ
  • "S.T.A.R. Labs secret security post, 50 miles north of Metropolis"
• Brainiac Head Ship
• 20th Century Colu

Notes

Placement

Begins concurrently with Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #87, almost certainly lasts longer.

Other stories

• #11: Scare Tactics and Wildcat backup stories
• #12: Jesse Quick and King Faraday backup stories