| "Superman Meets Brainiac" | |
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| Series The New Adventures of Superman Season 1, Episode 17.1 | |
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| Air date | December 31st, 1966 |
| Writers | Oscar Bensol |
| Director | Unknown |
| Producers | Allen Ducovny; Norm Prescott; Louis Scheimer |
| Starring | Bud Collyer; Joan Alexander |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous "The Imp-Practical Joker" |
Next "A Devil of a Time" |
"Superman Meets Brainiac" is the first six-minute mini-episode of episode seventeen of the animated television series The New Adventures of Superman and the 50th mini-episode of the series overall. It was directed by an uncredited director and written by Oscar Bensol. The episode features the voice talents of Bud Collyer and Joan Alexander. It first aired on CBS on Saturday morning, December 31st, 1966 at 11:00 am.
Cast[]
Principal Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Bud Collyer | Superman |
| Joan Alexander | Lois Lane |
Guest Stars[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Unknown | Brainiac |
| Unknown | Circus ringmaster |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Superman was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. He first appeared in Action Comics #1 in June, 1938 in a story called "Superman, Champion of the Opressed".
- This episode is included on the New Adventures of Superman DVD collection by Warner Home Video. The collection was released in Region 1 format on June 26th, 2007.
- This episode has been paired with "A Devil of a Time" and "Seeds of Disaster".
- This is the first version of Brainiac to appear in a medium outside of the comic books. This version of Brainiac was created by writer Oscar Bensol. The original Brainiac was created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino and debuted in the pages of Action Comics #242 in 1958. Later stories revealed the character's name to be Vril Dox.
- This episode states that Brainiac was constructed by a scientist named Professor Eckla and is from the war-ravaged planet Mega. The original Brainiac was actually from the planet Colu and was created by the Computer Tyrants.
- There are several similarities between the animated version of Brainiac and the comic book version. Their physical appearance is identical and they are both artificial constructs. They both make use of a personal force field, a miniaturization ray and a space saucer. In the comics, the ray and the field are referred to as a Hyper-Ray and Ultra-Force Shield. In the cartoon, Brainiac simply calls his shield a "field of force".
See also[]
- The New Adventures of Superman
- The New Adventures of Superman images
- The New Adventures of Superman episodes
- The New Adventures of Superman cast & crew
- The New Adventures of Superman miscellaneous
External Links[]
- The New Adventures of Superman at IMDB
- The New Adventures of Superman at DCDP
- The New Adventures of Superman at Wikipedia
- The New Adventures of Superman at the TV IV
- The New Adventures of Superman at ShareTV.com
- The New Adventures of Superman at TV.com guide
- The New Adventures of Superman at TV Rage.com
- The New Adventures of Superman at the TV Database