Is Brainiac the most convoluted Superman villain?

[The Overlord]

Is Brainiac the most convoluted Superman villain? This video goes into how convoluted the character is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyBl8Usm_gM

There are different takes on Lex Luthor and he is fairly easy to follow, for the most part.

This video only covers Pre Crisis Brainiac and early Post Brainiac, not the more recent stuff, but it is this still a mess almost from the start. It may be why Brainiac often works better in adaptions in other media, where the back story can be more streamlined. If you think Brainiac is convoluted, how would you make him less convoluted?

[Vordan]

Not even close. Post Crisis Brainiac sucked and was a mess, but ever since Johns rebooted him he’s been pretty consistent in terms of both appearance, background, and motivation. Toyman is waaaaaay more convoluted especially since there are multiple Toymen.

[DrNewGod]

Not even close. Post Crisis Brainiac sucked and was a mess, but ever since Johns rebooted him he’s been pretty consistent in terms of both appearance, background, and motivation. Toyman is waaaaaay more convoluted especially since there are multiple Toymen.

Agreed. I was a fan of Post-Crisis Superman, but the Post-Crisis Brainiac was a smelly, smoldering mess. A failed attempt to differentiate him from Luthor.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

Mr. Mxyzsptlk would not like anyone being more convoluted than him.

[Kuwagaton]

The post crisis Brainiac was awesome. Aside from Hannigan's revamp they seemed to struggle with him before, but not only did they figure out how to make Brainiac's science different from Lex (and a psychic, which is pretty rare in DC) but also gave him those rivalries with Brainiacs 2 and 5 as well as his of his most memorable stories before Johns (Trilogy, Exile, Panic, Dead Again, Identity Crisis, Y2K, OWAW).

Ironically, in trying to reconcile all that Johns made things more confusing.

[qwertyuiop1998]

Watched this video last night. Agreed in some degree, yes, Brainiac is convoluted but so is Lex, Or Bizarro etc etc etc.