House of Brainiac

[Vordan]

I thought the first issue was great!

spoilers:

Gorgeous art from Sandoval (man those colors popped nicely here too), and it delivered on the “Sinestro Corps War” vibes I was hoping for. Actually cackled at the reveal that AI Lex was a Brainiac Trojan horse, no one saw that coming. Excited to see Superman fight a team of Multiversal Brainiacs!

end of spoilers

[The Frog Bros]

I need an entire issue of "Lois Lanes day off". If we could've gotten that and ended it with the invasion of Lobo knock-offs and Brainiac Bots....perfection

Now that would fantastic. Especially with Sandoval.

[The Frog Bros]

Jon Kent, Powergirl, and Val Zod weren’t even in this issue too.

PG does have her crossover story coming up in her own book. Just too bad its "Paige."

[Last Son of Krypton]

Joshua Williamson invites us into “House of Brainiac”

“Because we go from this right into Absolute Power…and Superman is dealing with what happens in Absolute Power before he deals with anything else. Like, we won’t really see the ramifications of this story and Absolute Power until we get to issue #19 in the fall. A lot happens in the end. So it’s hard to answer how it impacts Superman right now because I don’t want to ruin it. Some stuff happens at the ending that has a major impact on a lot of the characters.

I was saying this before about how Superman is dealing with the idea of anger. Something happens that might really piss him off at the end…[something] that can make him even more mad. So it’ll definitely impact him and how he sees Brainiac moving forward.

Like, how do you have this moment where you feel compassion for this person? Superman is a person who gives everybody a second chance, and he feels like the only person he ever really let down was Lex Luthor; he couldn’t save Lex Luthor. Some of those feelings are going to also be involved with what happens with Brainiac at the end. There’ll definitely be a moment between Superman and Brainiac that will sort of harken back to some stuff with Jor-El and the idea of losing a parent or losing a child.”

Is Brainiac going to kill a Superman's relative?

[Will Evans]

Is Brainiac going to kill a Superman's relative?

What if he kills Lena Luthor, pissing both Lex and Superman off at the same time?

[HsssH]

He kills Jon.

[The Frog Bros]

He kills Jon.

Oh damn!

Regardless of who it is, could we be looking at another COIE moment?

[Venomized-spider-man]

He kills Jon.

Nah let not start that discussion here

either way he has nothing to do with this event as he shown in previews of Absolute power so he safe

[Rac7d*]

He kills Lana no wedding

[Journey]

He kills Jon.

I would love that

[Will Evans]

He’ll most likely kill Lena Luthor.
Reasons:
Brainiac is already tied to Lena via storylines from 1999-2000.
The Superman title recently has been building her up the last few months. Nothing on Jon or Lana lately.
The death would give not just Superman but Luthor angst.
Jon’s death or Lana’s death wouldn’t just impact Superman but Lois, Steel and the whole Superman family. No indication that any of that is coming.

It will change Luthor’s current status quo.

Meanwhile Superman’s status quo will more likely be affected by the upcoming Absolute Power storyline.

It wouldn’t surprise me if “Queen Brainiac” was made out of Lena’s body.

[Hypo]

Thread on the appearances on the final page.

[LordUltimus]

He kills Jon.

Where is Jon, anyway?

[Vordan]

He kills Jon.

Would love that but…

He kills Lana no wedding

This is probably what will happen. Jon didn’t even appear in the first issue, I don’t think he got bottled. Plus:

“The events of Our Worlds at War play [a role] because I read that when it was coming out and I was, ‘You know, it’s funny like Brainiac, he makes that deal with Lex and Lex basically sacrifices Lena and takes her to the future.’ And then it’s like, when Lena eventually betrayed him during Our Worlds at War, Brainiac says, ‘You’re the chosen one. You were meant to be the next step.’ And he was so offended that she was choosing to go back — choosing her father, choosing Lex, choosing Superman. And then Superman saved her. He saved Lena, gave Lena back to Lex,and was like, ‘Be better.’ And then it got forgotten completely.

Williamson really emphasized Lena’s importance in that interview.

[Frontier]

I did not expect to see Our Worlds at War referenced. Should've figured with Lena, but...deep cut, Williamson .