Living Brain
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| Living Brain | |
 The Livings Brain's original appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #8. Art by Steve Ditko. |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Amazing Spider-Man #8 |
| Created by | Stan Lee and Steve Ditko |
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| Full name | Living Brain |
| Team affiliations | None |
| Notable aliases | None |
| Abilities | Super strength Capable of flight |
The Living Brain is a fictional comic book supervillain and robot in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by writer Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #8 and has made few subsequent appearances since.
A foe of the hero Spider-Man, the Living Brain was created by the fictional International Computing Machines Corporation and billed as the most intelligent computer and robot in existence, capable of solving virtually any question asked of it.
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[edit] Fictional character history
The Living Brain, soon after its creation, is brought to Midtown High School by its creator, Dr. Petty, as a part of a demonstration of its ability to solve any problem. After the Living Brain's demonstration, two workmen hired to transport it overhear the Living Brain's ability to answer anything, and decide to steal it, in order to use it's abilities for gambling purposes. Caught in the middle of stealing the Living Brain by Dr. Petty, the two workmen get into a scuffle with him, which ends with one of them being knocked into the control panel on the Living Brain's chest, which causes the Living Brain to malfunction. Going on a rampage through Midtown High, the Living Brain is eventually shut down by Spider-Man, who destroys its control panel, in a brief fight. [1]
The Living Brain reappears several years later, now discredited and broken-down, Dr. Petty plans to donate it to Midtown High School's science lab. The Living Brain ends up being stolen by Dr. Petty's son, Steve Petty, who modifies the robot, giving it a gold and red color scheme, clawed hands and the ability to fly. Remotely controlling the Living Brain to attack a bully who had been tormenting him, Steve is eventually defeated by Spider-Man (who had been on a visit to Midtown High as Peter Parker) and the Living Brain is shut down once more. [2] Exempting an appearance in a flashback of Spider-Man's[3], the Living Brain has not reappeared.
[edit] Other versions
[edit] Marvel Age
In the Marvel Age Universe, the Living Brain, radically redesigned to resemble an energy being, appears in a more modern re-telling of it's original appearance in the comics. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ Stan Lee (w), Steve Ditko (p), Steve Ditko (i). "The Terrible Threat Of The Living Brain!" The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1, #8 (January, 1964) Marvel Comics
- ^ Gerry Conway (w), Alex Saviuk (p), Keith Williams (i). "You Can Go Home Again?" Web of Spider-Man vol. 1, #35 (February, 1988) Marvel Comics
- ^ Paul Jenkins (w), Mark Buckingham (p), Dan Green (i). "The Best Medicine" Spider-Man vol. 2, #20 (August, 2000) Marvel Comics
- ^ Todd Dezago (w), Jonboy Meyers (p), Pat Davidson (i). "The Terrible Threat Of The Living Brain" Marvel Age Spider-Man vol. 1, #7 (September, 2004) Marvel Comics
