Milton Fine (New Earth)

Brainiac
Mainstream Universe‎, 1986‎-2011‎
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Real Name	Milton Moses Fine
Main Alias	Brainiac
Other Aliases	The Amazing Brainiac
Relatives	Janet Jones (Common-law wife).
Affiliation	Vril Dox
Base Of Operations	Mobile
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Circus Performer
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5' 8"
Weight	170 lbs (77 kg)
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	New Earth
Creators	John Byrne · Jerry Ordway
First Appearance	Adventures of Superman #438 (March, 1988)

Milton Fine was a sideshow mentalist who performed under the name "The Amazing Brainiac".

History

Fine was a metahuman who possessed actual psychic powers. His telepathy attracted an alien entity which believed it was the disembodied mind of a Coluan scientist named Vril Dox who had been executed for trying to overthrow the Computer Tyrants of Colu, Vril managed to temporarily gain control of Fine, him and Superman had their first encounter that ended with Superman defeating Milton and sending him to a mental hospital.

Milton Fine possessed by Brainiac

Vril's attempts at permanently subjugating Milton were futile, but everything would change when Milton's wife, Janet Jones died.The entity before permanently possessing Fine's body went on a murder spree to collect human cranial fluid, which would allow it to temporarily maintain its control over him, targeting homeless people, one of which was Jimmy Olsen's friend, Pete Shoemaker. With Milton Fine officially gone, only Brainiac remained, now free to unleash his powers he kidnapped Jimmy Olsen and Cat Grant as he found out his human body was rejecting his alien presence, when confronted by Superman Brainiac was expecting an easy fight now that he could unleash more of his powers, but Superman had just been through one of his most traumatic experiences of his life, Brainiac only met a very angry Superman that ultimately overpowered even his mental powers.

After these events, Vril Dox would completely dismantle Milton Fine's body, transforming it in a Coluan.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Telepathy
• Psychokinesis
• Energy Projection

Notes

• When the Brainiac of Prime Earth ventured across time and space to recruit all his past, future, and alternate selves in order to create the Brainiac Queen, Milton Fine was among the variants that were recruited and became part of one hive-mind, sharing a collective intelligence with every other Brainiac.

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• Character Gallery: Milton Fine (New Earth)

Footnotes

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