Would you not profit further with the brain of a head-of-state? (Intellex's Robot)
No, their minds turn to pulp far too early! It is Superman's brain I want... and Superman's brain... I shall have!
- — Intellex
Superman #396 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1984.
Synopsis for "The Battle For Superman's Brain!"
While Superman is serving as consultant on a Superman movie, an alien brain collector seeks to make his brain part of the collection.
Appearing in "The Battle For Superman's Brain!"
Featured Characters:
- Superman (also disguised as the Mystery Masquerader)
Supporting Characters:
- Jimmy Olsen
- Gregory Reed (as Superman)
Antagonists:
- Intellex the Brain Bandit (First appearance)
- Intellex's Robot (First appearance; unnamed)
- Two Terrorists (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Movie Personnel (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Leslie
- Dave
- Leonardo da Vinci (Mentioned only)
- Sigmond Freud (Mentioned only)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (Mentioned only)
- Thomas Edison (Mentioned only)
- Charles Darwin (Mentioned only)
- Albert Einstein (Mentioned only)
- Walt Disney (Mentioned only)
- Three Oil Pipeline Repairmen (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Mount Rushmore Tourists (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Alice
- Two S.T.A.R. Lab Employees (Unnamed)
Locations:
- Space
- Krypton (On a TV or computer screen) (Destroyed)
- Zanzibar (Mentioned only)
- The Sun
- Earth
- Movie Studio (Unnamed)
- Big Ben Movie Set
- Alaska
- Oil Pipeline
- South Dakota
- Mount Rushmore (Destroyed) and (Rebuilt)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Movie Studio (Unnamed)
Items:
- Koquen of Trase's Brain
- The Wennesse's Brain
- Rejjipoor's Brain
- Interlac (Mentioned only)
- Virus Z (a.k.a. Zanzibar Flu) (Destroyed)
- Skylab (Mentioned only)
- Legion Flight Ring (worn by Gregory Reed)
- Translator Earpiece (worn by Gregory Reed)
Vehicles:
- Intellex's Spacecraft
Notes
- It was not mentioned if some of the story takes place in Metropolis.
See Also