Brainiac 5

In the season's penultimate episode of the CW's Supergirl "Red Dawn" we get a climactic showdown between our hero and her Kasnian clone Red Daughter – but that is not the most precipitous event in tonight's episode, as Brainy, Dreamer, and J'onn chase down alien captives to find out what is happening to them, and we […]

Last week's episode of CW's Supergirl (make sure to check out Bleeding Cool television writer Andy Wilson's review of "American Dreamer" here) put the pieces in place for a season-ending run that that's destined to leave Kara (Melissa Benoist) and the rest of the team changed dramatically heading into the post-season break – and that's […]

Welcome back to Bleeding Cool's continuing coverage of the CW's Supergirl season 4. This week's episode is the one episode that consistently airs late in the season that attempt to tie all the disparate storylines together. The enigmatic glimpses of Red Daughter. The anti-alien sentiment in the U.S. government. Lex's arrival on the scene. All we were missing […]

Welcome back to Bleeding Cool's continuing coverage of the CW's Supergirl season 4. This episode had it all… the resolution to the James Olsen shooting, the introduction of Lex Luthor, J'onn deciding whether to shite or get off the pot, Nia and Brainy's first kiss, even Supergirl dropping a "damn it" while repairing a broken dam threatening the […]

As much as fans of the CW's Supergirl are eager to see how Kara can stop the growing war between the anti-alien U.S Government and its new rep Ben Lockwood/Agent Liberty, and the pro-alien forces of Manchester Black and the Elite. Seems like more than a handful for Supergirl, right? Which is usually the exact […]

Welcome back to Bleeding Cool's continuing coverage of the CW's Supergirl season 4. This week's new episode is heavy on the politics and personal commitment to doing what each character thinks it right in the increasingly intense pressure cooker that is National City. Lockwood accepts the President's appointment to the Director of the Department of Alien Affairs. His first […]

I appear to be 2-for-2 today. Earlier I wrote up the article that Hartley Sawyer, aka Elongated Man, was being made a series regular for season 5 of The Flash. A few weeks back I named Ralph Dibny the best new character of the season for the series. Now we get word that Jesse Rath, who […]

Now that most of The CW series have wrapped up for the season, I'm going to go through and analyze the shows for various things like best individual issue, comparing big bads, main character arcs, etc. Kicking it off with best new character, taking a trip to Earth-38 for Supergirl. There are quite a few […]

The CW has released a new clip from tonight's episode of Supergirl. In the wake of last week's battle, the Legion of Superheroes have a decision to make. If you're not caught up on the series, then there are spoilers ahead… be warned. The Legion traveled back in time to stop Pestilence (Angela Zhou) from […]

Supergirl has been having a down year so far. The third season of the Melissa Benoist series has been down 25% in the 18-49 demographic, averaging just 0.55 %. This is the same as DC's Legends of Tomorrow and a bit better than Arrow, but both of those shows are in the 9 p.m. time […]

Supergirl returns tonight after its mid-season hiatus, and things pick up in the aftermath of the battle between Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) and Reign (Odette Annable). Kara is in a coma, being kept alive by the Legion of Superheroes technology, and Mon-El (Chris Wood) awakens another of the Legion to help her. Querl Dax (Jesse Rath), […]

We are now less than a week away from the return of Supergirl from her mid-season hiatus. The show will be returning for four weeks and then giving up its time slot starting February 12th to DC's Legends of Tomorrow, only to return to finish out the season starting on April 16th. The network has […]

Late last week an extended trailer for the midseason return of Supergirl was released, and we got our first look at Brainiac 5. The character is part of the Legion of Superheroes, also the title for the episode, and in the comics is a green-skinned, blond-haired native of the planet Colu, and claimed to be […]

Supergirl fans have to wait until January 15th for the series to return, but that doesn't mean we can't get a glimpse at the next member of the Legion of Superheroes that will be making his debut when the show returns. Jesse Rath (Defiance) joins the cast as Brainiac 5, who in the comics is […]

After getting beaten into unconsciousness, the Girl of Steel looks like she could use some help — and that is exactly what she is going to get when Supergirl returns on January 15th. The mid-season finale showed us Samantha Arias (Odette Annable) fully awaken as Reign, and when she confronts Kara (Melissa Benoist), the battle […]

Now that the second-longest continuous writer at Marvel Comics, Brian Michael Bendis, has signed an exclusive deal with DC Comics, everything he ever said anywhere on the internet about DC Comics is up for discussion. Including this great post on his Tumblr from earlier in the year, when asked about the comparative fighting abilities of Batman […]

Supergirl continues to build up the Legion of Super-Heroes as word from TVLine is that Jesse Rath (Defiance) has been cast as Brainiac 5. The character is the 31st Century version of the Superman villain, but he is half computer and half organic life. He and other members of the Legion of Super-Heroes will travel […]

This new tome looks at the history of Superman as compiled through newspaper clippings, photos and stories by the Man of Steel's futuristic friend and Legion of Super-Heroes member Brainiac 5. Writing by the real-life Matthew Manning, this 312 page hard-bound book is crafted as a tribute from a admirer in the 31st century and […]