- Vril Dox
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caption = Cover toL.E.G.I.O.N. #14 (April 1990). Pencils byKevin Maguire , inks by Al Gordon, colors byLovern Kindzierski .
character_name = Vril Dox
publisher =DC Comics
debut = "Superman" # 167
(February 1964)
revamp:
"Invasion!" # 1
(January 1989)
creators =Edmond Hamilton
Cary Bates
Curt Swan
revamp:
Keith Giffen
alter_ego =
full_name = Vril Dox II
species =
homeworld =Colu
alliances =L.E.G.I.O.N.
aliases =
supports=
powers = Extraordinary intelligenceVril Dox of the planet
Colu is aDC Comics character. He is the son of Brainiac, one ofSuperman 's greater foes. He is an ancestor of Querl Dox,Brainiac 5 of theLegion of Super-Heroes .ilver Age
Vril Dox was a young Coluan who was adopted by the Computer Tyrants to be Brainiac's son. He escaped and led a rebellion against the Computer Tyrants.
Post-Crisis
Vril Dox II was a clone created by his "father" Vril Dox I. As Brainiac's son, he has inherited his father's high intelligence and extreme
Machiavelli an ethics.Vril Dox is the founder of the interplanetary police force
L.E.G.I.O.N. . It was founded through outright murder when Vril and his allies destroyed a criminal drug ring.Vril tried to manipulate everyone he came across, not generally accepting when they did not follow his plans. He managed to gain control of the bounty-hunter Lobo, mostly by out-smarting him.
Vril had a son named
Lyrl Dox who rebelled and took over his organization. Vril later regained control of L.E.G.I.O.N by bartering the soul of one of his unborn offspring.External links
* [http://www.monitorduty.com/mdarchives/2005/11/kistlers_profil_1.shtml Alan Kistler's Profile On: Brainiac]
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