From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain

From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain

Infobox Book
name = From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain
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image_caption = Front-cover of the North American Version. Seen are Dr. Brain and Omnipotent Man during a therapy session.
author = Minister Faust
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country = Canada
language = English
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genre = Science Fiction
publisher = Del Rey Books
release_date = January 2007
media_type = Paperback
pages = 385
ISBN = ISBN 978-0-345-46637-2

"From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain" (2007), Is the title of a science-fiction novel by Minister Faust. The novel is essentially a fictional self-help book for Superheroes written by the character Dr. Eva Brain-Silverman a.k.a. Dr. Brain, the world's leading therapist for the extraordinary abled, titled "Unmasked! When Being A Superhero Can't Save You From Yourself: Self-Help Guide for Today's Hyper Hominids". The novel follows the adventures and therapy sessions of the members the Fantastic Order of Justice, Earth's most powerful, and dysfunctional, superteam.

Characters

*Dr. Brain a.k.a "Dr. Eva Brain-Silverman"
Age: Unknown
Powers: None The world's leading therapist for the world's extraordinarily abled. She lives and works at the Hyper-Potentiality Clinic inside the refurbished Mount Palomax Observatory in Los Ditkos. She has been helping 'Hyper-Hominids' for more than twenty years and has written such super self-help books as: "Seven Habits of Highly Defective Teams", "Why Do Bad Villains 'Happen' to Good Heroes?" and "Evil Geniuses Who Hate Humanity and the Women Who Love Them", among others.


*Omnipotent Man a.k.a "Wally W. Watchtower"
Age: 71
Powers: Has a body with the density of steel and is Earth's mightiest man.An extremely dim-witted refugee from the destroyed planet Argon.


*Flying Squirrel a.k.a. "Festus Piltdown III"
Age: 70
Powers: The ability to fly and a 'squirrel-o-scope' that has the to magnify the distance he can see. An aging billionaire playboy industrialist and the krypto-fascist scourge of the criminal underworld.


*Iron Lass a.k.a. "Hnossi Icegaard"
Age: Unknown
Powers: Momentary impenetrability, Flight, and owns two magical swords, "Darkalfheimdottir", which shoots fire and "Grendelsmuter", which shoots ice. An accented, immortal Norse Warrior-Goddess and the world's greatest martial strategist. Swears constantly to the Norse gods, much to the chagrin of Omnipotent Man.


*The Brotherfly a.k.a. "André "P-Fly" Parker"
Age: 26
Powers: Can crawl along ceiling and walls, has the ability to fly.A wise-cracking, ebonics speaking ladies man. Gained his powers through nuclear radiation.


*Powergrrl a.k.a "Syndi Tycho"
Age: 19
Powers: Can create up to 3 clones of herself. A pop music sensation, fashion diva and sex symbol.


*X-Man a.k.a. "Philip Kareem Edgarton"
Age: 34
Powers: Can summon materials and objects at will.
Detective supreme and Zulu nationalist militant rabble-rouser from the ghettos of Los Ditkos. Formerly of the League of Angry Blackmen.


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