Living Brain

Living Brain

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caption = The Livings Brain's original appearance in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #8. Art by Steve Ditko.
character_name = Living Brain
publisher = Marvel Comics
debut = "The Amazing Spider-Man" #8
creators = Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
full_name = Living Brain
height =
weight =
affiliations = None
aliases = None
powers = Super strength
Capable of flight|

The Living Brain is a fictional comic book supervillain and robot in the Marvel Universe. Created by writer Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character first appears in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #8 and has made few subsequent appearances since.

A foe of the hero Spider-Man, the Living Brain was created by the fictional International Computing Machines Corporation and billed as the most intelligent computer and robot in existence, capable of solving virtually any question asked of it.

Fictional character history

The Living Brain, soon after its creation, is brought to Midtown High School by its creator, Dr. Petty, as a part of a demonstration of its ability to solve any problem. After the Living Brain's demonstration, two workmen hired to transport it overhear the Living Brain's ability to answer anything, and decide to steal it, in order to use its abilities for gambling purposes. Caught in the middle of stealing the Living Brain by Dr. Petty, the two workmen get into a scuffle with him, which ends with one of them being knocked into the control panel on the Living Brain's chest, which causes the Living Brain to malfunction. Going on a rampage through Midtown High, the Living Brain is eventually shut down by Spider-Man, who destroys its control panel, in a brief fight. [ Cite comic
Writer = Stan Lee
Penciller = Steve Ditko
Inker = Steve Ditko
Story = The Terrible Threat Of The Living Brain!
Title = The Amazing Spider-Man
Volume = 1
Issue = 8
Date = January, 1964
Publisher = Marvel Comics ]

The Living Brain reappears several years later, now discredited and broken-down, Dr. Petty plans to donate it to Midtown High School's science lab. The Living Brain ends up being stolen by Dr. Petty's son, Steve Petty, who modifies the robot, giving it a gold and red color scheme, clawed hands and the ability to fly. Remotely controlling the Living Brain to attack a bully who had been tormenting him, Steve is eventually defeated by Spider-Man (who had been on a visit to Midtown High as Peter Parker) and the Living Brain is shut down once more. [ Cite comic
Writer = Gerry Conway
Penciller = Alex Saviuk
Inker = Keith Williams
Story = You Can Go Home Again?
Title = Web of Spider-Man
Volume = 1
Issue = 35
Date = February, 1988
Publisher = Marvel Comics ] Exempting an appearance in a flashback of Spider-Man's [ Cite comic
Writer = Paul Jenkins
Penciller = Mark Buckingham
Inker = Dan Green
Story = The Best Medicine
Title = Spider-Man
Volume = 2
Issue = 20
Date = August, 2000
Publisher = Marvel Comics ] , the Living Brain has not reappeared.

Other versions

Marvel Age

In the Marvel Age Universe, the Living Brain, radically redesigned to resemble an energy being, appears in a more modern re-telling of its original appearance in the comics. [ Cite comic
Writer = Todd Dezago
Penciller = Jonboy Meyers
Inker = Pat Davidson
Story = The Terrible Threat Of The Living Brain
Title = Marvel Age Spider-Man
Volume = 1
Issue = 7
Date = September, 2004
Publisher = Marvel Comics ]

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