Story: "...The Amazing Brainiac" (22 Pages)

Credits: John Byrne (plot, script); Jerry Ordway (pencils); John Beatty (inks); Albert De Guzman (letters); Anthony Tollin (colors); Michael Carlin (edits)

Feature Character: Superman (last in Superman Vol. 2 #15; next in Action Comics #598)

Supporting Characters: Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen; Cat Grant (last in Superman Vol. 2 #13), Adam Grant (last in Superman Vol. 2 #10), Jerry White (last in issue #434)

Villains: Brainiac (first post-revamp appearance; last in flashback in L.E.G.I.O.N. '91 #23; next in issue #445; also in flashback); The Computer Tyrants of Colu (in flashback)

Other Characters: Milton Moses Fine (as Brainiac; first appearance; under the mental possession of Brainiac); Henry Lawrence Chin (deceased), Mr. Chin, Mrs. Chin (Henry and Ronnie's parents), Ronnie Chin (Henry's brother; first appearance of latter three); Janet Jones, Selena the Beautiful Buxum, Bearded Lady (two circus employees), Harry (a hot dog vendor at the circus; first appearance of all three), Doctor Howard (first appearance; Milton Fine's doctor)