Who Is Brain Drain? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Brain Drain is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Werner Schmidt, with over 60 comic issue appearances. A nihilist robot man and computer sciences student who was once a member of Hydra and is now a hero

Who is Brain Drain?

Origin A scientist in the 1940s, Werner Schmidt was accidentally crushed by crashing aliens. They attempted to reconstruct him, but, unfamiliar with humans, they reconstructed him as a brain in a vat with a humanoid robot body. As he was carrying a Hydra book at the time of the crash, its tenets were programmed into him, and he became a Hydra member who was unable to change course or better himself, despite his human brain slowly becoming disillusioned with Hydra. Following several conflicts with heroes, he spent 20 years trapped in the Canadian tundra before managing to escape. Creation Brain Drain was created by Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins . He made his first appearance in The Invaders #2 . He was significantly updated by Ryan North and Erica Henderson . Character Evolution Bronze Age The Bronze Age introduced the majority of Brain Drain's origins and powers, which have gone largely unchanged.

Key facts

Brain Drain is of human origin and first appeared in "The Ring of the Nebulas! 2/2". The character is published by Marvel. With 60 recorded issue appearances, Brain Drain ranks among the most featured characters in comics.