Who Is Brain Wave? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Brain Wave is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Henry King Sr., with over 95 comic issue appearances. Brain Wave honed his mental abilities to perfection, enabling him to hypnotise people effortlessly, and to project realistic three-dimensional images.

Who is Brain Wave?

Henry King was a lonely child who spent his formative years daydreaming. One day, King discovered he had the mutant ability to project realistic three-dimensional illusions from within his conscious mind. As he matured, King developed complete control over these astral projections. A greedy man, King sent obedient thought images out to steal for him until he had amassed a great fortune. Financially secure, and now calling himself Brain Wave, he then set his sights on world domination. Realising that the members of the Justice Society of America would be major obstacles to overcome, King attempted repeatedly to overcome them both by his own devices, and with the help of the members of the Injustice Gang of the World . King went on to marry the heroine known as Merry "the Girl of a 1,000 Gimmicks" and they had a son, Henry King Jr, who became Brainwave Jr . After first joining and then being betrayed by the Ultra Humanite in his version of the Secret Society of Super Villains , King died protecting his son from the brutal albino gorilla villain.

Key facts

Brain Wave is of mutant origin and first appeared in "The Man Who Created Images". The character is published by DC Comics. With 95 recorded issue appearances, Brain Wave ranks among the most featured characters in comics.