Brainosaur (S.H.I.E.L.D. anti-bomb weapon)

BRAINOSAUR

Classification: Terrestrial technology

Creator: Tony Stark

Users/Possessors: Tony Stark

First Appearance: (model) Strange Tales I#139/1 (December, 1965); (actual) Strange Tales I#140/1 (January, 1966)

Powers/Abilities/Functions: The Brainosaur was a rocket-powered vessel containing a powerful computer brain able to disarm bombs. The Brainosaur could be piloted into space, and could be flown by an occupant inside. It possessed a long neck-like appendege for bomb disarming.

History: (Strange Tales I#138/1 - BTS) - After HYDRA launched its Betatron Bomb into orbit, Tony Stark proposed the Brainosaur to Colonel Nick Fury as a means to disarm the weapon. HYDRA attempted to kidnap Stark, but he protected himself in a bullet-proof cubicle, and they took Fury instead.

(Strange Tales I#139/1) - HYDRA was unable to learn anything about the Brainosaur from Fury, who knew nothing. Stark presented a model of the Brainosaur to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s council, and received their approval to use the actual device.

(Strange Tales I#140/1) - Stark launched the Brainosaur from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier and flew out to the Betatron Bomb. He succeeded in removing the bomb's radioactive firing mechanism, rendering the bomb inert and useless to HYDRA.

Comments: Created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott.

by Prime Eternal

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Brainosaur should not be confused with:

The Brain, Otto von Schmittsder, Nazi scientist, disembodied head, @ Adventures into Terror#4
Brain, one third of the Tri-Man, @ Daredevil I#22
Brain of Earth-1958, "Slugger" Johnson, dreams made into pocket reality, @ Fantastic Four I#136
Brain, of the Midnight Wreckers, @ Machine Man II#1
Brainard, of the Cult of Zhered-Na, @ Adventures into Fear#13
Brain-Carriers, the Binary Beings, @ Marvel Super-Heroes (UK)#385
Brain Cell, of the Morlocks, @ Uncanny X-Men#292
Brainchild of the Savage Land Mutates, @ X-Men I#62
Brain-Child of Earth-S, Arnold Sutton, Avengers/Squadron Supreme foe, @ Avengers I#86
Brain-Child One, rocket weapon of Brain-Child's, @ Avengers I#86
Brain Drain, Werner Schmidt, Nazi scientist, disembodied head, @ Invaders I#2
Braineaters, cannibal werewolf biker gang, @ Marvel Comics Presents#55
Brainfeeler, Viridian, @ Dr. Who#51
Brain Leeches, Xandarian brains, used in Super-Nova's ship, @ Avengers I#301
Brain Mines, Deviant weapons, used to render Eternals comatose, @ Eternals I#4
Brain Parasites, parasites, fought the Fantastic Four, @ Fantastic Four I#227
Brainstorm, Jimmy, inmate at Mad Dog Ward, @ Web of Spider-Man#33
Brainy, one of Bianca La Niege's dwarves, @ Generation X#40

Images taken from:
Strange Tales I#139, page 4, panel 1

Appearances:
Strange Tales I#138-140 (November, 1965 - January, 1966) - Stan Lee (writer/editor), Jack Kirby (pencils), John Severin (#138), Joe Sinnott (#139) & Don Heck (#140) (inks)

Last updated: 04/17/05

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