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Thought this was interesting. I found this in a old 1964 Superman comic letters page. I just added it to the Braniac wiki page and thought I'd post it here too.
In the "Metropolis Mailbag" the fan letters page of Superman #167 dated 1964, this is written concerning Braniac's early origins.
"Shortly after the first "Brainiac" story appeared in Action Comics, in 1956, we learned that a real "Brainiac" existed...in the form of an ingenius "Brainiac Computer Kit" invented in 1955 by Edmund C. Berkeley. Mr. Berkeley is a distinguished scientist and a world authority automation, computers, and robots.
In deference to his "Brainiac, " which pre-dates ours, with this issue of Superman we are changing the characterization of our "Brainiac" so that the master-vilain will henceforth possess a computer personality." We are confident that our readers will approve of this transformation: it should make "Brainiac" a mightier adversary for the Man of Steel. "
The letters page goes on to describe a kit by Mr. Berkeley that can be ordered where kids could build their own computer that could solve interesting problems of all kinds. Cost was only $20.00.
Believe it or not.
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