BRANIAC 5.1 WAS THE FIRST OF THE LEGION TO FALL BEFORE THE STRANGE VILLAIN KNOWN AS BENDER. THE BIZARRE ALIEN HAD EASILY RIPPED THROUGH BRANIAC'S FORCE FIELD AND THEN TRANSFORMED THE MAN INTO A  VOLUPTUOUS BLONDE WOMAN.
    STUNNED BY THE CHANGE IN GENDER BRANIAC HAD EASILY BEEN OVERCOME BY THE SUPER-STRONG BENDER. AS SHE SLUMPED INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS SHE HEARD THE MAN'S VOICE.
     "YOU ARE BUT THE FIRST DEAR BRANIAC, BUT WHAT BETTER WAY TO START THAN TO TAKE AWAY THE BRAINS OF THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES!? AND WHEN MY MACHINES ARE DONE WITH YOU THAT ENORMOUS I.Q. OF YOURS WILL BE A LONG-LOST MEMORY. YOU WILL BECOME THE CLASSIC BUXOM BIMBO....AND SERVE AS MY WARNING TO THE LEGION OF WHAT IS TO COME!"
    BRANIAC WOULD WAKE UP IN AN HOUR OR SO AS THE NEW BRANIAC 5.2....WHO WOULD BE MORE CONCERNED WITH SEX THAN SCIENCE.