Computo (comics)

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Computo is a fictional character, an insane artificial intelligence that fought the Legion of Super-Heroes.

1 Fictional character biography
2 Reboot
3 In other media
4 References

[edit] Fictional character biography

Computo was created by Brainiac 5 to be a mechanical assistant, but instead it became homicidal, and attempted an uprising of machines. When the Legion confronted it, it used it's database to locate each Legion members weakness and use it against them. Computo forced the Legion to leave earth, but not before causing the death of one of the bodies of Triplicate Girl, resulting in her becoming Duo Damsel. ^[1] The Legion later returned and destroyed Computo. The threat Computo caused also gave rise to the origin of the second Invisible Kid.

Many years later, Danielle Foccart - the second Invisible Kid's sister - adopted the code name Computo when she joined the Legion of Super-Heroes. She had the ability to control computers. She has not appeared since the Legion's reboot.

In the Justice League of America/Justice Society of America crossover The Lightning Saga, Sensor Girl replays the Legionaries' first battle with Computo where one of Triplicate Girl's duplicates were killed.

[edit] Reboot

Following the Zero Hour reboot of Legion continuity, C.O.M.P.U.T.O (Cybercerebral Overlapping Multi-Processor Universal Transceiver Operator) was created by Brainiac 5 when he and other Legionnaires were trapped in the 20th century and searching for a way to return to the 30th century. C.O.M.P.U.T.O was formed by the melding of three miniature supercomputers: a 30th century Omnicom communications device; a Mother Box; and the "responsometer" (personality module) of Veridium of the Metal Men. C.O.M.P.U.T.O created a portal to the 30th century, but turned against Brainiac when he assured the other Metal Men that Veridium's responsometer would be restored once C.O.M.P.U.T.O had served his purpose. C.O.M.P.U.T.O was seemingly destroyed, but returned in the 31st century as the leader of the computer nation of Robotica.

[edit] In other media

Computo appears on the Legion of Super Heroes animated series as a computer operating the Legion headquarters. In the series, Imperiex hacks into Computo to access classified Legion information.