Bottled City

Bottled City

Bottled City

Bottled City

A city or society isolated from the external world. Abducted location, miniaturized and stored within a life-sustaining "bottle" by Brainiac for the purpose of study and analysis.

Name:

Bottled City

Aliases:

Start year:

1958

First issue:

Action Comics #242 The Super-Duel in Space / The Traffic Cop of 2058, A.D. / Safari from Space!

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Brainiac has stolen thousands of cities/planet throughout the universe. Notable ones include:

The Abatis Rampart of Tenebrian Dominion
Kandor of Krypton
Paris/Rome of Earth
Paz City of Czarnia

Crossovers:

Angel Grove

Issues

July 1958

Action Comics (1938) #242 The Super-Duel in Space… July 31st, 1958

March 1963

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954) #67 The Dummy … March 31st, 1963

April 1963

Action Comics (1938) #299 The Story of Superman's… April 30th, 1963

August 1965

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958) #59 Lois… August 1st, 1965

February 1967

World's Finest Comics (1941) #164 Brainiac's Supe… February 1st, 1967

January 1973

Supergirl (1972) #2 Death of a City!; The Magic P… January 31st, 1973

March 1973

Supergirl (1972) #4 The Borrowed Brain!; The Rock… March 31st, 1973

November 1975

The Superman Family (1974) #173 Menace of the Mic… November 30th, 1975

January 1977

Superman (1939) #307 Krypton -- No More! January 31st, 1977

March 1977

Superman (1939) #309 Blind Hero's Bluff! March 31st, 1977

November 1977

Superman (1939) #317 The Killer with the Heart of… November 30th, 1977

July 1979

Superman (1939) #337 Too Many Crooks! July 31st, 1979

August 1979

Superman (1939) #338 Let My People Grow! August 1st, 1979

October 1979

Action Comics (1938) #500 The Life Story of Super… October 31st, 1979

April 1982

Superman (1939) #370 Better Vengeance Through Che… April 30th, 1982

May 1982

Superman (1939) #371 Kandar lives Again! ...If Yo… May 31st, 1982

September 1989

Superman (1987) #35 Visions of Grandeur / The Rac… September 30th, 1989

September 1996

Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #60 The Bottle … September 1st, 1996

March 1999

Superboy (1994) #60 Hyper-Tension! Part 1: Big Ba… March 1st, 1999

August 2008

Action Comics (1938) #866 Brainiac, Part 1 - Firs… August 23rd, 2008

September 2008

Action Comics (1938) #867 Brainiac, Part 2 - Hide… September 23rd, 2008

October 2008

Action Comics (1938) #868 Brainiac, Part 3 - Gree… October 23rd, 2008

November 2008

Action Comics (1938) #869 Brainiac, Part 4 - Mind… November 23rd, 2008

December 2008

Action Comics (1938) #870 Brainiac, Conclusion December 23rd, 2008

February 2009

Action Comics (1938) #872 New Krypton, Part 7 - B… February 23rd, 2009

August 2009

Action Comics Annual (1987) #12 August 1st, 2009

November 2009

Adventure Comics (2009) #2 The Boy of Steel, Part… November 30th, 2009

May 2010

Superman (1939) #698 Last Stand of New Krypton, P… May 1st, 2010

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton (2010) #1 Inv… May 1st, 2010

Adventure Comics (2009) #9 Namesake; Unify; Awake… May 31st, 2010

Volumes

1938

Action Comics (1938) 9 issue(s)

1939

Superman (1939) 9 issue(s)

1941

World's Finest Comics (1941) 1 issue(s)

1954

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954) 1 issue(s)

1958

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958) 1 issue(s)

1972

Supergirl (1972) 2 issue(s)

1974

The Superman Family (1974) 1 issue(s)

1987

Action Comics Annual (1987) 1 issue(s)

Superman (1987) 1 issue(s)

1991

Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) 1 issue(s)

1994

Superboy (1994) 1 issue(s)

2005

Supergirl (2005) 1 issue(s)

2009

Adventure Comics (2009) 3 issue(s)

2010

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton (2010) 3 issue(s)

2018

Justice League (2018) 2 issue(s)

2025

Absolute Superman (2025) 2 issue(s)