I for one, thought the Brainiac with the knife was a wonderfully disturbing B-movie moment. All Brainiac really needed to do was put Aquaman's head on top of a giant washing machine/television set and you've got the gadget from THEY SAVED HITLER'S BRAIN.
Where's Ro-Man, that television-set headed gorilla, when you need him? "I have been programmed to destroy - AND I WILL DO IT WITH MY BARE HANDS!"
Nightwing pointed it out, but it ought to be worth repeating: no graphic violence was actually shown. The scene is effective, and we are filled with suspense and dread, because Ross cuts away right before anything terrible happens - which is something someone with far less style and self control would not do.
That is a very good point. I'd imagine that if this was the Identity/Infinite Crisis crew doing the story instead of Ross the knife would've already been half-way into Arthurs skull by the time we got to the last page. Even when Ross goes for the throat there seems to be a measure of tact attempted which is far more than I could say for the others.
I think also for me I'm very used to thinking of Brainiac in terms of the chrome skeleton version or the STAS version where he is a cold machine rather than a creature who performs lobodomies.
I'll see where Ross is going with it though. I think his Parasite redesign is prolly the most needlessly gratuitous of them all. With Bizzaro I want to see how he plays Bizzaros personality though I fear they'll prolly go way to far with him the way they did in IC.
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