Earlier treatments of the Superman III script featured Brainiac as a primary villain. The supercomputer at the end of the film is perhaps a reference to this plot point. One earlier outline of the story is said to have revealed that Gus Gorman himself was Brainiac in disguise. If the audience examines the supercomputer from that perspective, it can be seen as a variation on the Pre-Crisis villain Computo. Computo was a supercomputer constructed by Brainiac 5 in 'Computo the Conqueror!' (Adventure Comics #340, January 1966). Like Gorman's computer, Computo is constructed with good intentions, but it quickly becomes self-aware and turns on its creator. Computo is able to keep the Legion of Superheroes at bay by exploiting their individual weaknesses. This includes using a kryptonite ray to fend off Superman. The idea of kryptonite radiation being channeled through a beam has been used in the comics many times, like in 'The Death of Superman!' (Superman #149, November 1961) for example.

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