Indigo (comics)

Brainiac 8
Indigo as seen in Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files and Origins #1 (December 2003)
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #1 (July 2003)
Created by	Judd Winick Alé Garza
In-story information
Alter ego	Brainiac 8
Team affiliations	Outsiders Insiders Legion of Doom
Partnerships	Brainiac
Notable aliases	Indigo
Abilities	Flight, energy blasts, force fields, analytical computer brain, enhanced strength and durability, self-repair/healing factor

Brainiac 8 (also called Indigo) is a fictional superheroine in the DC Comics Universe, who is later revealed to be a supervillain.

Brainiac 8 first appeared in Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #1 and was created by Judd Winick and Alé Garza.

Indigo is a gynoid and a member of the Outsiders. Born in a distant future era, she comes to the 21st century badly damaged, and desperately looking for a cybernetic or mechanical organism capable of repairing her. In the process, she tries to install her self-repairing routines into the Metal Men, but they are incapable of assisting her in maintenance. Then she turns to Cyborg, but in the process, she damages him.

Attacked by the combined forces of Young Justice and the Titans, she retreats, switching into an offensive mode. Although the combined forces of the young superheroes best her, adding further damage, she is able to activate a dormant Superman robot before shutting down for repairs. Yet when the android comes after the young heroes (killing Lilith Clay and Donna Troy), Red Arrow (then going by the name "Arsenal") briefly reactivates the young female droid and sends her to stop the Superman Android before shutting down again.

When Red Arrow (still calling himself Arsenal at the time) reforms the Outsiders, he claims the female droid, now called Indigo, as a teammate.

Her memory was supposedly damaged in the aftermath of her dramatic appearance; any remainder was wiped out by S.T.A.R. Labs. Indigo displays a very naive personality, guilelessly taking pleasure in the simple things in life, like doing laundry for friends, bowling, and silent movies. She often struggles to learn how to behave in society, and takes her cues from those she lives with. As she grows more integrated in her quest to earn the acceptance and forgiveness of Nightwing and her teammates, she even manages to find love with Shift.