He is, in a reversal of the typical Superman story, an extraterrestrial who is sent to Earth with the sinister intentions of taking it over for his race that sent him for this mission. Brandon ends up crash landing in the titular town of Brightburn, Kansas, where he is adopted by a couple who were unable to have children. He is also friends with Homelander and Omni Man and possibly the comic version of Black Noir a.k.a. Elisangela. Brandon is an incredibly powerful alien entity (who goes by Brightburn) with a multitude of potent, unstoppable and extremely lethal superhuman/supernatural powers and abilities. When he was a child, Brandon, despite being socially awkward, was a prodigious, quiet and nice boy. However, when he discovered his super abilities, his personality took a dramatic turn. He began to develop slowly a god complex, thinking himself superior to human beings. He also shows delusional tendencies, claiming he wants to do good, thinking that humans are evil by nature despite him commiting evil actions by choice, showcasing his hypocrisy.