Braniac is going to take a fall in DC Universe Online, resolving one story line but inevitably setting things up for the next big threat. It all looks and sounds awesome, so much so that I won't let the face that it's called 'Battle for Earth' creep me out with weird imagery from the L. Ron Hubbard novel/film/religious treatise Battlefield Earth even cross my mind.

This right here? Not thinking' about it at all.

No the Battle for Earth is the upcoming DLC, and beginning of a new storyline, for DC Universe Online. It sounds great - I'm hearing about Braniac as a dangerous magical avatar, setting the stage for an Amazon attack featuring creatures of Myth on Themyscira. There are also going to be new powers, and brawls on Gotham's South Side.

Here's the list of new features from DC's press release on 'Battle for Earth,' followed by some super-sweet screenshots.

• Themyscira – Experience a new Raid on Wonder Woman's home island that pits players against Chimeric Brainiacs and, ultimately, the deadly Avatar of Magic. Players will fight alongside mythical creatures such as Cyclops, Hydra and Colossus, while simultaneously protecting key units of Amazons and Beastimorphs.

• South Gotham Brainiac Invasion – Supercharged action continues as players battle Brainiac's invasion force in the streets of South Gotham, the Courthouse Alert and new Duos. Working to stop Brainiac's Union – formed by the people trapped inside the bottled buildings – who are constructing Proto-Avatars to assault Gotham, players will be challenged to rise up and defend Earth against Brainiac's final assault.

• The Prime Battleground – The Battle for Earth storyline leads players in to an epic battle in which they must fight all three of Brainiac's newly completed Prime Avatars, and then Brainiac himself. Heroes will fight for the safety of the Earth and its inhabitants, while Villains will want to defeat Brainiac and expand the influence of evil across the planet.

• Earth Powers – Rumble on to the scene and shake things up with DCUO's ninth power set. Earth Powers can be used for both Tanking and Damage and features an exciting new Tanking mechanic that defers damage to a player's constructs and automatons. Geokinesis abilities give players the ability to shape Earthen constructs to crush enemies and reinforce allies while Seismic abilities allow players to call mighty, Earth-shaking forces to rattle and daze opponents.

Sounds nice, right? Now with the pics: