The first Brain Storm appeared in Justice League of America #32 (December 1964) and was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky.

Part of his plan involved stealing the powers and abilities from the Justice League members and redistributing them to random people.

They battled a group of stellar-energy powered threats, and came to realize who it was that Brain Storm blamed for his brothers death – the Green Lantern.

Bringing Fred to them and restoring his memory, the Justice League convinced Brain Storm to end his vendetta against the Green Lantern.

However, Brain Storm realized that escape was the best course of action and teleported away without a trace, leaving the JLA to turn his brother over to the police.

Finally determining which foe was the real Brain Storm, Batman knocked him out, relinquishing his control over the JLA members.

With help from Amunet Black, the Thinker arranges for Lanse's capture to implant his consciousness in his body, killing him in the process.

The Thinker later uses Lanse's powers to put a mental block on Killer Frost to negate hers until she regains them in the fifth season.