This is very much a preliminary encounter - the Brigade arrive after Superman has solved the conflict, so readers only get a taste of their membership rather than their abilities. Nevertheless, the prospect of new characters from strange worlds banding together in a superhero version ofStar Trek...
something called "transfer transit." [In the show] there's FTL travel, but even with FTL travel, it's still going to take you a while to get somewhere. And we got around that in "Stargate" using these things called stargates, which allowed almostinstantaneous travel from anywhere...