When Superman appears, Luthor's secret criminal operations are threatened and Luthor is no longer considered a great savior or power in the city, particularly after the hero tells the public that they should look to themselves to be heroes and not look to others to be their saviors. He has been envisioned as Superman's dual opposite; morally depraved and relying on intellect over strength. 2) #2, discovering Metallo is powered by a 'heart' of kryptonite that can hurt and potentially kill Superman, Luthor steals it and a creates a kryptonite ring for himself. At one point, Lionel is able to reach through space and time to bring a Martian child named J'onn J'onzz to Earth. Over the centuries, the Luthor family became millionaire industrialists at the beginning of the 20th Century. This combination makes him an extremely powerful and formidable opponent; he is ruthless, efficient and creative. Before he takes office in the White House, Luthor cuts ties with his own company LexCorp, turning over leadership to Talia Head (pronounced "Heed"), daughter of international terrorist cult leader Ra's al Ghul, one of Batman's greatest enemies. This idea, presented in the graphic novel JLA: Earth 2, was a meta-commentary by writer Grant Morrison on the fact that in the main DC Universe, it is accepted by readers that good tends to triumph over evil. When he temporarily attempts to act as a hero and works alongside the Justice League, Luthor uses a similar warsuit with non-lethal weaponry and no kryptonite-based features. [71], During the Blackest Night storyline, when the public learned that everyone who has died are rising as undead Black Lanterns, Luthor isolates himself in his safehouse in fear that all the people he has murdered over the years will reanimate and seek revenge. The character was ranked 4th on IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time[5] and as the 8th Greatest Villain by Wizard on its 100 Greatest Villains of All Time list. The two eventually fall in love and marry.[38]. Luthor then works with Brainiac to create a binary clone with their own genetics, a possible threat to Superboy. He is classified as a Power User. Superman destroys Luthor's dirigible with him still on it, implying Luthor may have died. He is the main antagonist of Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited and one of the two main antagonists (alongside The Joker)of Justice League. Amassing large quantities of kryptonite and kidnapping the super-villains Metallo and the Kryptonite Man, Lex uses them to power a Kryptonian warship controlled through a "sunstone" crystal. While he knew Clark as a teenager in Smallville, he rejected the other boy's attempts to form a friendship. In an effort to prove his abilities to Superboy, Lex manages to counter Lena's disabilities, allowing her to walk and regain greater mental awareness, then quickly reverses the process, leaving her completely catatonic. He is a member of a group of supervillains called the Light. 4 (Spring 1940);[9] Luthor's next appearance occurs in Superman No. [25] Immediately, the Superman comics and the series Superman/Batman made references to the canonicity of the new origin series. [116] Called Mazahs, he takes the super-powers of those he kills and is the father of the villain Superwoman's child. Luthor is acquitted of all charges. Although Lex Luthor is able to devise a plan to destroy Imperiex's body, the plan is subsequently hijacked by Brainiac 13, requiring Superman to propose a new plan where Darkseid and Luthor coordinate their efforts to defeat Imperiex by sending him back in time. Luthor returns in Superman No. This combination makes him an extremely powerful and formidable opponent; he is ruthless, efficient and creative. The earlier Golden Age stories of Superman and Batman were later said to have taken place on Earth-Two, a parallel universe that was part of the larger DC Multiverse. The United States Department of War asked this story line be delayed from publication, which it was until 1946, to protect the secrecy of the Manhattan Project. Luthor has been secretly injecting himself with a new version of the "super-steroid" Venom (a chemical associated with the Batman villain Bane) mixed with liquified synthetic kryptonite of his own design. Since early childhood, Lex exhibited an extremely high intellect, which made his mother greatly proud of him, often referring to her son as a \"genius\" and being very close to him as he grew up.During his early childhood, Lex learned to play chess from Russian grandmaster Anatoly Karpov. He needed to be smarter than Superman. My view was if he could afford all those labs and giant robots he wouldn't need to rob banks. Lex Luthor (1986) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Later on, the time-traveling villain Brainiac 13 infuses Metropolis with technology from the future while his ancestor Brainiac, in need of a new physical vessel, mentally inhabits young Lena's body. Jon Cryer also portrayed Lex Luthor's nephew, Lenny Luthor, in the 1987 DC film, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, which is widely regarded as the most disappointing Superman movie ever. ", "Who created the "new" Lex Luthor for MAN OF STEEL? While increasing his physical strength and speed, it starts making him irrational and more prone to aggression. In the commercial, he introduces the VR goggles to visionize people. [66], Luthor later manages to use Brainiac's ship to kill the soldiers assigned to watch him. Lex Luthor is an extremely intelligent, calculating, duplicitous and unpredictable man of immeasurable ruthlessness. 1 Personality 2 Appearance 3 Abilities 4 Gallery 5 Trivia Lena showed a naughty attitude during the Lexcorp commercial with her brother. Lex Luthor besitzt prinzipiell keine Superkräfte, jedoch ist er hochintelligent in einem Maße, dass er als klügster Mensch des gesamten DC-Universums gilt. A four issue Elsewords mini-series, later said to take place on Earth-22. Introduced during the Silver Age of Comics as a mirror version of the DC Comics Earth, where Americans colonized Europe and Abraham Lincoln shot John Wilkes Booth. His eighth marriage to Contessa Erica Alexandra Del Portenza (a.k.a. To distinguish him from the modern-day Lex Luthor, the original incarnation is shown as having kept his red hair and is retroactively given the first name Alexi. The Daily Planet opposes Luthor and he retaliates in ways that leave the newspaper almost bankrupt. In the alternate future timeline of Titans Tomorrow,[112] Conner becomes an uncompromising and dictatorial successor to Superman, while Luthor acts as a caring, father figure to him. 1 Depiction 2 LexCorp 2.1 Demolition robots 2.2 Secret office Lex Luthor first appears at the very beginning of the first episode, Sweet Justice. 4 and steals a weapon from the U.S. Army capable of causing earthquakes. [9] The character's abrupt hair loss has been made reference to several times over the course of his history. He has no headgear, and carries a large gun, the Deconstructor. Following the events of the Infinite Crisis, Luthor's history was again altered, re-introducing Lena as his blood sister. In the books he has been commonly conceived as either a mad scientist or a billionaire tyrant bent on world domination. Alongside Joker and Cheetah III, Luthor (once again wearing his warsuit) organizes a new Injustice League to help destroy the reformed Justice League. He now grows up in Smallville with his younger sister Lena and abusive, alcoholic father. But after Infinite Crisis ended in 2006, new stories discredited parts of it and it was officially replaced by the 2009–2010 series Superman: Secret Origin. Wonder Woman restrains Luthor with her magic lasso and under its spell of truth he confesses he secretly wants to be Superman. Superman and Lois discover the truth but agree to Lex's request that Lena not learn about their connection. While creating a "Neutrarod" tower to stabilize the planetary core, Luthor's pathological hatred for Superman resurfaces and he reflects on feeling unsatisfied in life without their conflict. Er erschien als Hauptantagonist in dem 2016 erschienenen Superheldenfilm Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Mit dem Dekonstruktor kann er schwarz leuchtende LEGO-Objekte zerstören. Lex Luthor is the elected President of the United States, a billionaire from Metropolis, and the archenemy of Superman. [3] Lex Luthor is an ordinary human and has no natural superpowers but occasionally wears his Warsuit, a suit of mechanized armor that gives him enhanced strength, flight, advanced weaponry, and other capabilities.[4]. The two find a kinship in both feeling like outsider and sharing a wish to explore outer space and discover alien alife, despite one resenting humanity and the other hoping to understand and be accepted by it. Angry at Superman's interference and blaming him for losing the love of the public, Luthor swears vengeance. He convinces the public that it was not him who committed crimes and fled the White House but rather this man, a Luthor from a parallel Earth who masqueraded as him. To test the suit, Luthor performs several acts of destruction on Lexor, feigning ignorance when he hears about the "mystery marauder" and telling Ardora he has no knowledge of the armored man. He wears the radioactive ore around his finger as a symbol that he is untouchable, causing the Man of Tomorrow pain and weakness whenever he approaches. [50] Desperate to evade arrest, Luthor activates technology left on Earth by Brainiac, destroying large sections of Metropolis in the process. The people rename the planet Lexor and it becomes a regular home base and retreat for Luthor in-between his efforts to fight Superman and take over Earth. Luthor's quest involves a conversation with Death herself and finally leads him to face a powerful and deadly entity released from the Phantom Zone. Luthor is one of the leaders of the Light. Following the death of the New 52 Superman, Luthor creates a new warsuit decorated by Superman's S-shield, deciding he is the new protector of Metropolis. 271 (April 1960), now given the first name "Lex" (later said to be short for Alexander) and an origin story. Add a photo to this gallery Add a photo to this gallery Add a photo to this gallery Seeing an opportunity with the appearance of the asteroid, Luthor decides to finally end Superman and tells the media that he has evidence the Man of Steel himself is drawing the deadly radioactive rock towards Earth. However, due to his intelligence, he is extremely arrogant and narcissistic. This Superman acts as a powerful political figure on his world, while Luthor is increasingly convinced that the Kryptonian's presence is halting human progress. When Superman fights the cyborg Metallo, Luthor intervenes. Years later, his scientific research, largely based on his ideas about alien life, results in a small fortune that he uses to create LexCorp. Eventually, a heroic scientist named Alex Luthor opposes them, donning a high-tech red, yellow, and blue "supersuit." [17], Luthor's romantic aspirations toward Lois Lane, established early on in the series, become a focal point of the stories immediately following it. One such duplicate is Bizarro Luthor. He is opposed by those who join forces with Joker and Gorilla Grodd. The suit can deliver powerful energy blasts and a molecular sheath capable of blocking Superman's body from absorbing energy from solar radiation, meaning his powers will weaken over time. (1940). Lex and Lena's mother is named Letitia and is presumed deceased. Alexander Joseph Luthor, Jr., otherwise known as Lex Luthor, is the secondary antagonist of the DC Extended Universe.He is the main antagonist of the 2016 superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and a minor antagonist in the 2017 film Justice League.. Lex is a megalomaniacal and psychopathic multi-billionaire and CEO of LexCorp. In these early stories, Luthor's schemes are centered around financial gain or megalomaniacal ambitions; unlike most later incarnations, he demonstrates no strong animosity toward Superman beyond inevitable resentment of the hero's constant interference with his plans. In Luthor's earliest appearances, he is shown as a middle-aged man with a full head of red hair. Bereits in Lex' Jugend verband ihn mit seinem Vater eine tiefe Feindschaft, da er ihm vieles -darunter auch seine Mitgliedschaft in der Veritas-Gemeinschaft verheimlichte. Now he's just a skinny Kingpin. [10] The War Department later asked for dailies of the Superman comic strip to be pulled in April 1945 which depicted Lex Luthor bombarding Superman with the radiation from a cyclotron.[11]. He is visited by Larfleeze, who demands to know what is important to the people of Earth. [113], During the "Blackest Night" storyline, Lex Luthor's father Lionel Luthor was featured where it was revealed that he died of an allergic reaction to his medicine during Clark Kent's days as Superboy. His first action as president is to take a proposed moratorium on fossil-based fuels to the U.S. Congress. [83] A few years later, Luthor's schemes against Superman and some of his crimes are exposed. She is accidentally killed by their foster father when she refuses to try to trick Lex out of his inheritance. When Superman appears in Metropolis, Lex is angered the man won't bow to his control and takes it very personally that a powerful alien, the kind of companion Luthor had often hoped for and believed would see him as a peer, instead looks on him with disapproval and moral judgment. Regarding the character being a corrupt billionaire rather than a mad scientist, author Neil Gaiman commented: It's a pity Lex Luthor has become a multinationalist; I liked him better as a bald scientist. Template:Quote Lex Luthor was a powerful businessman and criminal mastermind. For other uses, see, Fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, Lex Luthor, as appeared on a variant cover of, Other articles and topics related to Lex Luthor, Revised backstory and removal from office. While working with the military, Alexandra researches ways of killing Superman as an intellectual exercise, while Alexander is more compassionate and questions the ethics of developing weapons to harm a man who has not given cause to be feared. To help the situation, Luthor creates an artificial life form out of a "pseudo-plasm matrix", based on the physical traits of Lana Lang. [27] When Nekron is defeated, Larfleeze the Orange Lantern takes Luthor's ring, as there can only be one avarice-powered ring. Together with Superman, Lex Luthor ruled Metropolis in an alternate dimension. To mask his malevolent and mean-spirited nature, he puts on a smile for the crowds. Batman learns Luthor attempted to take control of Gotham by forging deeds for its lands in his own name. After the meeting, he then asks ano… For an in-depth look at his history, see Lex Luthor's Biography. Um an die Lebensversicherung seines Vaters zu kommen, tötet Lex Lionel bereits in jungen Jahren. Along with this, Birthright restores the Silver Age concept of Luthor befriending Clark Kent as a young man. In Superman (vol. Many years later, he will meet J'onn again when the alien operates on Earth as the Martian Manhunter. Realizing his ambitions are based on ego, while Superman regularly considers how his actions will affect or benefit others, this Luthor spends the rest of his life creating new ways for people to heal and live better lives. Er bekämpft seinen Feind mit dem grün leuchtenden Kryptonit, ein Mineral. In the Final Crisis crossover, Luthor joins the Inner Circle of Libra's Secret Society of Super Villains. In the 1986 limited series The Man of Steel, John Byrne redesigned Lex Luthor from scratch, intending to make him a villain that the 1980s would recognize: an evil corporate executive. Raised in Smallville, Kansas by an abusive father, Lex Luthor was briefly friends with a younger boy in town named Clark Kent. 23 (cover dated: April 1940).1 He has since endured as the archenemy of Superman. Luthor is subsequently returned to prison with all his memories of the Crisis forgotten. After Intergang murdered Lois Lane, Superman turned to Lex Luthor for help, appealing to his prominence, money and intellect. In 1960, writer Jerry Siegel altered Luthor's backstory to incorporate his hair loss into his origin. Luthor infuses himself with Kryptonian technology and grapples with the creature. Its Lexorian materials can withstand several attacks by Superman before sustaining damage and its force field offers further protection still. Archived frae the oreeginal on November 16, 2015. [84], In the "Forever Evil" storyline, Luthor plays a major role in opposing the Crime Syndicate, an evil version of the Justice League from a parallel Earth. Lex is repeatedly imprisoned, but his genius allows him to routinely escape. [69] Reactron then kills himself, initiating a chain reaction which destroys New Krypton and all but a handful of its 100,000 Kryptonian inhabitants. Alexander Joseph Luthor is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. But his sisterwas on the commercial. He meets Clark Kent on a few occasions but is defensive and insulted when he realizes Clark desires a friendship. Alexander "Lex" Joseph Luthor is a recurring character in the series DC Super Hero Girls. [117], Bizarro Luthor. Resentful toward his alcoholic and abusive father, Lex arranges his parents to die in a car accident and uses the insurance money to leave Smallville and start a better life. On the night of the election, Batman threatens that Luthor can keep the kryptonite ring or the White House but not both. The Lois & Clark producers liked it, the WB cartoon guys liked it ... so clearly, it works on some level. Waid's original intention was to jettison the notion of Lex Luthor being an evil businessman, restoring his status as a mad scientist. After studying under the villains Ra's al Ghul and Darkseid, he founds LexCorp and uses his PR, resources, and media control to set himself up as a near-savior in Metropolis. He was widely considered to be one of Earth's most brilliant minds and one of Superman's greatest enemies. Alexander Luthor, also known as Lex Luthor, is a powerful businessman and criminal mastermind. As Superman's main villain for decades, Lex Luthor's biography has gone through a multitude of changes. He gathers the Mankind Liberation Front to oppose Superman's Justice League. While in high school, Lex arranges for his parents to die in a car accident, after which he uses the money to travel the world. Luthor intends to increases his power in Metropolis and to aid this he also supplies social justice blogger and journalist Clark Kent with information regarding the corrupt activities of powerful media mogul Glen Glennmorgan of Galaxy Inc. Clark is unaware his informant is Luthor, knowing him only as "Icarus. Luthor responds with "power" (which Larfleeze already possesses) and "land" (which intrigues the alien).[75]. Luthor plays a large role in the Countdown to Final Crisis tie-in series Salvation Run. Alexander "Lex" Luthor egy kitalált szuper-bűnöző, aki az amerikai képregényekben, általában Superman ellenségeként jelenik meg a DC Comics képregényeiben. His company, LexCorp, is among one of Wayne Enterprises biggest competitors. As part of the continuity changes which followed The Man of Steel and Superman: Secret Origin, Alexander "Lex" Joseph Luthor is corrupt businessman profiting from many hidden criminal operations. [93] Doomsday Clock ends with revealing that the New 52 Luthor and history still exist in a parallel timeline. [92] He later provides Lois Lane with footage of the Justice Society of America, who in the new canon were not the publicly known superheroes of World War II but were clandestine heroes whose existence was largely denied. [77] Written by Paul Cornell, the first storyline "The Black Ring" explores Luthor's new desire to locate the energy of the Black Lantern Corps. Several actors have provided Luthor's voice in animated adaptations, including Clancy Brown, Mark Rolston and James Marsters. He is a super-villain, a brilliant scientist, a billionaire industrialist and Superman's greatest enemy. He was in prison, but they couldn't put his mind in prison. He later moves his operations to the nearby town of Hadley. The Luthor family, and Lena, ar… [20][23] In the retrospective section of the Superman: Birthright trade paperback, Waid explains: Despite my own personal prejudices, I say we leave Lex the criminal businessman he's been for the past 17 years. Stories ending with Luthor's apparent death become common in his earliest appearances, with him turning up alive later on.[7]. He offers a billion-dollar reward for the Last Son of Krypton's capture. Alexander "Lex" Joseph Luthor is a recurring character in the series DC Super Hero Girls. His hatred of Superman is explained as the citizens of Metropolis have admired the Man of Steel more than him. Lex Luthor has the physical capabilities of a normal adult human with no metahuman abilities. Luthor joins those assisting Superman and his remaining allies in constructing a new wish-granting Miracle Machine, which is later used to reset the universe without Darkseid's presence. Lex Luthor continues his open campaigns against Superman and Earth's heroes, working with Bizarro, a new Revenge Squad, and the Kryptonian General Zod. Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor is a Human supervillain that resides in the DC Universe.One of the many DC characters chosen to appear in the crossover video game Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, his position as Superman's arch-nemesis makes Luthor a dangerous foe to anyone that opposes him. Armed with a green and purple high-tech warsuit, the Alexander Luthor of this reality regularly opposes the Crime Syndicate of Amerika, a group of villains who rule over his Earth through fear and coercion. My concern is that, at least in my eyes, the fact that Luthor's allowed to operate uncontested for years makes Superman look ineffectual.[24]. Known for his "ends justifies the means" approach to life, his single-minded and often brutal focus puts him at odds with The Man of Steel. Deeply remorseful about this, he apologizes to Lena and the two attempt to make amends with each other.[99]. Upon graduating from MIT, Luthor founds his own business, LexCorp, which grows to dominate much of Metropolis. [21][22] Luthor leaves Metropolis and years later his scientific work, largely based on his ideas about alien life, results in a fortune he uses to create LexCorp. Luthor arrives at Coast City and joins the battle against the Black Lantern Corps, fighting Black Lantern versions of Superman and Superboy. Luthor's plot ultimately fails when Supernova is able to minimize the disaster with a spectacular rescue.[58]. A war profiteer during World War II, this Lex Luthor later injects himself with a chemical agent derived from a radioactive green meteorite, extending his lifespan while giving him green skin and a death-like appearance. Byrne intentionally chose to base this new depiction of Luthor on businessmen Donald Trump and Ted Turner. When the heroic Blackhawks attacks the operations of the Legionnaires' Club, Lex sends J'onn back home to Mars to protect him. He hails from one of the city's wealthiest and most prestigious families. 59 (Sept. 1957), in a story called "Superboy meets Amazing Man". He is a member of a group of supervillains called the Light. He is the main antagonist of the Superman franchise and is the archenemy of Superman. The gauntlets hold different forms of kryptonite stones. Superman's powers had to be useless against him because they couldn't physically fight each other and Superman was simply not as smart as Luthor.[15]. Luthor then informs Superboy that so long as Superman is alive, he will never reveal how he helped Lena. Alexander LuthorAppearances • Images • Gallery • Quotes, Lex Luthor is one of the most dangerously intelligent men on the planet. DC Comics often depicts its stories as taking place in a wide multiverse, with many parallel realities where familiar characters have slightly or drastically different lives. He wishes to rid the world of Superman, ostensibly because Superman is a threat to humanity, but really because he envies Superman's popularity and influence. 1 Background 2 Appearances in Story 2.1 LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes 2.2 LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham 3 Abilities 4 Variations 4.1 LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes 4.2 LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham 4.3 Sets 5 Unlocking 6 Sets 7 Trivia 8 Gallery … He ultimately conceded, however, that the CEO Luthor would be easier for readers to recognize. He was a mechanical, strategic and scientific genius, maintaining a series of accomplishments in his life. At the conclusion of the series, reality is altered so that each of the different universes converge into one. the "Contessa") is based on mutual greed;[104] the Contessa buys controlling interest in LexCorp after Luthor is indicted, compelling him to marry her in order to regain control of his company. [26] Superman: Secret Origin revised Lex's backstory so that he now again had a sister Lena. [48] He quickly manipulates and recruits the new Supergirl (a protoplasmic being), who falls in love with him due to his resemblance to her lost love and creator, the Luthor of a parallel Earth. Unwilling to create a universe of bliss when it would mean Superman would also be rewarded instead of suffering, Luthor loses his connection to the entity and its power, as well as his memory of everything he learned merged with it. Marv Wolfman, a writer on Action Comics who had one conversation with Byrne prior to Luthor's reboot[14] recalled: I never believed the original Luthor. For this and his interference with Luthor's criminal operations, the scientist businessman decides to humiliate and destroy the alien. He is arrested and imprisoned in a special U.S. government prison. The anti-matter universe is a dark, often opposite reflection of the mainstream DC Universe. that closed out the Pre-Crisis Superman continuity of the Silver and Bronze Age. Though their mother was outside talking to her son about the destructed building, Sweet Justice. Born with a superio… [88], The New 52 Superman's identity is revealed to the world and the hero subsequently loses most of his powers. Dies ist in höchst beeindrucken, vor allem wenn man bedenkt, dass er somit intelligenter als Batman, Flash und auch Superman selbst ist. 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