Lex Luthoris a major villain of the Justice League and archenemy of Superman, who is featured in one LEGO set and in LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes. This results in Bruce Wayne severing all commercial ties between the U.S. government and his company, Wayne Enterprises. The Boy of Steel puts out the fire but in the process accidentally destroys the artificial life form and the years of research notes that led to its creation, while fumes from the chemical fire cause Luthor's hair to fall out. A similar character, simply called Lex Joker, appears in a dream-reality where familiar DC characters are combined with each other.[119]. He is later instrumental in the creation of the New 52 version of the Kryptonite Man, known in this world primarily as the K-Man. [60] Publicly disgraced, Lex faces indictment for over 120 criminal counts relating to what is now called "the New Year's Eve massacre", ranging from malfeasance to first-degree murder. In the Pre-Crisis continuity, Luthor is shown as having very few personal attachments. He creates the Luthoran Church and becomes spokesman for the Everyman Project, which offers superpowers to ordinary citizens through artificial metagene treatment. Lex Luthor is the elected President of the United States, a billionaire from Metropolis, and the archenemy of Superman. [9] Other evidence suggests Luthor's design was confused with that of a stockier, bald henchman in Superman No. Working with Doctor Sivana, Luthor seemingly destroys Libra and overrides the will-destroying Anti-Life Equation being broadcast into the helmets of the Justifiers, humans forced to obey Darkseid. Luthor manages to get the villains off the planet with a makeshift teleporter, using the villains Neutron, Heatmonger, Plasmus, Warp, and Thunder and Lightning as unwilling power sources. —Lex Luthor to Superman. 1 Background 2 Involvement 2.1 Heroes 2.2 Villains 3 Associated Equipment 4 Gallery 5 See Also In an alternate timeline where the heroes and villains of the world have fallen to Brainiac, Lex Luthor's hatred for Superman has escalated to all out war between the heroes and villains of the DC universe. Luthor then discovers he was an unwitting party to a conspiracy against Lena masterminded by his own cellmate "Sam", who wanted revenge against Colby. In the new reality, Lex Luthor has no childhood association with Smallville or Clark Kent. [17], Luthor's romantic aspirations toward Lois Lane, established early on in the series, become a focal point of the stories immediately following it. Luthor, Perry and Alice only learned the truth shortly before Jerry was killed by a gang war that Luthor had triggered. Despite this, his public image is ruined and, thanks to the machinations of the villain Doctor Sivana, he has lost most of his wealth and had no control over the newly reformed LexCorp, now being run by Lana Lang. Er taucht als wiederkehrender und wichtiger Schurke in allen drei Staffeln auf. Unable to believe someone as powerful as Superman regularly hide that power and pretend to be average, as that is something he would never do himself, Luthor dismisses the computer's findings and concludes both the machine and its programmer are at fault.[43]. Following Conner's resurrection, Luthor is shocked and decides to locate him. He possesses an eidetic memory and has mastered seemingly every known form of science, including space travel, extra-dimensional travel, biochemistry, robotics, computers, synthetic polymers, communications, mutations, transportation, holography, energy generation, spectral analysis, and time travel. Powered by red solar radiation, the suit can also deliver red solar beams to directly weaken Superman. 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. Luthor is warned of the impending attack beforehand but alerts no one so Earth can enter a great war and he can prove his leadership to the world. He grew up eating stale crackers, and every other Saturday, he would march in a parade and wave flowers at tyrants. The warsuit introduced in 2004 is built with technology from Apokolips, granting greater superhuman strength and resistance to injury, a powerful force field, flight, electrical weapons, and a variety of kryptonite-based weaponry such as energy cannons, axes, and a collapsible sword. Lex and Lena's mother is named Letitia and is presumed deceased. 23 (cover dated: April 1940). [32], Luthor creates grandiose engineering projects to prove his superiority over the superhero, but each one fails and causes problems that Superboy then solves. He masquerades as the mainstream Lex Luthor and creates a new Secret Society of Super Villains. Introduced in Year of the Villain: Lex Luthor #1 (2019), this Lex Luthor studies and uses the Black Mercy, an alien plant that feeds off an organism's psychic energy while distracting them with an illusion of the life they want. [46][47] His kryptonite ring is later stolen and comes into the possession of Superman, who in turn entrusts it to Batman, tasking the Dark Knight to use it if the Man of Steel ever becomes corrupt or falls under the control of another. "Luthor" redirects here. Luthor's clone body eventually begins to deteriorate, causing him to lose his hair and age at an accelerated rate, a side-effect of a disease affecting all clones. [26] Superman: Secret Origin revised Lex's backstory so that he now again had a sister Lena. The Luthor family, and Lena, ar… 271 (April 1960), now given the first name "Lex" (later said to be short for Alexander) and an origin story. 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. I can always make another.". 4 and steals a weapon from the U.S. Army capable of causing earthquakes. A villainous lemur who inhabits Earth C Minus (or Earth C-), a parallel world populated by anthropomorphic animals and protected by Super-Squirrel. Realizing Superman is a true hero and therefore true heroism is possible, Black decides to make up for his actions against the Man of Steel and Lois Lane by removing Lex Luthor's knowledge that the Man of Steel is Clark Kent. Enraged, Lex manages to escape custody yet again.[62]. The Pre-Crisis Luthor also has a niece named Nasthalthia Luthor, the child of an older unnamed sister of Lex's who had run away and eloped in Europe when she was a teenager. He was widely considered to be one of Earth's most brilliant minds and one of Superman's greatest enemies. Lex Luthor's childhood is fleshed our further in the pages of Justice League. 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. However, once it becomes clear that it is as much in their interests to save the multiverse as anyone else's, Luthor and Brainiac reluctantly ally their faction with Superman and the other heroes. 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. [107] Luthor's daughter Lena was the avatar of The Tech, the remnant cyberware of Metropolis after Brainiac 13's advancing the city to a futuristic state was undone. 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. 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. Later on, Lena moves to Midvale and befriends Superman's cousin Supergirl, who also winds up helping to make sure Lena doesn't learn the truth about her brother. Alexander "Lex" Joseph Luthor is a recurring character in the series DC Super Hero Girls. As a result of this psychological trauma, Lionel becomes a "broken man" and an alcoholic. Little is known about Lex Luthor's origins, but he was an admirably self-made man. 1 Personality 2 Appearance 3 Abilities 4 Gallery 5 Trivia Lena showed a naughty attitude during the Lexcorp commercial with her brother. Superman Homepage - Lex Luthor biography; The Justice League Watchtower - Lex Luthor Archived 2015-07-10 at the Wayback Machine; Lex Luthor on DC Database, a freemit wiki, a DC Comics wiki; Luthor (1940) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. [4] Scott James Wells, Sherman Howard, John Shea, Michael Rosenbaum, and Jon Cryer have portrayed the character in television series, while Lyle Talbot, Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey, and Jesse Eisenberg have portrayed the character in films. He is a super-villain, a brilliant scientist, a billionaire industrialist and Superman's greatest enemy. Little is known about Lex Luthor's origins, but he was an admirably self-made man. Superman destroys Luthor's dirigible with him still on it, implying Luthor may have died. Luthor's ego preventing him from personal growth and the tragedy that he and Clark could've been a force for good together are played up in various stories throughout the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in Elliot S. Maggin's novels Last Son of Krypton and Miracle Monday.[12]. The people of Lexor are shocked to realize he is the mystery marauder and doesn't care about the harm he's caused them. Luthor asks Clark to tell him the truth of why he and Superman are lying to the world, but the Man of Steel has no answers for him.[89]. Cassandra Lee Morris voices Lena Luthor in the premiere of the 2019 DC Super Hero Girls TV series. Along with this, Luthor participates in the creation of two Superman villains, Parasite (indirectly) and Bizarro (a failed attempt by Luthor's scientists to clone Superman). Unlike the Pre-Crisis version, Lena is well aware of her history with Lex, having grown up alongside him, with only an abusive father. Lex Luthor hat nach dem Tod seines in Ost-Deutschland aufgewachsenen Vaters die Firma übernommen.. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The gauntlets hold different forms of kryptonite stones. Alexander „Lex“ Luthor ist eine von Jerry Siegel und Joe Shuster geschaffene Figur der DC Comics, ein Widersacher Supermans. DC Database is a FANDOM Movies Community. Many years later, he will meet J'onn again when the alien operates on Earth as the Martian Manhunter. [41] The suit vanished in 1986 after Crisis on Infinite Earths rebooted DC Comics continuity but was reintroduced in 2004, now said to be built with a combination of Earth and alien technology (including tech from the other-dimensional world Apokolips) and armed with different forms of kryptonite in the gauntlet.[42]. Superman battles and defeats Luthor, then destroys the earthquake device. Kingdom Come. Luthor's popularity is assisted by the extreme unpopularity of the previous administration's mishandling of the Gotham City earthquake crisis (as depicted in the No Man's Land storyline in the Batman titles), and his own seemingly heroic efforts to rebuild Gotham before it rejoins the United States. Earth-47. Enraged he has lost years of research but unwilling to accept responsibility for the fire, Luthor concludes Superboy intentionally sabotaged his work, jealous of the young scientist's achievements, and swears revenge. One year after the events of "Infinite Crisis", weeks after the New Year's Eve Massacre, Luthor is cleared of all criminal charges in the "One Year Later" storyline. Boss Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor (アレクサンダー・ジョセフ・“レックス”・ルーサー, Arekusandā Josefu "Rekkusu" Rūsā), is a main fictional character and one of the antagonists of the DC series.He is a powerful and influential businessman, and owner of LexCorp, and Superman's sworn archenemy. He then offers power to many DC Universe villains.[95]. He is opposed by those who join forces with Joker and Gorilla Grodd. Alexander "Lex" Luthor was born to the Luthor family; a family who were among the pilgrims who founded the city of Metropolis. Alexander Luthor, Jr. (the son of Earth-Three's version of Luthor) returns to the DC Universe along with other survivors from Crisis on Infinite Earths as part of a scheme to replace it with a perfect Earth. "Comics in Context #166: Megahero Vs. Megavillain", "Comic Legends: Was Lex Luthor in Man of Steel Based on Donald Trump? 1 Description 2 Appearance 3 Episode Appearance 4 Gallery Lex was the owner of Lexcorp. He psychologically blocks part of his own memory to convince himself Superman is at fault, renewing his need for vengeance. 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. 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