Lex Luthor (full name: Alexander Joseph Luthor) is a fictional supervillain from the comic books published by DC Comics. He is the biggest enemy of Superman. He is also an enemy of Batman and other superheroes in the DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. He first appeared in Action Comics #23 (April 1940). He has been adapted into movies, tv shows and video games as well. Several actors have played Lex Luthor in motion pictures as well as in TV shows such as Lyle Talbot, Gene Hackman, Clancy Brown, Michael Rosenbaum, Kevin Spacey, Jesse Eisenberg and Jon Cryer.
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| Founding members |
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| Enemies |
| Major antagonists |
- Amazo
- Anti-Monitor
- Darkseid
- Despero
- Doctor Destiny
- Doctor Light
- Doomsday
- Eclipso
- Felix Faust
- The General
- Imperiex
- Joker
- Kanjar Ro
- The Key
- Lex Luthor
- Libra
- Maxwell Lord
- Professor Ivo
- Prometheus
- Queen Bee
- Queen of Fables
- Sinestro
- Starro
- T. O. Morrow
- Vandal Savage
- The White Martians
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| Organizations |
- The Extremists
- The Crime Syndicate
- Legion of Doom
- The Secret Society of Super Villains
- Injustice Gang
- Injustice League
- The Royal Flush Gang
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- Extreme Justice
- Just'a Lotta Animals
- Justice Guild of America
- Justice League 3000
- Justice League Dark
- Justice League Elite
- Justice League Europe
- Justice League International
- Justice League Task Force
- Justice League United
- Justice Legion Alpha
- Super Buddies
- Super Jrs.
- Young Justice
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| Bases and facilities |
- The Hall of Justice
- Happy Harbor
- Justice League Satellite
- Justice League Watchtower
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| Publications |
| Storylines |
- "JLApe: Gorilla Warfare!"
- "World War III"
- "Tower of Babel"
- "JLA: Earth 2"
- "Justice Leagues"
- "JLA/Avengers"
- "Pain of the Gods"
- "The Lightning Saga"
- "Throne of Atlantis"
- "Trinity War"
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| Previous series |
- Justice League of America
- Justice League International
- Justice League Europe
- Justice League Quarterly
- Justice League Task Force
- Extreme Justice
- JLA
- Justice
- JLA: Classified
- Justice League: Generation Lost
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| Limited series |
- Justice Riders
- JLA: The Nail series
- DC Comics Two Thousand
- Created Equal
- Act of God
- Destiny
- Age of Wonder
- JLA: Shogun of Steel
- Cry for Justice
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| Related articles |
- Bizarro League
- Snapper Carr
- In other media
- Justice Society of America
- Squadron Supreme
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Images for kids
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Luthor as he appears in Superman No. 4 (1940).
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Cover of The Man of Steel No. 4 (1986). Art by John Byrne.
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Lex Luthor in his Lexorian warsuit from Action Comics No. 544 (June 1983). Art by George Perez.
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Cover of Supergirl and Team Luthor No. 1 (April 1993). Art by Kerry Gammill.
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Lex 2000 No. 1, featuring Lex Luthor as President of the United States. Cover art by Glen Orbik.
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52: Week 39. Cover art by J.G. Jones.
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The New 52 Lex Luthor on the cover of Superman Unchained No. 4 (Dec. 2013). Art by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair.
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Lex Luthor in his warsuit as a member of the Justice League. Art by Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, and Rod Reis (2014).
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