Is Lex Luthor a villain?

Is Lex Luthor a villain?

Alexander Joseph Luthor (/ˈluːθɔːr/ or /ˈluːθər/) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. ... Lex Luthor originally appeared in Action Comics No. 23 (cover dated: April 1940). He has since endured as the archenemy of Superman.

Is Lex Luthor actually a good guy?

In the current, mainline of comics, Luthor is a legit good guy. Rich, arrogant, and thinks he's the best, but he's not plotting against Superman, he helps keep crime down, and actually respects Superman.

Is Lex Luthor the best villain?

A hero is only as good as the villains they face, so the greatest superhero in the world would have to have the greatest archenemy in the world. That archenemy is Lex Luthor. Lex Luthor is Superman's mirror reflection and that is what makes him the greatest villain ever.

Why is Lex Luthor so strong?

Lex Loften relies on technology to give him super human abilities, and in the Doom Link universe he used a specific type of technology to give him some series powers to fight with. This technology was known as Cyber-Link and he used it to fight both Batman and Superman in the comic Superman & Batman: Doom Link.

Who would win Joker or Lex Luthor?

In short, Joker would probably win. Lex Luthor has a genius-level intellect, is an expert engineer and as said before has a perfect photographic memory.

Why did Lex Luthor have so much more power than Superman?

• Luthor's power was his mind. He needed to be smarter than Superman. 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. The Modern Age Lex Luthor is a product of child abuse and early poverty.

Why does Lena Luthor want to be a villain?

• Lena's out to prove that even though Lex and Lillian are villains, that the Luthor name doesn't automatically predestine one to be a villain- a goal that was implied to exonerate not only herself but also her (apparently) upstanding father Lionel.

Where does Lex Luthor come from in the comics?

• In the origin story printed in Adventure Comics No. 271 (April 1960), young Lex Luthor is shown as an aspiring scientist who resides in Smallville, the hometown of Superboy. The teenage Luthor saves Superboy from a chance encounter with kryptonite.

Why was Lex Luthor mistook for the Ultra Humanite?

• One hypothesis is that Nowak mistook Luthor for the Ultra-Humanite, a frequent foe of Superman who, in his Golden Age incarnation, resembled a balding, elderly man.