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DC Comics has just revealed a new lifelong connection between Lex Luthor and the Man of Steel.
While the heroes of the Justice League Unlimited struggle to unravel the mystery surrounding Darkseid’s recent ascension, Lex Luthor is similarly struggling to recover more than the most minor shreds of his own memories. As seen in the pages of Superman: Lex Luthor Special #1, Lex’s daughter Lena has taken it upon herself to try and jog her father’s memories by sitting him in front of a piano for the first in a long time. And, while this does open the door to Lex’s past, it unfortunately begins with a memory of running away from his abusive father. It was then that Lex used his homemade transmitter to send out the song he used to play for his mother – the very same song that just so happened to help put an infant Clark Kent to sleep despite being hundreds of miles apart.
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Variant cover art by GLEB MELNIKOV
Lex Luthor is easily Superman’s most iconic nemesis, not to mention one of the earliest villains he ever faced. The original Golden Age version of the character, Alexei Luthor, made his comic book debut all the way back in 1940 in Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s “Superman: Europe at War (Part II),” found in the opening pages of Action Comics #23. Over the years, Lex Luthor has been reimagined as a classicaly villainous scientist, a titan of industry, and even a political powerhouse, yet he has rarely strayed from his infamous hatred for Superman.
In recent years, Lex Luthor’s trajectory as a character has gone in some truly unexpected directions. After finally being incarcerated for his many crimes, Lex ceded control of his vast corporate empire to none other than the Man of Steel himself, all while rebranding the entire operation as Supercorp. Initially, Superman took this as a sign that Lex had some new nefarious plot just waiting to be unveiled, yet the decision turned out to be a genuinely benevolent move on Luthor’s part. With the help of Lex and his resources, Superman was able to take down a myriad of villains ranging from Parasite to the relatively new duo of Pharm and Dr. Graf.
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In an even more shocking turn, Lex willingly sacrificed himself in order to stave off the threat of Brainiac during the height of DC Comics’ “House of Brainiac” storyline in 2024. After plugging himself directly into Brainiac’s hardware systems, Lex poured his own wealth of knowledge into the villain while simultaneously severing the hold that Brainiac held over the story’s other heroes. Though this could have easily cost Lex his life, it instead came at the expense of his former self, as all of his memories and personal connections were seemingly wiped out altogether.
Superman: Lex Luthor Special #1 is on sale now from DC Comics.
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“}]] The latest trip down memory lane has just uncovered a decades-old connection between Superman and his oldest nemesis – and it is heartbreaking. Read More