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− | '''LuthorCorp''' | + | '''LuthorCorp''' is a business that features in [[DC Comics]] [[Smallville]]. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
+ | LuthorCorp's origins were traced to the time of the early [[1960]]'s when Lachlan Luthor and Eliza Luthor died in a fire at their tenement. This left their son [[Lionel Luthor]] as an orphan but he became secured financially as a result of a high life insurance inheritance due to his parents low status. In reality, the young Lionel Luthor was responsible for killing his own mother and father by partnering with Morgan Edge in setting his parent's apartment on fire. This allowed Lionel to use the insurance money in establishing a holding company originally known as Luthor Industries in the mid-1960s where he also bought a run-down fertilizer factory in Granville, Kansas. It was Luthor's application of the philosophies of Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and Nietzsche which was directed into his business along with possibly illegal tactics that allowed Lionel to make the plant a success. He managed to earn his first million in the [[1970]]'s which he invested by buying land of struggling local farmers who he later invicted. These in turn were used to create real estate developments projects on the lands of the evicted farmers. During this time, Luthor Industries was rebranded and changed to LuthorCorp where it became public and brought more money into the company founders pockets. At this point, the greatest potential for the company lay in [[Metropolis (DC)|Metropolis]] and Lionel who was now the richest man in Granville moved to his place of birth. Once there, LuthorCorp was responsible for several real estate projects such as Edgecliff Condos in [[Suicide Slums]], Luthor Dome sports arena, the Metropolis Alexandria Hotel and LuthorCorp Plaza in the center of the city. These projects varied in progress between the late 1970's to the early [[1980]]'s but by that point the company founder had decided to return to agricultural business ventures by purchasing a second fertilizer factory in Edge City which increased the businesses sales and reduced competition. In the late-1980s, LuthorCorp was producing enough fertilizer for Lionel to decide that it could be potentially be more profitable to put pressure on competitors by building another factory instead of buying theirs. LuthorCorp still needed a factory building to transform into a fertilizer plant, so in 1989, Lionel traveled to Smallville. By blackmailing one of the locals, Jonathan Kent, LuthorCorp was able to purchase the Ross Creamed Corn Factory and turned it into their third fertilizer plant. It provided employment for 2,500 Smallville residents. | ||
− | + | LuthorCorp established a fourth fertilizer plant in Blüdhaven, just outside Gotham City, and about four of each of the following types of factories: farm equipment, food preservative, and food packaging. These were built mainly in the third world, making LuthorCorp a multinational, although a couple were built in the US and Canada. LuthorCorp also bought Metron Pharmaceuticals Labs, a global pharmaceutical company. Research sections were set up in the fertilizer plants to work on improving the fertilizer, including forays into hydroponics and hormones. LuthorCorp also bought a world-champion football team, the Metropolis Sharks. By the mid-1990s, Lionel became a billionaire; by October 2001, he was a multi-billionaire and one of the five richest men in the world. In October 2001, LuthorCorp Fertilizer Plant No. 3 was the subsidiary making the greatest loss. Lionel sent his son Lex to attempt to create a profit, promising that if he succeeded, he would promote Lex to a LuthorCorp Plaza office as Executive Vice President. By May 2002, Lex had turned the plant around by increasing quarterly earnings without costing any jobs. Lionel flew in for a special ceremony at the plant held specifically for this event, but he had specifically ordered Lex to make the tough decision of terminating employees. In his opening speech, Lionel laid off all 2,500 employees and closed the plant. Lex immediately tried to subvert the decision by acquiring loans, but Lionel bought the Smallville Savings and Loans and turned him down, spurring Lex to use his deceased mother's shares of LuthorCorp to buy himself out. By November 2002, Lex broke off from LuthorCorp to form his own splinter company, LexCorp. He arranged a secret meeting with the managers of the Smallville plant to stage a coup, but in January 2003, Lex's takeover bid of LuthorCorp was crushed when he discovered his home and office were bugged with listening devices. Later that month, Lionel paid off Sheriff Ethan Miller to leak him sensitive information about the plant managers so Lionel could blackmail them into siding with him over Lex. LexCorp was officially bought out by LuthorCorp. | |
− | == | + | ==Overview== |
+ | |||
+ | A number of projects were initiated by the company which included: | ||
*[[Project Ares]] | *[[Project Ares]] | ||
*[[Project Gemini]] | *[[Project Gemini]] | ||
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*[[Project Mercury]] | *[[Project Mercury]] | ||
*[[Project Scion]] | *[[Project Scion]] | ||
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+ | ==Employees== | ||
+ | *'''Lex Luthor''' : son of the company founder and became the new CEO. | ||
+ | *'''Oliver Queen''' : member of Queen Industries but holds a majority sharehold in LuthorCorp. | ||
+ | *'''Otis''' : assistant to Lex Luthor. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*While not appearing within DC Comics, the corporation serves as an analogy of [[LexCorp]]. | *While not appearing within DC Comics, the corporation serves as an analogy of [[LexCorp]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==In other media== | ||
+ | ===Television=== | ||
+ | *In Supergirl, LexCorp was renamed LuthorCorp by Lena Luthor in the live-action television series after her brother Lex Luthor became a supervillain. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Novels=== | ||
+ | *In Enemies & Allies, LuthorCorp made an appearance in the novel where it was headed by Lex Luthor who allied with Soviet General Anatoly Ceridov to mine Kryptonite in Siberia. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Appearances== | ||
+ | *''Smallville'': | ||
==External Link== | ==External Link== | ||
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[[Category:Businesses]] | [[Category:Businesses]] | ||
[[Category:Smallville]] | [[Category:Smallville]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Superman]] |
Latest revision as of 12:27, 28 December 2024
LuthorCorp is a business that features in DC Comics Smallville.
Contents |
History
LuthorCorp's origins were traced to the time of the early 1960's when Lachlan Luthor and Eliza Luthor died in a fire at their tenement. This left their son Lionel Luthor as an orphan but he became secured financially as a result of a high life insurance inheritance due to his parents low status. In reality, the young Lionel Luthor was responsible for killing his own mother and father by partnering with Morgan Edge in setting his parent's apartment on fire. This allowed Lionel to use the insurance money in establishing a holding company originally known as Luthor Industries in the mid-1960s where he also bought a run-down fertilizer factory in Granville, Kansas. It was Luthor's application of the philosophies of Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and Nietzsche which was directed into his business along with possibly illegal tactics that allowed Lionel to make the plant a success. He managed to earn his first million in the 1970's which he invested by buying land of struggling local farmers who he later invicted. These in turn were used to create real estate developments projects on the lands of the evicted farmers. During this time, Luthor Industries was rebranded and changed to LuthorCorp where it became public and brought more money into the company founders pockets. At this point, the greatest potential for the company lay in Metropolis and Lionel who was now the richest man in Granville moved to his place of birth. Once there, LuthorCorp was responsible for several real estate projects such as Edgecliff Condos in Suicide Slums, Luthor Dome sports arena, the Metropolis Alexandria Hotel and LuthorCorp Plaza in the center of the city. These projects varied in progress between the late 1970's to the early 1980's but by that point the company founder had decided to return to agricultural business ventures by purchasing a second fertilizer factory in Edge City which increased the businesses sales and reduced competition. In the late-1980s, LuthorCorp was producing enough fertilizer for Lionel to decide that it could be potentially be more profitable to put pressure on competitors by building another factory instead of buying theirs. LuthorCorp still needed a factory building to transform into a fertilizer plant, so in 1989, Lionel traveled to Smallville. By blackmailing one of the locals, Jonathan Kent, LuthorCorp was able to purchase the Ross Creamed Corn Factory and turned it into their third fertilizer plant. It provided employment for 2,500 Smallville residents.
LuthorCorp established a fourth fertilizer plant in Blüdhaven, just outside Gotham City, and about four of each of the following types of factories: farm equipment, food preservative, and food packaging. These were built mainly in the third world, making LuthorCorp a multinational, although a couple were built in the US and Canada. LuthorCorp also bought Metron Pharmaceuticals Labs, a global pharmaceutical company. Research sections were set up in the fertilizer plants to work on improving the fertilizer, including forays into hydroponics and hormones. LuthorCorp also bought a world-champion football team, the Metropolis Sharks. By the mid-1990s, Lionel became a billionaire; by October 2001, he was a multi-billionaire and one of the five richest men in the world. In October 2001, LuthorCorp Fertilizer Plant No. 3 was the subsidiary making the greatest loss. Lionel sent his son Lex to attempt to create a profit, promising that if he succeeded, he would promote Lex to a LuthorCorp Plaza office as Executive Vice President. By May 2002, Lex had turned the plant around by increasing quarterly earnings without costing any jobs. Lionel flew in for a special ceremony at the plant held specifically for this event, but he had specifically ordered Lex to make the tough decision of terminating employees. In his opening speech, Lionel laid off all 2,500 employees and closed the plant. Lex immediately tried to subvert the decision by acquiring loans, but Lionel bought the Smallville Savings and Loans and turned him down, spurring Lex to use his deceased mother's shares of LuthorCorp to buy himself out. By November 2002, Lex broke off from LuthorCorp to form his own splinter company, LexCorp. He arranged a secret meeting with the managers of the Smallville plant to stage a coup, but in January 2003, Lex's takeover bid of LuthorCorp was crushed when he discovered his home and office were bugged with listening devices. Later that month, Lionel paid off Sheriff Ethan Miller to leak him sensitive information about the plant managers so Lionel could blackmail them into siding with him over Lex. LexCorp was officially bought out by LuthorCorp.
Overview
A number of projects were initiated by the company which included:
Employees
- Lex Luthor : son of the company founder and became the new CEO.
- Oliver Queen : member of Queen Industries but holds a majority sharehold in LuthorCorp.
- Otis : assistant to Lex Luthor.
Notes
- While not appearing within DC Comics, the corporation serves as an analogy of LexCorp.
In other media
Television
- In Supergirl, LexCorp was renamed LuthorCorp by Lena Luthor in the live-action television series after her brother Lex Luthor became a supervillain.
Novels
- In Enemies & Allies, LuthorCorp made an appearance in the novel where it was headed by Lex Luthor who allied with Soviet General Anatoly Ceridov to mine Kryptonite in Siberia.
Appearances
- Smallville:
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