Lex Luthor

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Lex Luthor in Superman: Unchained v1 #4.

Lex Luthor is a male comic supervillain that features in DC Comics.

Biography

Golden Age

Silver Age

Modern Age

The New 52

Overview

Personality and attributes

Lex Luthor in Action Comics v1 #890.

Powers and abilities

Wearing the Super-Armor in Acion Comics v1 #697.

Modifications later allowed him to project a Boom Tube beam from the chest symbol that transported targets from one location to another. For quick access, Luthor had also utilised spatial reallocation that allowed him to summon the armor which was entirely contained in his wristwatch. (Action Comics v1 #697)

Notes

• Lex Luthor was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster where he made his first appearance in Action Comics v1 #23 (April, 1940).

Alternate Versions

In other media

Television

• In the DC Animated Universe, Lex Luthor made a number of appearances in the shared continuity.
  • In Superman: The Animated Series, Lex Luthor made his first appearance in the animated series where he was a regular antagonist and voiced by actor Clancy Brown.
  • In Justice League, Lex Luthor returned as an antagonist in the animated series with him once again voiced by actor Clancy Brown.
• In Smallville, Lex Luthor made regular appearances in the 2001 live-action television series where he was portrayed by actor Michael Rosenbaum.
• In Young Justice, Lex Luthor appeared as an antagonist in the animated series where he was voiced by actor Mark Rolston.
• In Supergirl, Lex Luthor was first mentioned in the live-action television series in the episode "The Adventures of Supergirl" when Winn Schott referred to how the supervillain had once triggered an earthquake.

Films

• In Superman: The Movie, Lex Luthor featured as the main antagonist in the 1978 live-action movie where he was voiced portrayed by actor Gene Hackman.
• In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Lex Luthor featured as an antagonist in the 2016 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Jesse Eisenberg.

Video games

• In DC Universe Online, Lex Luthor appeared in the MORPG where he was voiced by actor James Marsters.
• In Injustice: Gods Among Us, Lex Luthor appeared as a playable character in the fighting video game where he was portrayed by actor Mark Rolston.t

Appearances

• Action Comics v1 #23 (April 1940)

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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