Lex Luthor
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Real Identity: Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor
Affiliation(s): LexCorp Industries
Appearances: The Batman/Superman Story Part One and Part Two
Powers/Skills: Genius, Science, Technology and Manipulation
Voiced By: Clancy Brown
Lex Luthor was born in the impoverished Suicide Slums in Metropolis to abusive parents. Without their knowledge, Luthor took out a large insurance policy on them. He then engineered events to have them killed in a horrifying car accident. When he was of age to collect the insurance money, Luthor went on to graduate from the prestigious MIT and built the LexWing airplane. The aircraft's sale became the foundation of his industrial empire, LexCorp. Unchecked, Luthor established a dominant hold over Metropolis, garnered lucrative government contracts and illegally conducted sales with foreign countries. The only man to openly oppose him was Superman and the two continued to clash.
After the attack on Earth by the Joining, Luthor envisioned a greater purpose for him than destroying Superman. He would use aerial wireless transmitters to interface with the world's strategic defense systems and create a single worldwide army. He relocated to a weapons lab in Gotham City and supervised the creation of an armada of robots to implement that plan. After taking over Superman with Kryptonite-laced mind control spores, no one stood in his way. The Batman and Robin saved Superman and the trio defeated Luthor. He was arrested and taken to prison.