Alexander Luthor (Prime Earth)

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 * Image                  = Superman Unchained Vol 1 4 Textless.jpg
 * RealName               = Alexander Joseph Luthor
 * CurrentAlias           = Lex Luthor
 * Aliases                =
 * Identity               = Public
 * Alignment              = Good
 * Affiliation            = Justice League; formerly Injustice League
 * Relatives              = Lionel Luthor (father, deceased); Lena Luthor (sister)
 * Universe               = Prime Earth
 * BaseOfOperations       = Metropolis


 * Gender                 = Male
 * Height                 =
 * Weight                 =
 * Eyes                   = Green
 * Hair                   = Bald
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 * Citizenship            = American
 * MaritalStatus          = Single
 * Occupation             = Businessman; Scientist
 * Education              = College Graduate


 * PlaceOfBirth           =
 * Creators               = Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster
 * First                  = Action Comics Vol 2 1


 * Quotation          = So instead of walking into the unknown ... I didn't do anything. [...] I never again let the fear of failure stop me.
 * Speaker            = Lex Luthor
 * QuoteSource            = Forever Evil Vol 1 4


 * HistoryText            = Raised in Kansas with a sickly sister.

As an adult, Lex Luthor moved to Metropolis and set himself up as a troubleshooter. When he began intercepting signals from an alien craft that called itself the "Brain Inter-Acting Construct", he set up a dialogue, trading data about Earth for alien scientific knowledge. Through a strange benefactor, he was recruited into an alliance of convenience with General Lane of Project: Steel Soldier, and Glen Glenmorgan, the corporate master of Metropolis, against Superman. It was his plan to strike Superman with a train that brought him down, and he was gleeful for the opportunity to study this new biology. However, Luthor double-crossed the other Lane and Glenmorgan. He stole kryptonite from the government for his private use. At the same time, under the alias "Icarus", he leaked Glenmorgan's criminal secret to a low-level reporter, hampering his operations.

He attempted to aid Brainiac during the shrinking of Metropolis, but in the aftermath there was no evidence and so the government was forced to let him go. He spent the next five years turning his advantages to the task of filling the spot so recently vacated by Glenmorgan.

Around four years after the formation of the Justice League, he instigated the American invasion of Qurac so that he could sell his super-weapons to the army. That was also the year that he personally faced Superman for the first time, a confrontation that ended with Luthor suffering significant facial scarring and being put in a special prison. These events may be related.

Luthor sent a year in prison, during which Superman would sometimes visit to ask his opinion of a particularly troubling scientific disaster. In the end however, Luthor's lawyers were able to get him free, and he retook control of his empire.

The Desire To Change
When the Crime Syndicate crippled American infrastructure, Luthor fought back, using a suit of powered armour he had been building as an anti-Superman weapon. He also decanted the flawed genetic mutant codenamed "B-0" and recruited a cadre of masked men for his plan.

In the wake of the invasion, public opinion of Lex Luthor was incredibly favourable, and he decided that he liked it. In an effort to continue being regarded as a hero, he tried to convince the Justice League to recruit him, but was initially unsuccessful.


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 * : As the CEO of LexCorp Lex has great Business Management skills.
 * : As the CEO of LexCorp Lex has great Business Management skills.


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 * Equipment              =
 * Kryptonite
 * Transportation         =
 * Weapons                =
 * Lex Luthor's Warsuit


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 * Wikipedia              = Lex Luthor
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