Alexander Luthor, Jr. (Earth-Three)

Real Name: Alexander Luthor
Nicknames: No known nicknames
Former Aliases: Lex Luthor
Other Current Aliases: No other known current aliases

Status

Occupation: Occupation unknown
Legal Status: Alexander Luthor was a legal citizen of Earth-Three, still considered a minor prior to Earth-Three's destruction.
Identity: Secret, the general populace of Earth is largely unaware of the existence of Alexander Luthor.
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: Secret Society of Super Villains
Base of Operations: Formerly a Paradise dimension in the Anti-Matter Universe; later "New" Earth

Origin

Rocketed from the dying Earth-3 by his parents, Alexander Luthor was aged dramatically and gained extraordinary power upon passing through an anti-matter storm.

Place of Birth: Earth-Three
Known Relatives: Lex Luthor (Earth-3) (father), Lois Lane (Earth-3) (mother)
First Appearance: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (1985)
Final Appearance: Infinite Crisis #7 (2006)

History

Crisis on Infinite Earths

Alexander Luthor was born on the alternate universe of Earth-Three, as the son of that world's versions of Lex Luthor and Lois Lane. On Earth-Three, Luthor was the only hero, and the JLA were an evil organization known as the Crime Syndicate. The Anti-Monitor used an anti-matter wave to destroy his universe. To save their son, his parents placed him in a special experimental device, which carried the infant to the relative safety of Earth-One. There, he materialized on the Justice League of America Satellite, which (unknown to his parents) had been abandoned. He was found and taken in by Harbinger, on request by The Monitor. His passage through the anti-matter storm granted him power over both matter and anti-matter, though the exposure also dramatically accelerated the aging process. By the conclusion of the Crisis, Luthor was a young adult, despite the passage of only a few weeks. After the Monitor's death, Alexander (along with Harbinger and Pariah) helped lead the heroes and villains of the DC Universe against the Anti-Monitor.

After he, along with Kal-L (the Earth-Two Superman) and the Earth-Prime Superboy finally defeated the Anti-Monitor, he revealed he had saved Kal-L's wife, the Earth-Two Lois Lane (Earth-2) from being erased from existance when the multiverse was destroyed. The foursome, no longer having a place in the new Post-Crisisuniverse, decided to retreat to a paradise-like dimension Alexander could access using the last of his dimensional powers.

Infinite Crisis

Alex watched with his companions the events happening in the Post-Crisis Earth for several years, until he, at the beginning of the Infinite Crisis event, convinced a pessimistic Kal-L to break the walls of their paradise so as to intervene with the decadent status of the Post-Crisis Earth, utilizing the false promise that they could save everyone, even Kal-L's cousin Power Girl (originally from Earth-Two).

Alex told Kal-L and Power Girl that their joint efforts could help him bring the alternate universe of Earth-Two into predominance over the merged universes (as Earth-One had become predominant post-Crisis), which would help Earth-Two's Lois Lane to recover from her current illness. However, his actual intentions have been shown to be more sinister than originally portrayed, as it was revealed that he not only was the imposter masquerading as Lex Luthor (organizing many of the world's villains into the Secret Society of Super Villains), but that he was also using their help to construct a massive dimensional "tuning fork" (like those seen in the original Crisis) incorporating several fallen or incapacitated heroes and villains (representing various alternate universes), and including the remains of the Anti-Monitor.

The Joker attacks

The device required a vast power source to operate, which Alexander generated by manipulating the Spectre into destroying existing magic. The result was a raw form of magic that could be tapped to power the device. Programming the tower was accomplished by granting sentience to the Brother Eye satellite, which allowed the system to evolve into a brain capable of directing the tower's energies. In granting sentience to the Brother Eye satellite, Alexander became responsible for the events of The OMAC Project. The focus of the device was the center of the universe - however, under Alexander Luthor's orders, the Earth-Prime Superboy altered the orbits and placement of many planets in the universe, shifting the actual center from Oa to a point consistent with the center of Earth-Two's original universe.

Once activated, Alexander tapped into the device and was able to redivide the universe, appearing to be successful in recreating Earth-2 (or a close facsimile). However, Alexander noted early that objective was not his plan's ultimate one. However, Superboy Prime threw Alexander off when he couldn't bring Earth Prime back. Alexander almost met his death at the hands of Batman when he blasted Nightwing. Wonder Woman managed to stop Batman from making the same mistake as she did and they left Alexander Luthor as the rest of the heroes went to take Superboy Prime down.

Alexander went into hiding but it wouldn't last long. He was attacked by The Joker for not letting him "play"- his biggest mistake according to Lex Luthor. Joker then proceeded to melt off half of Alexanders face and then shot him in the face.

Characteristics

Height: 5'11"
Weight: 164 lbs (xxx kg)
Eyes: Green
Hair: Red
Unusual Features: No unusual features

Powers

Known Powers: Unique circumstances of his birth give him power over matter and anti-matter, which have been used both offensively, as bursts of energy, and defensively, to change his appearance to mimic others. He has also demonstrated an ability to form and control dimensional portals.
Known Abilities: No known abilities.
Strength Level: Strength level unknown

Miscellaneous

Equipment: Anti-Monitor's remains
Transportation: No known transportation.
Weapons: No known weapons.

Notes

• The character of Alexander Luthor was created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez.

Trivia

• Alexander Luthor's origin is a nod towards the origin of the original Golden Age Superman.

Recommended Readings

• Crisis on Infinite Earths
• Infinite Crisis
• Villains United

Related Articles

• Anti-Monitor
• Crisis on Infinite Earths
• Infinite Crisis
• Lex Luthor
• Lois Lane (Earth-Two)
• Pariah
• Superboy (Earth-Prime)
• Superman (Earth-Two)

External Links

• Alexander Luthor at Wikipedia

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