The Origins of Lex Luthor

the iconic let’s Luther has been
reimagined countless times since the
1930s however one thing has remained the
same he’s always been the archenemy of
Superman hi welcome to watchmojo.com
I’m your host Derek Allen and today
we’ll be exploring one possible origin
of life’s Luthor there has never been a
widely accepted origin for Lex Luthor we
have decided to use the story told in
1960 in adventure comics number 271
moving to Smallville as a teenager Lex
Luthor wasn’t bad a fan of Superman in
his younger days as Superboy
Superboy even constructed a laboratory
for leads to encourage his interest in
science however one day when a fire
broke out in the lab Superboy attempted
to put out the flames with his super
breath
the experiments Lex was working on were
destroyed and Superboy’s rescue attempt
caused chemicals to spill and let’s to
go prematurely bald claiming Superboy
was simply jealous
let’s vowed revenge on him at first
let’s try to outshine Superboy with
projects aimed to improve life for the
residents of Smallville however when
they went dangerously off track and
Superboy had to save the day this only
angered lets Luthor more convinced
Superboy was out to humiliate him let’s
vow to spend his life proving to the
world he was superior to Superboy and
later in life Superman other
imaginations of Lex Luthor throughout
the DC timeline described him as a mad
scientist or white-collar criminal in
these other imaginings Lex rarely has a
personal connection with Superman other
than a will to destroy him on his way to
taking over the world and universe
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