Lex Luthor

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Real Name

Alexei Luthor

Current Alias

Lex Luthor

Aliases

Luthor; Luthor of Earth-Two; Golden Age Luthor; Mastermind; The Master Planner; Zytal; The Light; Carlyle Allerton; Mr. Smith

Affiliation

Former leader of various criminal organizations; Former associate member of the Injustice Society

Base Of Operations

Metropolis

Legal Status

Unknown citizen with criminal record in the United States - possibly a British citizen due to later statements of accent; deceased

Status

Alignment

Bad

Identity

Public Identity

Race

Human

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Former criminal mastermind; former dictator of small European countries (overthrown prior World War II); former super-scientist; former munitions manufacturer

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

5' 11"

Weight

180 lbs (82 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Red

Origin

Universe

Earth-Two

Place of Death

Brainiac's Skull Ship

Created by

Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster

First appearance

Appearance of Death

Action Comics #23
(April, 1940)

Crisis on Infinite Earths #9
(December, 1985)

HistoryEdit

Very little is known about the history of Alexei Luthor before he rose to power and took control of several minor European nations prior to World War II through his super-scientific machinations. He intended to plunge all of the European countries into war starting with the small countries of Galonia and Toran, and used his scientific genius to sabotage a peace conference, but was defeated by Kal-L, the hero known as Superman.

Alexei escaped and later plagued Kal-L with a gigantic Kryptonite meteor after learning about Superman's weakness from Dan Rivers. Unable to defeat Superman, Alexei took solace in publicly revealing Superman's weakness to the world, causing trouble for Kal-L from other various foes.

Alexei would return time and time again with elaborate plans to kill Superman, but was defeated each time.

Later in his career, Alexei would learn of the Multiverse and team up with his Earth-One counterpart Lex Luthor in an attempt to conquer Earth-Three. Recruiting Earth-Three's primary villain, Ultraman (an evil counterpart to their Supermen) to aid them in conquering Earth-Three, Alexei and Lex Luthor were defeated by their own Earth-Three counterpart, Alexander Luthor, who became Earth-Three's first and only super-hero.

The End

Alexei would continue on his private quest for world domination of Earth-Two until he was recruited by Brainiac during The Crisis on Infinite Earths. Upon confronting the Earth-One Lex Luthor, who had been selected over him by Brainiac as field commander of their amassed gathering, Alexei stated to all present "Wait one second! Who appointed that second-rate lab-rat our spokesman? I'm the Luthor of Earth-2! My genius is far greater than his! You don't need him!", to which Brainiac replied, "You speak logically, Luthor! But I assembled this group! The decision for leader is mine! But you are correct. We do not need two Luthors!" And Brainiac immediately disintegrated Alexei Luthor on the spot, leaving the Earth-One version the only Luthor present. Following the end of the Crisis, Alexei Luthor was eliminated from history, and is no longer remembered by anyone on New Earth.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Abilities

Genius level intellect

Strength level

Alexei Luthor appears to have the strength of an average human male.

NotesEdit

• Though Alexei Luthor had a similar appearance and demeanor in his 1940 debut (where he was known only as "Luthor"), subsequent appearances of Luthor throughout the 40's portrayed him as completely bald. When it became necessary in the 1960's to distinguish the Golden Age Luthor from the one then appearing in DC Comics, the character was retroactively assigned many of the exploits of his bald successor, as well as the first name "Alexei." The Golden Age Luthor was a far more blood-thirsty character than his successors. Whereas Earth-One's Luthor preferred humiliating his adversary to prove his genius, Alexei Luthor sought only Superman's death.

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