Lex Luthor

Alexander Luthor

## Biography

### Early Life

Alexander Luthor was born on April 14, 1964 to Lionel and Lillian Luthor in Metropolis. Alex, later to be known as simply Lex, grew up in a world of debutante balls and fancy hobnob dinners. A young Lex unknowingly rubbed elbows with the elite children of the villainous Legionnaire’s Club.

Lex grew up in a cold and unloving manor in Luthor Mansion. Lillian would die when Lex was eight years old, leaving him without the care of his mother. He was picked on in school, and without the aid of his distant father, Lex was isolated. To further remove himself from Lex, Lionel sent him to boarding school. But, bullying there did not go away, and after a fight, he was expelled and returned to Metropolis.

When Lex was nine years old, he accompanied his father on a business trip to Smallville, Kansas. After a long day touring potential properties for LuthorCorp, they were on the car ride home when a meteor shower struck. The meteors ran their car off the road. Lionel was, miraculously, barely injured, while he found Lex unconscious in a field.

Days later, awaking in a hospital bed, Lex discovered his red curly hair was gone - never to grow back again. He insisted to his dad that he felt different, stronger, and it manifested itself in his confidence. After spending a winter break recovering, he returned to a different boarding school, where he was picked on for his new looks, but Lex discovered that his wit and intellect were higher than others his age, and he used this (and his hefty allowance) to manipulate his way into their good graces.

While Lex was away at boarding school, his father remarried and his half-sister, Lena Luthor was born. Lionel’s second wife died from complications at childbirth, which would put Luna in a wheelchair for the rest of her life.

Lex became aware at an early age that LuthorCorp was mixed up in shady scandals. While home for Christmas Break after the 11/2 Disaster, they gained many of Adrian Veidt’s assets. When a member of the club threatened to expose Lionel and many others, Lex overheard a phone call ordering their death.

Lex used this information to manipulate his father into giving him a considerable sum of money, and signing off on an early graduation from boarding school. Here, Lex discovered his love of manipulation and blackmail. On New Year's Day 1988, and on his father’s dime, he took a private jet, landed in Vlatava and walked away from the airport, instructing the pilot to return home.

### World Tour

There is a very scarce accounting of what happened to Lex Luthor over the next decade. Global powers were in shambles following Veidt’s attack, but there were sightings and recordings of Lex globally between ‘88 and ‘89.

Lex began a global tour for nefarious purposes, traveling to countries affected by the attacks, and brokering deals to further service him down the line. In Vlatava, he made the acquaintance of Count Werner Zytle, who in exchange for his services, gifted Lex with a castle, a substantial piece of real estate. He began an affair with a Vlatavan woman named Tala, one that would remain ongoing for decades.

He went next to Markovia, where he found himself in the good graces of Baron Frederick DeLamb. The then King Viktor and Queen Ilyana had a distaste for Luthor’s arrogance. It is the belief of the Justice League that here, Luthor laid the groundwork for DeLamb’s Bedlam Operation, in conjunction with Zytle.

While traveling in Kahndaq, Lex made the acquaintance of one Bruno Mannheim, who first introduced him to the idea of the Anti-Life Equation, and suggested that Luthor may be a metahuman, and Kansas the host of an alien. Lex funded Intergang, and had an affair with Whisper A’Daire that lasted very briefly.

He traveled to Corto Maltese, where he toured the Herrera family’s Jotunheim facilities. He later met with Silvio Luna and Mateo Suarez, and created a strategy for them to use to execute a hostile takeover of Corto Maltese.

While on a boat from Corto Maltese to Kahndaq, he was approached by a burly man identifying himself as Vandal Savage, and then stated he was a friend of his father. He informed Lex that his agents had been monitoring him across the world. He offered him a seat in the Light Cabinet, and Lex took it. After a brief excursion in Kahndaq, Vandal took him to Bialya, where he observed the beginning of Zazzala’s HIVE Operation.

In the late 90s, Lex returned to being Intergang’s prime benefactor. They traveled across the globe, including into Coryana, where Lex had to kill a man after getting into a scrape. While lying low in Italy, he met Contessa Erica Alexandra del Portenza, and fell in love. At this point, he decided it was time to return to the United States, arm-in-arm with his new wife.

### The Prodigal Son Comes Home

He and Erica lived a high-class life for years. Lex began working at LuthorCorp, showing off the decade of knowledge to his father, who was growing increasingly estranged from him, which didn’t appear to affect Lex. He grew closer to his sister, who was becoming involved in politics, and pulled a few strings to get her started.

Lex’s daughter, Luna, was born in 2003. Shortly after her birth, Lionel began to grow sick, and he eventually revealed to Lex that he had been experimenting on leftover meteorite from the accident that left Lex bald, and it had given him an accelerated type of cancer. Lex began tirelessly working on finding a cure, which led him to Cadmus Labs.

He recruited Cadmus scientists to begin doing research on the rocks in an attempt to find a cure, where they discovered the rock, which was Kryptonite, could do harm to Superman’s DNA. Lex suggested using Superman’s DNA on his father, which would result in Lionel’s death. Lex assumed the duties as LuthorCorp’s CEO. Cadmus’ experiments with Superman’s DNA did not stop there, as Lex donated part of his blood to create multiple Superman clones.

Lex began making waves as CEO of LuthorCorp, focusing on providing green, renewable energy. He publicly endorsed the Justice League, and even offered sponsorship to two of their members, Booster Gold and Triumph. They began focusing on weapons creation for the US Military, secretly using Intergang to broker them internationally. They started more jobs in America, which began pushing Lex into the political spotlight.

### President Luthor

Thanks to Lex’s endorsement, Lena was elected Mayor of Metropolis. She eventually convinced Lex to get into politics, where he won the US Presidency in 2016. His first act was repealing the Keene Act and liberating Gotham City. He reinstated the Justice League and began pushing for laws to support metahumans. One of his closest confidants was Senator Walter Reilly in this matter.

In 2016, his son was born. Shortly after, he secretly met with Maxwell Lord and Michael Holt to begin work on the OMAC Project. This would blow up in his face, as Max turned the project on the metahuman population in 2018. Suffering substantial casualties, Lex revealed his involvement and resigned from the Presidency.

Lena was disgraced, Erica divorced Lex, and Luna turned away from her father. Lex decided it was time to leave America once more. Since his time abroad, several of his cohorts were outed as criminals, or had wound up incarcerated. He found the aid of Prime Minister Zviad Baazovi of Markovia, who granted Lex asylum there.

Lex worked with Helga Jace on her metahuman research for a little over a year, before returning to the United States. Lex liquidated LuthorCorp, quietly retiring to the Cadmus Board. He began furthering his operations with the Light and trying to repair his sister’s reputation. All-in-all, Lex disappeared from the public eye. He bought a hefty chunk of real estate in the Florida Marsh.

Slowly, Lex began making public appearances again, and repaired his relationship with the general public. After threatening to leak their double lives, both Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne agreed to endorse him. Lex began focusing his shift to Outer-Space and began working with STAR Labs to fund more space exploration projects.

While the Justice League suspects him of more nefarious activity, to the general public, he is a slightly shady billionaire, who lost a lot. In actuality, Lex has not lost much, and still has a large web of connections thanks to the Light.

## Trivia

* Lex gained a little bit of weight while in office, but upon his next public sighting, he had slimmed down again. Rumors swirl that the weight loss is from a Kryptonite based cancer.