Lex Luthor

## President Luthor

"*Let me explain something to you, sunny. I'm Lex-F\*cking-Luthor. One word and I can have you shot dead. One phone call, I can purchase a small nation. With two, I can use it for target practice. I own more than half of Metropolis, and my net worth alone makes Bruce Wayne cry himself to sleep at night. I am the one people should look up to, not that mentally under-cooked alien freak from hillbilly county, me! If he saves a city, then I'm going to have to save a whole country, and then I'm going to have to rub it all over his big, stupid, alien face and see how he likes it.*"
—Lex Luthor's rant to Roy Harper

**Lex Luthor** is the elected President of the United States, a billionaire from Metropolis, and the archenemy of Superman. He is a member of a group of supervillains called the Light.

## Personality

To mask his malevolent and mean-spirited nature, he puts on a smile for the crowds. He detests and envies Superman and can’t stand being second to him. He is also narcissistic and arrogant, due to his wealth and power.

## Physical appearance

Lex is tall and appears to be in good shape, being moderately built. He is bald and has green eyes and high cheekbones.

## History

### Attack on the Hall of Justice

Together with a few other villains, Lex attacked the Hall of Justice in 2005. He specifically targeted Superman.

### Superboy

Lex created a Russian clone of Superman called the Superboy to replace his nemesis. Lex used his own DNA for the human half. However, Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad broke into Cadmus Labs and freed the clone before Lex could put his plans into motion.

### Taipei Conference

A Korean peace summit was held in Taipei, with Lex coming as a mystery middleman to help reunify the two nations. Red Arrow stopped Cheshire from assassinating the billionaire, who was trying to interrupt the conference. Lex stopped the hero from being arrested and requested his help in stopping the assassins.

Lex explained his obsession with beating Superman to Red Arrow, envying the Man of Steel's appreciation and always wanting to one-up him. He implied that he may have to run for President one day. With the help of Aqualad, Red Arrow was able to stop Cheshire and Sportsmaster from completing their mission and the nations were ratified. Lex Luthor capitalized on the opportunity to show off his bodyguard Mercy, a powerful android that he offers to sell to the leaders.

That night, the Light met to discuss the events in Taipei. The assassination attempt on Lex's life was all staged so they could sell the Mercy bots to the nations, allowing them to have some pull in Korea. The villains prepared to capture Captain Marvel and Ra's al Ghul sent assassins after Jason Todd to eliminate the rogue operative.

### Presidential Campaign

In late 2010, Lex Luthor announced that he was running for President of the United States as a member of the Democratic party. He also announced that Oliver Queen would serve as his running mate. After a year of campaigning, Lex became the Democratic nominee. However, he lost the election to Superman by 104 electoral votes, though he still won the popular vote.

Thanks to Batman working to persuade Superman otherwise, the Man of Steel chose to resign from the Presidency, passing it over to Lex. A week later, Luthor attended the annual Metropolis supervillain auction. It was attacked by heroes, but he got away with the prized Bubastis II, a strange kind of cat. Lex was then ambushed by Rorschach and Adrian Veidt in his office, who fought. Alfred Pennyworth arrived and killed Veidt, much to Lex's confusion.

Shortly before taking office, he was attacked by Roy Harper, the real one that he'd kidnapped and replaced with a clone. He convinced the boy to spare his life by offering a weaponized arm to replace the one he'd lost.

## Resources

### Abilities

* **Genius intellect:** Lex Luthor is one of the smartest men in the world.

### Equipment

* **Wealth:** Lex Luthor is one of the richest men in the world.

## Appearances

* *Throne of Atlantis Abridged*
* *Justice League Doom Abridged*
* *Young Justice Abridged*
	+ "Don't Call Us Sidekicks" (offscreen)
	+ "Shades of Red"
	+ "Eyes of Fate" (flash-forward, no lines)
	+ "Injustice"
	+ "House of Cards"
	+ "Identity Crisis"
	+ "Seeing Red"
* *Crisis on Two Earths Abridged*(mentioned)
* *DC Abridged Confidential*