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* In his earliest appearances, ComicBook/LexLuthor was a war profiteer whose [[MadScientist scientific genius was considered "mad" specifically because he used it to invent horrific weaponry to sell to the highest bidder]]. Later, he became a MadScientist who uses his skills to commit crimes. It wasn't until the Iron Age that Lex Luthor became a CorruptCorporateExecutive who moonlights as a supervillain. During the Silver Age, his motivation for battling Superman was actually more complex: In ''ComicBook/HowLuthorMetSuperboy'', Kal and Lex became friends. In gratitude for setting up a lab, Lex discovered a cure for Kryptonite, but he accidentally started a fire. In order to save him, ComicBook/{{Superboy}} used his super breath to blow out the fire, accidentally killing Lex's experiment (and causing Lex's baldness). Lex accused him from intentionally destroying his experiment -an artificial lifeform- out of jealousy, decided to get even with the "backstabbing" alien, and the rest is history. Before that, his Silver Age relationship with Superman boiled down to a simple villain-who-gets-foiled-by-the-hero dynamic.

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* In his earliest appearances, ComicBook/LexLuthor was a war profiteer whose [[MadScientist scientific genius was considered "mad" specifically because he used it to invent horrific weaponry to sell to the highest bidder]]. Later, he became a MadScientist who uses his skills to commit crimes. It wasn't until the Iron Age that Lex Luthor became a CorruptCorporateExecutive who moonlights as a supervillain. During the Silver Age, his motivation for battling Superman was actually more complex: In ''ComicBook/HowLuthorMetSuperboy'', Kal and Lex became friends. In gratitude for setting up a lab, Lex discovered a cure for Kryptonite, but he accidentally started a fire. In order to save him, ComicBook/{{Superboy}} used his super breath to blow out the fire, accidentally killing Lex's experiment (and causing Lex's baldness). Lex accused him from of intentionally destroying his experiment -an artificial lifeform- out of jealousy, decided to get even with the "backstabbing" alien, and the rest is history. Before that, his Silver Age relationship with Superman boiled down to a simple villain-who-gets-foiled-by-the-hero dynamic.
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* ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest1941'':
** The magazine wasn't born as a ''Superman''/''Batman'' crossover series, but as an AnthologyComic, wherein Superman, Batman and other heroes like Zatara, Sandman, the Star-Spangled Kid, Green Arrow, Lando or Red, White and Blue lived solo adventures. Initially, Batman did not even have top-billing, his strip usually having the last slot. Superman and Batman's first joint adventure appeared thirteen years later in issue #71 (July, 1954).
** Judging by the covers, the ''World's Finest'' were Superman, Batman ''and'' Robin, who was featured in all covers until issue #85 (December, 1956).

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