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* DependingOnTheWriter: Whether he's a businessman or mad scientist first tends to vary wildly, with some versions being pretty much white collar criminals, while others are notorious super criminals, designing elaborate death machines to kill Superman.
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** Whether he's a businessman or mad scientist first tends to vary wildly, with some versions being pretty much white collar criminals, while others are notorious super criminals, designing elaborate death machines to killSuperman.Superman.
** Whether he's a businessman or mad scientist first tends to vary wildly, with some versions being pretty much white collar criminals, while others are notorious super criminals, designing elaborate death machines to kill
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** Just how evil Lex is fluctuates depending on who's writing him. Sometimes he's a monstrously evil figure with no redeeming qualities, other times he can be heroic but for entirely selfish reasons, and some writers portray him as a NobleDemon and AntiVillain with plenty of sympathetic qualities.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: So [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Lex, you tried to kill Superman for making you bald? To be fair, that story had Luthor's revenge being initially restricted to Luthor trying to show up Superboy with grandiose public works projects. When they went disastrously wrong and forced Superboy to intervene, Luthor was publicly scorned and sought to kill him in revenge. Elliot S. Maggin also later added a retcon where the experiment where Luthor lost his hair was aiming to create artificial life, so in Luthor's twisted views Superboy had killed his 'child'.
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** So [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Lex, you tried to kill Superman for making you bald? To be fair, that story had Luthor's revenge being initially restricted to Luthor trying to show up Superboy with grandiose public works projects. When they went disastrously wrong and forced Superboy to intervene, Luthor was publicly scorned and sought to kill him in revenge. Elliot S. Maggin also later added a retcon where the experiment where Luthor lost his hair was aiming to create artificial life, so in Luthor's twisted views Superboy had killed his 'child'.
** So [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Lex, you tried to kill Superman for making you bald? To be fair, that story had Luthor's revenge being initially restricted to Luthor trying to show up Superboy with grandiose public works projects. When they went disastrously wrong and forced Superboy to intervene, Luthor was publicly scorned and sought to kill him in revenge. Elliot S. Maggin also later added a retcon where the experiment where Luthor lost his hair was aiming to create artificial life, so in Luthor's twisted views Superboy had killed his 'child'.
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** Following his HazyFeelTurn, he deliberately triggered an allergic reaction in another prisoner for saying Batman was cooler than Superman.
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** For that matter, whenever modern takes on Luthor try to explain why it's necessary and justified to be Superman, the typical reasoning laid out (Superman will inevitably use his powers for his own ends, go from protecting humanity to controlling them, demand tribute and loyalty, etc.) all sound like things Lex desires for himself but can't have. Ironically, while a super-powered being that behaved like Lex Luthor ''would'' justify that kind of paranoia and loathing, Lex also doesn't respect Superman for the humble, all-loving hero he is, and seems to consider him a waste of potential.
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** For that matter, whenever modern takes on Luthor try to explain why it's necessary and justified to be beat Superman, the typical reasoning laid out (Superman will inevitably use his powers for his own ends, go from protecting humanity to controlling them, demand tribute and loyalty, etc.) all sound like things Lex desires for himself but can't have. Ironically, while a super-powered being that behaved like Lex Luthor ''would'' justify that kind of paranoia and loathing, Lex also doesn't respect Superman for the humble, all-loving hero he is, and seems to consider him a waste of potential.
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* TragicHero: Numerous writers portray Lex as such. It's made clear Lex could be a great, beloved hero and much happier if he let go of his grudge against Superman, but he can never bring himself to do so.
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* AntiVillain: DependingOnTheWriter. Sometimes Lex can be a purely evil and monstrous villain, while other stories give him sympathetic or redeeming traits of varying degrees.
