YMMV / Superman: Space Age

• Complete Monster: Lex Luthor, the consummate Corrupt Corporate Executive, is depicted here as a narcissist who seeks superiority over all. Using a military defense contract to build an underground bomb shelter and acquire two hydrogen bombs for testing, Lex truthfully plans to hide his followers in the shelter and recreate society in his own image after setting off World War III, activating one of the bombs to completely annihilate Coast City. Intent on the Soviet Union being blamed for the crime so that the U.S. will retaliate and begin a nuclear holocaust, Lex attempts to set off the second bomb in Metropolis when his first attack fails to generate the expected response, preparing to sacrifice an unwitting employee to see this through. Though foiled, Lex is able to secure his release two decades later and sets out to make LexCorp so powerful that the world will depend on him for survival. Lex funds the Joker in a vendetta against Wayne Enterprises that results in Lucius Fox being forced into becoming a suicide bomber, seven children being endangered, and Bruce Wayne killed, giving Lex the perfect opportunity to take over and assert his seeming victory over the entire world.

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