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Action comics #23: Europe at war
The first appearance of (just)Luthor. He's great immediately. What this issue highlights is that Lex always represents the evil of the era. In the 40s that was someone trying to cause war in the world.
Action comics #23: Europe at war
The first appearance of (just)Luthor. He's great immediately. What this issue highlights is that Lex always represents the evil of the era. In the 40s that was someone trying to cause war in the world.
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Future State: Superman vs Imperious Lex 1-3
Lex, didn't anyone tell you that you can't run a planet like a company
Hilarious satire, and love to see Lexor here
JLA: Rock of ages
First time Grant Morrison ever wrote Lex. You need a Supervillain team up on a list like this and this is a seriously great one
Black Ring
The final Post Crisis/Pre Flashpoint Lex story. This has Lex as the protagonist and offers a compelling character study of him, with the final fight her serving as a satisfying conclusion to their rivalry
Adventure comics #271, How Luthor met Superboy
The silver age origin and debut of the name Lex. Jerry Siegel himself was the one to depict the two as old friends, people clown on the hair thing but if you read the issue there's clearly a lot of ego at play
Lexor saga
These issues Silver age Superman at its best. Alongside the first appearance of the Luthor Brainiac duo, this is the first time we see Lex in a position of societal power, something that obviously becomes very pronounced later