How Lex Luthor Changed From The Golden Age to Modern DC Comics

Lex Luthor is a DC villain unlike any other. The number of villains who have survived as long as he has is slim, and that number becomes even smaller when one factors in that Lex Luthor has been at the top of the villain world for pretty much his entire existence. Lex Luthor may not have been Superman’s greatest enemy right away, but Lex quickly claimed that title. Luthor has been trying to kill Superman and the heroes of the DC Multiverse for ages, and he’s persevered for one reason: change.Lex Luthor has stayed relevant for close to a hundred years, which isn’t easy in the eyes of American pop culture. There have been a multitude of pretenders to the throne, and Lex Luthor has beat them all because he’s changed with the times. Lex Luthor is the ultimate villainous chameleon, and the changes made to the character since the Golden Age show are a testament to DC’s storytelling.Superman was the first superhero, but he didn’t really get many supervillains right away. As most fans know, Superman’s early years were spent standing up for the common person. Joe Siegel and Jerry Shuster’s hero was, in many ways, a socialist Superman — working to better people’s lives by battling corruption and crime. Little by little, supervillains appeared in Superman’s adventures. For a while his main foe was the Ultra-Humanite, a character who battled many of Golden Age DC’s greatest heroes and became the most formidable villain on Earth-2. Eventually, Lex Luthor would show up, but he proved very different from the character modern audiences known.RELATED: A Superman Family Member is Taking on the Characteristics of – Lex Luthor?!RELATED: Superman Just Proved That Lex Luthor Can Do A Lot Of Good From Inside A Prison Cell

Lex Luthor is a DC villain unlike any other. The number of villains who have survived as long as he has is slim, and that number becomes even smaller when one factors in that Lex Luthor has been at the top of the villain world for pretty much his entire existence. Lex Luthor may not have been Superman’s greatest enemy right away, but Lex quickly claimed that title. Luthor has been trying to kill Superman and the heroes of the DC Multiverse for ages, and he’s persevered for one reason: change.

RELATED: A Superman Family Member is Taking on the Characteristics of – Lex Luthor?!

Lex Luthor has stayed relevant for close to a hundred years, which isn’t easy in the eyes of American pop culture. There have been a multitude of pretenders to the throne, and Lex Luthor has beat them all because he’s changed with the times. Lex Luthor is the ultimate villainous chameleon, and the changes made to the character since the Golden Age show are a testament to DC’s storytelling.

RELATED: Superman Just Proved That Lex Luthor Can Do A Lot Of Good From Inside A Prison Cell

Superman was the first superhero, but he didn’t really get many supervillains right away. As most fans know, Superman’s early years were spent standing up for the common person. Joe Siegel and Jerry Shuster’s hero was, in many ways, a socialist Superman — working to better people’s lives by battling corruption and crime. Little by little, supervillains appeared in Superman’s adventures. For a while his main foe was the Ultra-Humanite, a character who battled many of Golden Age DC’s greatest heroes and became the most formidable villain on Earth-2. Eventually, Lex Luthor would show up, but he proved very different from the character modern audiences known.

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