After the episode of Justice League where Luthor died saving the world, I had this mental image of Superman visiting his memorial, leaving a jar of Superman peanut butter and whispering "The secret ingredient is love."
@@pieromz There was a brand of peanut butter called Superman peanut butter. In the ads, Lex Luthor would kidnap Superman, threaten him with Kryptonite and demand to know what made Superman peanut butter so good and some random kid would come to Superman's rescue. Geez, Lex, the ingredients are on the label!
Lex Luthor is my favorite villain. Perhaps my favorite character, such a great dichotomy, were it not for his obsessive hate of Superman, he's basically a darker version of Tony Stark. I even get my head shaved referring to it as getting my Lex Luthor done.
I always love the interpretation that the only thing stopping Luthor from being one of DC's strongest heroes is his own ego. Any time that can be put aside he becomes a monster
I doubt it. He just simply wanted to see how far he could go. He is genius in his own right, but still mortal. The way he does things when they want to set him up to be the bad guy is what you would expect. Comic villainy. But who in their right mind would pick one of the strongest beings to exist as his rival? Granted, Superman would always be standing in his way no matter what if he had a true lust for power. But he's not stupid, he's not a degenerate, and seems to have only one goal. To push himself to accomplish as much as he can based on the situations that he himself stirs into motion. At times, he seems that he himself is holding back his best cards, just to make things more challenging. And therein lies the problem. He has to pose himself as a supervillain in order to achieve what he wants. Other "bad guys" just want to obliterate everything with no real goal in mind. And therefore they are useless to him. The only way he gets what he wants, the challenge of a lifetime, is if he makes Superman an enemy. It's more or less the only way to assure himself that he will always have to be at his best if he wants to thrive. Or, more to the point, have his accomplishments matter. Who else can say they their rival is Superman and still be one of the richest men in the world in spite of that?
A lot of his earlier motivations for his schemes came from his distrust of Superman. He hated that this super powered being came along and was instantly near godlike just because of his species and wanted to prove (or at least make everyone else believe) that humanity didn't need him and thus the Lex ego was born
I always loved seeing Lex either teaming/being a member of the Justice League. Proves he truly can be a great hero. Crisis on Two Earths, JLU finale and Reign of The Supermen are some of my favorites.
I gotta say I really do enjoy this new version of Juels, from making childish "your mom" jokes every list he VAs to giving philosophical encouragement is a massive self improvement that I am totally here for.
I like the stories where Lex is a good guy, not really when he's a super hero, so his clashes with Superman are just the idea of a man being able to stand up to a God. He doesn't want Superman to save the day, he wants a normal man to be able to. Most of the time it's normal villainy, but I like it when he's not really a bad guy he just wants to prove we don't need a Superman.
Same, honestly. He doesn't have to take the spotlight as the super hero.. But giving humanity the means to fend for it's own is a nice little trait that could be expanded on.
Lex hates Superman because he's an alien and a powerful one, but there are many other dangerous aliens much worse than Superman. He needs to address this more often.
The silly season is upon us. Lots of people thinking the wrong thing. Jules, thank you for the words of encouragement. Im going to steal those and use that and talk to my friend. Gotta call her tomorrow
I’m surprised you didn’t include what he did in the DC Universe MMO. He basically starts the entire plot by informing heroes in the past (this Lex comes from an Earth that was conquered by Brainiac) that Brainiac is coming to invade Earth, and urges the heroes and villains to work together to stop him.
Honorable mentions: Smallville version of Lex Luthor helped the heroes of his universe stop a monitor from rebooting their universe in the final arc of Smallville Season 11 comic series (recommended) In Elliot S! Maggin's fantastic Superman novel Last Son of Krypton, Lex helps Superman stop a terrible alien plot of genocide, universal domination, and... a galactic real estate scam. (seriously, it's a lot better than it sounds). In Superman #167, Luthor turned against Brainiac in order to save a planet who viewed his as a hero.
I want to see a Super-Villain team-up of: The Reverse Flash (Eobard Thawne) Lex Luthor The Joker Black Adam really i would prefer to have (The Red Death & The Shazam King Who Laughs) but those characters are No More
i dunno why beating the justice lords is above injustice, it's revealed that he helped in echange for a pardon for his crimes which he immediately starts working to undermine the justice league's public image. in injustice dude just up and sacrifices himself to try and take down a tyrant.
The Red Sun one one he stole have those ideas if not more from Superman's notes item to America was only a good country until the battle with Superman was over after work he essentially took over the world and turn into Krypton 3 Superman that story was actually his grandson about 51 Generations down the line
Lex's whole thing is just his huge ego CONSTANTLY pushing him to disavow super powered beings since he views them as never have done anything to earn where they are
Since we got Red Son I want to see a Nazi version of Superman. And have the normal Superman, Communist Superman, and Nazi Superman have a 3 way free for all. That would be great.
He spends nearly his entire life and fortune making sure an alien doesn't take our jobs. Until he can prove he has Earth Nationality he can't work here on Earth, either as a hero, on merchandise, or as a reporter.
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After the episode of Justice League where Luthor died saving the world, I had this mental image of Superman visiting his memorial, leaving a jar of Superman peanut butter and whispering "The secret ingredient is love."
Just... why
@@pieromz There was a brand of peanut butter called Superman peanut butter. In the ads, Lex Luthor would kidnap Superman, threaten him with Kryptonite and demand to know what made Superman peanut butter so good and some random kid would come to Superman's rescue. Geez, Lex, the ingredients are on the label!
@@LadyEvilest Lex is too smart to learn how to read
Lex Luthor should also get much more recognition than he gets.
He's easily one of the best villains in comics.
Yes! He knows how the system works.
@@ggt47 Huh ?
@@AnuprashChetia The system? The media,the government?
@@ggt47 Hmm.
@@ggt47 that sounds like the answer of someone who heard something a time or two and liked it cuz it sounded so cool, but can't explain it at all
Lex Luthor is my favorite villain. Perhaps my favorite character, such a great dichotomy, were it not for his obsessive hate of Superman, he's basically a darker version of Tony Stark. I even get my head shaved referring to it as getting my Lex Luthor done.
cringe
THE JOKER is my favorite character in all of fiction.
Lex Luthor is an awesome character and perfect villain for SUPERMAN
Ya know, I constantly have to deal with being called Lex Luther due to my first name. That or Dark Lord Ulysses from my middle name.
@@ChronicSynchronizer nah that's dedication
Love it, it was 90% Luthor did GOOD then immediately something bad but he did good, Love it
Its the "Compliment Sandwich"! 😂😂
Id say 70% but ya 🙂
@@dustinmiron4298 Yep
I always love the interpretation that the only thing stopping Luthor from being one of DC's strongest heroes is his own ego. Any time that can be put aside he becomes a monster
It's likely that he always wanted to be a superhero
Yeah but his ego and I guess hate/envy of Superman makes him be a villain.
I doubt it. He just simply wanted to see how far he could go. He is genius in his own right, but still mortal. The way he does things when they want to set him up to be the bad guy is what you would expect. Comic villainy. But who in their right mind would pick one of the strongest beings to exist as his rival? Granted, Superman would always be standing in his way no matter what if he had a true lust for power. But he's not stupid, he's not a degenerate, and seems to have only one goal. To push himself to accomplish as much as he can based on the situations that he himself stirs into motion. At times, he seems that he himself is holding back his best cards, just to make things more challenging. And therein lies the problem. He has to pose himself as a supervillain in order to achieve what he wants. Other "bad guys" just want to obliterate everything with no real goal in mind. And therefore they are useless to him. The only way he gets what he wants, the challenge of a lifetime, is if he makes Superman an enemy. It's more or less the only way to assure himself that he will always have to be at his best if he wants to thrive. Or, more to the point, have his accomplishments matter. Who else can say they their rival is Superman and still be one of the richest men in the world in spite of that?
It's less hate and more envy. No one creates clone of someone that hate. Then mix their dna into the batter.
A lot of his earlier motivations for his schemes came from his distrust of Superman. He hated that this super powered being came along and was instantly near godlike just because of his species and wanted to prove (or at least make everyone else believe) that humanity didn't need him and thus the Lex ego was born
I always loved seeing Lex either teaming/being a member of the Justice League. Proves he truly can be a great hero. Crisis on Two Earths, JLU finale and Reign of The Supermen are some of my favorites.
I like villains reforming to become JL members in general.
Lex luthor teaming up with rebirth Superman against doomsday was fantastic and tons of fun in my opinion.
I think that, if it weren't for Superman, Lex would be a superhero. And he really does seem to want to protect Metropolis.
So... Lexy my boy... why not beat Superman by simply being the better hero?
Lex: Why didn't I think of that!?
Without a doubt one of the most dangerous and underrated humans in comics.
Jules from WhatCulture really sneaking in those inspiring kind words at the end😢 Thank you!!
Always
He's like Loki.
Better*
You mean Loki is like him.
I would say he's more like Victor von doom
@@Lorddacenshadowind: I’ve noticed.
@@Lorddacenshadowind Again, more Doom is like him, since he predates Doom. Doom is more an introverted version of Luthor.
Jules your words of wisdom always manage to brighten up my day💕
I gotta say I really do enjoy this new version of Juels, from making childish "your mom" jokes every list he VAs to giving philosophical encouragement is a massive self improvement that I am totally here for.
0:40 *Love that homage*
Supes: First time?
Lex: shut up
I’d love to see Luthor as a superhero in a future movie
Gotta respect Lex.
Great list! I'd love to see a list of Dr. Doom's most heroic acts, can we make that happen?
THIS GUY IS SO OP! Like can we see him against Iron Man?! I never knew he had these crazy achievements
Eve heard of a channel called death battle?
I like the stories where Lex is a good guy, not really when he's a super hero, so his clashes with Superman are just the idea of a man being able to stand up to a God.
He doesn't want Superman to save the day, he wants a normal man to be able to. Most of the time it's normal villainy, but I like it when he's not really a bad guy he just wants to prove we don't need a Superman.
Same, honestly. He doesn't have to take the spotlight as the super hero.. But giving humanity the means to fend for it's own is a nice little trait that could be expanded on.
Lex just has it in for Darkseid.
Lex hates Superman because he's an alien and a powerful one, but there are many other dangerous aliens much worse than Superman. He needs to address this more often.
Maybe he’s not that bad of a guy
Glad you caught the giy
@Dizi Editleri sure
1 out of 10 time he does something good but that one shouldn't erase the other 9 times he was a villain.
@Dizi Editleri why don't you show your subs then? Unless youre not confident in that opinion
Remember that one time he nuked a city?
The silly season is upon us. Lots of people thinking the wrong thing.
Jules, thank you for the words of encouragement. Im going to steal those and use that and talk to my friend. Gotta call her tomorrow
very cool!!
Always with that ending promoting self care. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👌👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
this channel is so under rated
Jules your a great bloke
Thanks for the kind words at the end!
Oh wow. That motivational speech at the end :)
I’m surprised you didn’t include what he did in the DC Universe MMO. He basically starts the entire plot by informing heroes in the past (this Lex comes from an Earth that was conquered by Brainiac) that Brainiac is coming to invade Earth, and urges the heroes and villains to work together to stop him.
I watch that Darkseid episode as a kid but I didnt realize until now that Metron is also in the episode
Wait, there was someone in the Mobius Chair?
@@GabePuratekuta Yup
@@brentgulde All I saw was Lex talking to the chair.
I really need to hear the last 10 seconds thanks
Honorable mentions:
Smallville version of Lex Luthor helped the heroes of his universe stop a monitor from rebooting their universe in the final arc of Smallville Season 11 comic series (recommended)
In Elliot S! Maggin's fantastic Superman novel Last Son of Krypton, Lex helps Superman stop a terrible alien plot of genocide, universal domination, and... a galactic real estate scam. (seriously, it's a lot better than it sounds).
In Superman #167, Luthor turned against Brainiac in order to save a planet who viewed his as a hero.
Another possible honorable mention: lex at the end of the All-Star Superman movie?
"Injustice:Gods *Among Us* "
Me:Don't do it.Don't do it.
My Mind:Sus
But you must be a 12 level intellect to succeed.
Lex well im overqualified
Heroic my eye. Lex was simply pissed he was robbed from becoming Luthoriac again.
I can’t be the only one who likes lex better as a hero
6:11
AMOGU-
I want to see a Super-Villain team-up of:
The Reverse Flash (Eobard Thawne)
Lex Luthor
The Joker
Black Adam
really i would prefer to have (The Red Death & The Shazam King Who Laughs) but those characters are No More
I always thought Lex Luthor made a much better hero than most of the others in the Justice League
Nice
Lex Luthor prevented children from getting diabetes by relieving them of 40 cakes!!! That's four tens!!
i dunno why beating the justice lords is above injustice, it's revealed that he helped in echange for a pardon for his crimes which he immediately starts working to undermine the justice league's public image.
in injustice dude just up and sacrifices himself to try and take down a tyrant.
Plz could you do a robin vid plz
Hello there
General kenobi
Yo man
Bros not a villain he just one of superman's opps
nice
Dude, Lex send Darkseid to the end of 2001
Plses do 10 ten strongest spider man
No Man's Land, New Orleans 2005 after Katrina
Helping in Dark Knights Death Metal.
This was the basis for batman arkham city... gotham no mans land.
The Red Sun one one he stole have those ideas if not more from Superman's notes item to America was only a good country until the battle with Superman was over after work he essentially took over the world and turn into Krypton 3 Superman that story was actually his grandson about 51 Generations down the line
How does Superman shave?
His heat vision and a mirror. 👌
luthor is a good person because he only became bad because he is good
Saw the thumbnail and all I could think was, “I am Alpharius”.
Nothing good will outweigh 40 cakes stolen
That being said, you know things are totally fucked when a villain has to be a hero lol
What if Lex Luthor was also a kryptonian🦹🤔
Wow I’m early
Lex also stole 40 cakes
Still doesn’t make up for those forty cakes.
Lex's whole thing is just his huge ego CONSTANTLY pushing him to disavow super powered beings since he views them as never have done anything to earn where they are
In justice league unlimited I would call him anti hero
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Lex plus Doom = The best of the worst
Why does he wears superman's symbol though?
Still the worst thing he's ever done was steal forty cakes. Forty. That's as many as four tens. And that's terrible
Wha bout when he let super man beat him so he could help the people who named a planet after him? Iam getting old 😂
Lies!!!
Since we got Red Son I want to see a Nazi version of Superman. And have the normal Superman, Communist Superman, and Nazi Superman have a 3 way free for all. That would be great.
I'm confused what you mean.
Isn't there already a Nazi version?
(Gasps)aoof.
👣
4:37 Fiction has to be *believable*...and that is not. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_knowledge_problem
Lex Luthor + Superman's 'S' = S3X Luthor.
Nope. Sorry but Sexx luthor already existed and it was awesome (Long live Sexx II Men).
He spends nearly his entire life and fortune making sure an alien doesn't take our jobs. Until he can prove he has Earth Nationality he can't work here on Earth, either as a hero, on merchandise, or as a reporter.
That Clark Kent, though. He's an upstanding citizen!
6:13 *SUS*