Lex

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lex Luthor (莱克斯)
Species/Race	Human; later enhanced by the Super Soldier Serum 222
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Luthor Family; LuthorCorp; Justice League 9 228 390
Occupation/Role	Luthor Factory manager/president; scientist and researcher; Justice League strategist and engineer 56 71 228 390
Status	Active 390
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Super Soldier Serum enhancement	222	Undergoes Dr. Erskine's Super Soldier Serum experiment successfully, improving his physical abilities.
Green crystal-powered armor	300	Constructs a powered armor suit fueled by an octagonal crystal. Its palm cannon fires a particle beam capable of vaporizing falling rubble.
Silver-enhanced armor	301	Jino's Pocket Magic transforms the armor from green to silver and substantially increases its power.

Background / History

Early life

Lex is Lionel Luthor's eldest son and Jino Luthor's older brother. As a child, he is frightened during the family's helicopter trip to Kansas and competes with Jino, but he also protects his younger brother from a meteor-impact shockwave by shielding him with his own body 1 2.

Although he avoids meteor-induced baldness, Lex loses all of his hair over years of schooling due to his exceptional intelligence. He later returns with Jino to the Luthor family's castle-like Smallville manor 4.

Smallville operations and research

As an heir to the Luthor family, Lex uses the family's influence to dismiss police questioning at Luthor Manor. He is also protective of Jino, considering extreme measures—including hiring assassins—when Jerome resurfaces as a threat 9.

Jerome attacks Lex by electrifying the tires of his sports car and sending it into a lake. Clark Kent rescues him from the submerged vehicle; afterward, Lex conceals the supernatural nature of the attack from police while noticing evidence that Clark possesses abnormal strength 10 11.

Lex oversees Luthor Factory and develops its underground laboratory into a center for dangerous biological and energy research. He oversees the development of a Clark-like humanoid specimen later known as Bizarro, researches Kryptonite, and helps test whether Jino is vulnerable to it 56 58.

His research extends to Amber Gold, a self-healing substance that rapidly repairs his eyelid injury, and to the Quantum Mask's interdimensional energy. During a tracking experiment, he derives coordinates leading to Jino's location from captured energy signatures 105 164 174.

Multiversal displacement

A blue-light explosion at Luthor Factory opens a spatial rift and displaces Lex into another universe. Jino later determines that the Lex who returns to the laboratory is an alternate-universe counterpart, while the original Lex has been exchanged into that counterpart's world 211.

The alternate Lex later serves as a guide for the Justice League's mission into his world, using knowledge of the material capable of crossing dimensional barriers 214.

Justice League era

Lex becomes one of the Justice League's principal analysts. When Omni-Man's Crime Syndicate invades, he provides the team with crucial intelligence on the enemy's control of resources, hostage situation in Smallville, and the disappearance of Jino and Batman 228.

Following the Batman Who Laughs' attack on Luthor Manor and Lionel's capture, Lex equips his newly completed powered armor and commits to rescuing his father despite their hostile relationship 300 301.

He later directs the construction of the Watchtower, a space station positioned between Earth and the Moon to detect and monitor distant threats 390.

Appearance

Lex is a bald young man with a smooth, rounded head. His hair loss is attributed to the strain of prolonged schooling and exceptional intelligence rather than meteor exposure 4.

• Often seen working in Luthor Factory's underground laboratories 164 174.
• Uses powered armor with a crystal mounted in its chest during combat situations 300.
• His upgraded armor changes from green to silver after Jino enhances it 301.

Personality

Lex begins as timid and fearful, particularly when confronted with immediate danger, but is also competitive with Jino and willing to physically protect him when it matters 1 2. As he matures, he becomes notably more controlled, practical, and secretive; after Clark saves him, Lex chooses to conceal the existence of metahumans rather than expose them publicly 11.

He is intensely driven by scientific curiosity. The rapid healing properties of Amber Gold immediately excite his desire to experiment, while unfamiliar quantum energy and advanced technology consistently draw his attention 105 164 395. He is confident in his own intellect and initially doubts that Dr. Erskine could surpass him scientifically 174.

Lex is increasingly dismissive of Lionel's authority, considering his father too narrow-minded to understand the scale of modern threats and research. Nevertheless, he chooses to help rescue Lionel after the Batman Who Laughs abducts him 300 301.

Abilities & Skills

Scientific Genius

Lex is an accomplished scientist with expertise in biotechnology, exotic energy, and advanced engineering.

• Oversees experiments that produce and contain Bizarro, a Clark-like humanoid specimen 56 211.
• Identifies Amber Gold's regenerative properties immediately after using it 105.
• Attempts to extract and study the energy contained within the Quantum Mask 164.
• Conducts repeated energy-tracking experiments, obtaining coordinate data from the captured energy signatures 174.
• Recognizes and seeks to study advanced extraterrestrial armor technology 395.
• His research requires specialized laboratories and can become vulnerable when superpowered intruders breach the facility 164 165.

Strategic Analysis

Lex provides the Justice League with actionable intelligence during crises.

• Assesses the Crime Syndicate's occupation of Smallville, its hostage strategy, and its resource blockade 228.
• Helps lead the Watchtower project as a proactive system for detecting threats before they reach Earth 390.

Enhanced Physiology

Lex successfully receives the Super Soldier Serum.

• Gains improved physical abilities following the experiment 222.
• The extent and specific limits of his enhanced physical capabilities have not been detailed.

Powered Armor Operation

Lex designs and pilots crystal-powered combat armor.

• The green armor's palm cannon emits a particle beam strong enough to destroy incoming rubble 300.
• The silver-enhanced configuration possesses significantly greater power than the original armor 301.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Amber Gold — A colorless, odorless regenerative substance that heals Lex's eyelid injury shortly after consumption 105.
• Red Kryptonite — Kept and studied at Luthor Chemical Plant 150.
• Quantum Mask — An opaque artifact containing energy capable of supporting interdimensional travel; Lex attempts to extract and analyze its energy 164.
• Green crystal-powered armor — Lex's combat suit, equipped with a chest crystal and particle-beam palm cannon 300.
• Silver-enhanced armor — The upgraded version of his powered armor, strengthened through Jino's Pocket Magic 301.

Relationships

• Jino Luthor — Younger brother. Their relationship combines teasing, competition, mutual trust, and protection; Lex shields Jino during a meteor strike and later supports Jino's dangerous experiments and plans 2 58 174.
• Lionel Luthor — Father. Lionel routinely undermines and torments Lex, but Lex still chooses to rescue him after his abduction 142 301.
• Clark Kent — Clark saves Lex from Jerome's assassination attempt. Lex later recognizes Clark as a major security threat when he breaks into the Luthor laboratory, though both also serve alongside the Justice League 10 11 164 165 228.
• Bizarro — Experimental subject closely associated with Lex. Bizarro depends on him for guidance and reacts with fear when Lex disappears during the factory explosion 56 211.
• Dr. Erskine — Scientist working in Lex's underground base on the Super Soldier Serum project 222.
• Alternate-universe Lex Luthor — A counterpart who temporarily replaces the original Lex after the factory's spatial-rift incident and later guides the Justice League through interdimensional travel 211 214.

Notable Quotes

“I am Lex Luthor!” 300