Greetings nerdy list aficionados and welcome back to top 10 nerd it’s villain time the
best time I mean unless you’re a superhero trying to diffuse a tense situation then it
is a stressful time.
Once more we are looking at powers and our candidate today is a fun one Lex Luthor.
The world’s smartest man known for his legendary contempt of Superman he often avoids powers
preferring to go it with his innate human abilities but every now and again circumstances
or another universe has given us a glimpse at a Lex with powers.
I’m Sasha and these are top 10 Super Powers You Didn’t Know Lex Luthor Had.
Let’s get started.
Number 10 - Lex El - Lex El comes to us from the multiverse from Earth 230 and we’re
dealing with a world where Lex is just Superman he is the son of Jor El but the backstory
from there deviates wildly his mother was killed when one of his father’s experiments
went wrong so Jor El destroyed Krypton and left with his son they crashed on earth in
the process killing John and Marthat Kent back robbers in this universe.
Lex El would develope powers as a reult of Earth’s son and don a wig cause.
He would befriend Clark Lang who he didn’t know was the orphaned son of the kents who
was destined to become a supervillain because of a chromo stimulant placed in his brain
that would also cause him to kill Jor El.
Earth 230 is doing all the things.
Lex would go on to become superman and just do the same things as Clark cause like become
a reporter at the daily planet and have a crush on Lois Lane even though that’s par
for the course Lex always has that.
Number 9 - Green Skull - There is always time to take a jaunt over to the Amalgam universe
where we have DC and Marvel characters fused together from the era when Marvel and DC were
still doing crossovers which happened more frequently than some people think.
The Green Skull is a fusion of Lex Luthor and the red skull he creates a serum for himself
using green k which is kryptonite in this universe the result of an alien crash in kansas
and being buzzed around for a super soldier project.
The serum extended his life span and also gave him a bit of a kick in strength but also
turned him into the Green skull.
Because of this he becomes a recluse but also founds the terrorist organization of Hydra
cause, I mean you turn green the perfect time to start an evil cabal why not.
Number 8 - Lex Luthor All Star Superman - All star superman was an elseworlds superman story
written by grant morrison that ran from 2005 to 2008 and spanned 12 issues.
So putting Doomsday clock to shame.
However, All Star Superman has a good reputation and is enjoyed by many.
In this story one plot element involves superman having snthesized a serum to give a human
his powers for a brief period of time.
He uses it on Lois so they can have a super powered date.
Romantic?
Lex manages to get his hands on some and uses it to engage in a fight with Superman who’s
dying by the way but then he is suddenly overwhelemd by all that he can see while having Clark’s
abilities and has this epiphany about just why Clark does what he does and is the way
he is and then Clark dies heroically and dramatically.
Leaving Lex a lot sadder a little wiser and 100% ready to make a Superman clone.
Number 7 - Kryptonite - So hear me out.
One of the things Lex consistently does is surround himself with Krpytonite be it a secret
stash a kryptonite ring or even injecting himself with it.
Now this prolonged exposure to kryptonite rarely works out well for him but when it
gets to the point that he’s literally giving himself blood poisoning it does grant him
the ability to repel superman.
But Superman has a lot of friends so he still needs other plans for taking them out.
Although it’s not that hard for him to trick Clark into coming to see him alone.
Or even just ask him too.
Number 6 - Metallo - Yes there is a universe out there where Lex is also Metallo because
if you can think it there is a multiverse for that.
This lex comes from a universe called the Super Seven.
In this universe aliens known as the Malazza-Rem have invaded Earth Lex was sent up as a representative
but betrayed them them being the aliens not humans so he was thrown off a building to
serve as an example.
Well jokes on them cause the resistance found his body and took his brain and put it right
into Metallo.
So he becomes the man of steel and has all the enhancements that having a robot body
brings you also he produces kryptonite radiation and you know Lex will never say no to that.
Number 5 - Bizaro Lex - Just in case one Bizzaro wasn’t enough for you there was also a whole
Bizaro world.
Over time the original bizaro gained the ability to not only replicate himself but create other
bizaro people based on people he knew on Earth so he used this ability to populate his planet
Bizaro world and this included creating a bizaro version of Lex Luthor, who would go
on to make such dastardley plans as make everyone bald like him oh no the horror.
Ok real talk nothing wrong with being bald.
Bizaro Lex is unique for having the specific physiology implanted in all bizaros the greyish
skin and disproportionateness, also potnetially slightly stronger than his human counterpart.
But this one is mostly the appearance.
Number 4 - Cyberlink - One shout out to tech enhanced Lex if the green lantern ring counts
as a power than so too should Lex’s tech but to keep it fresh we’re going to look
at tech from another universe cause main verse Lex also loves to deck himself out.
1995 gave the world a comic called Superman & Batman: Doom Link in this universe there
was a device called cyberlink armour that was used not only by Lex but by Superman and
Batman as well.
Lex uses his cyberlink suit to fly and create energy blasts and the like and is of course
spurned on by his hatred for superman and the fact that he is an alien and beloved by
humans.
His armour shot kryptnite acid but ultimately he was taken down by Batman again too focused
on Clark gotta switch it up.
Number 3 - Alexander Luthor/Mazahs - We need to go to the alternate universe of Earth 3
for this number on this Earth we have a topsy turvy world where the heroes are the villains
and the villains are the heroes.
The justice league is instead the crime syndicate and they have to deal with the likes of Alexander
Luthor.
Alexander Luthor in modern continuity had gained the ability to absorb the powers of
others.
He would use it to take powers from the villainous syndicate and use them in his battle to take
them down.
He would become known as Mazahs after absorbing the powers of captain marvel aka shazam cause
mazahs is just shazam spelling backwards.
Which is what sahzam goes by in the universe cause topsy turvy.
Lex had amassed quite an arsenal of powers such as johnny quicks and deathstorms he was
a force to be reconed with but all did not end well for him at least not in the new 52.
Number 2 - Firestorm Matrix - On Earth 3 Alexander Luthor gained access to the firestorm matrix
a power normally associated with the hero firestorm.
So he gained this ability by taking it from firestorm which means anything firestorm could
do he can do including getting rid of that pesky need to eat and drink.
This is seperate from our last number because having firestorms ability is a whole other
ballpark.
So firestorm can rearrange molecular or particle structures of any substance and then convert
them into something else.
Whatever he can think of.
And Lex sorry Alexander didn’t even have to get fused into two people to make this
happen.
He can create nuclear fusion hold it in his hands that’s incredible.
You know Alexander stood a chance if he hadn’t fallen in with superwoman who was not at this
point diana but lois lane.
I’m telling you Lois and Lex it’s a thing.
Number 1 - Apex Lex -