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"Neil Gaiman, Neil Gaiman Interview, Hero Illustrated #18, (December 1994)."
Lex LuthorI never believed the original Luthor. Every story would begin with him — Lex Luthor
"I never believed the original Luthor. Every story would begin with him breaking out of prison, finding some giant robot in an old lab he hid somewhere, and then hed be defeated. My view was if he could afford all those labs and giant robots he wouldnt need to rob banks. I also thought later that Luthor should not have super powers. Every other villain had super powers. Luthors power was his mind. He needed to be smarter than Superman. Supermans powers had to be useless against him because they couldnt physically fight each other and Superman was simply not as smart as Luthor."
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Alexander Joseph Luthor is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, the character first appeared in Action Comics #23. He has since endured as the archenemy of Superman. While Superman embodies hope and selflessness, Luthor symbolizes unrestrained ambition and humanity's belief in the superiority of intellect ov
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