Lex Luthor (Arrowverse)
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Lex Luthor is a supervillain in The CW's Arrowverse, based on the character of the same name created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.[1] Adapted for television in 2017 by Glen Winter and Greg Berlanti, he made his first appearance in the Supergirl episode "Luthors".[2][3] Both Aidan Fink and Jon Cryer portrayed versions of the supervillain, with Aidan Fink portraying a young Lex Luthor and Jon Cryer portraying Lex as an adult.
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Full name | Alexander Joseph Luthor |
Aliases | Paragon of Truth |
Position | United States Secretary of Alien Affairs (formerly) |
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Significant other | Eve Teschmacher (former) Nyxlygsptlnz |
Home | Earth-38 (former) Earth-Prime[lower-alpha 1] |
Nationality | American |
In the Arrowverse, Luthor is an independent businessman who runs a company called LuthorCorp, and is also the arch-nemesis of Superman. Formerly, Luthor and Superman were friends; their friendship ended when Superman refused to embrace Luthor's violent and chaotic ideology. Luthor then developed an obsession with Superman, resulting in his eventual imprisonment. Later, he perceives Supergirl as a threat and shifts his focus towards her.