Editing Lex Luthor (section)

==== Elseworlds ====
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Multiple variants of Lex Luthor appear in ''[[Elseworlds]]''.

* In ''Speeding Bullets'', which depicts a world where Kal-El was adopted by [[Thomas Wayne|Thomas]] and [[Martha Wayne]], Luthor acquired great power and influence until he suffered an accident at a chemical plant that resulted in him acquiring chalky skin and blood-red lips. He initially attempts to hide his disfigurement before embracing it and calling himself the Joker.
* In "''[[Kingdom Come (comics)|Kingdom Come]]",'' an older Lex Luthor forms the Mankind Liberation Front to combat Superman's Justice League after they become more authoritative and militaristic.
* In "''[[Superman: Red Son]]"'', Lex Luthor is a respected scientific prodigy married to Lois Lane-Luthor who believes the Soviet Superman is halting human progress.<ref>''Superman: Red Son'': New York: DC Comics: 2004. DC Comics.</ref> Following several failed attempts to kill Superman, who later fakes his death, Luthor turns his attention to advancing the human race, ultimately becoming mankind's greatest mind and savior.
* In ''Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong'', Lex Luthor was transported to the [[Monsterverse]], where he downloaded information about Monarch and the Titans before using LexCorp resources to build [[Mechagodzilla]] to control the Titans and fight the Justice League. However, Mechagodzilla and the Titan army are defeated before he is taken into custody by Supergirl.