Arch-nemisis to Superman, and architect of the Legion of Doom, Lex Luthor is a name infamous to pop culture, even to those not terribly interested in "funny books." He is the quintessence of evil and the poster child for master plans and dreams of world domination. For decades he has waged a one-man war, pitting super-science against superpowers in an unending quest for total conquest. According to Wikipedia:

"he character was originally depicted as a mad scientist who, in the vein of pulp novels, wreaks havoc on the world with his futuristic weaponry. In his earliest appearances, Luthor is shown with a full head of red hair; despite this, the character later became hairless as the result of an artist's mistake...Although Luthor would not appear until two years after Superman's debut, a central theme to his character -a dichotomy of science versus superpowers—was in place