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Is Lex Luthor's 40-cake theft canonical?
Yes, for reasons known only to the author of Superman #709 this event has now been placed into DC's official canon.
Note that The Super Dictionary you're describing contains a series of nonsense ...
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How did Luthor's wheelchair bomb get past security?
The wheelchair was lead-lined.
The wheelchair was lead-lined to hide the bomb. I'm not sure that this was clarified in the theatrical cut but I'm pretty sure it was explicit in the DVD/Blu-Ray ...
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How did Luthor's wheelchair bomb get past security?
The answer is he hid it inside a wounded veteran's wheelchair. The man, confined to a wheelchair, was likely not viewed as a threat and likely not subjected to additional security screening. Relevant ...
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When did Lex Luthor save the world from Superman?
I'm not really a comic book person, but there are a few TV and game based examples that I can think of.
Note: where I mention a "prime" of something, it's in reference to the primary universe or ...
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Lex Luthor invents a device to transfer his hate to Superman
Is this Action Comics Vol. 1 #423...?
As you suggested, Curt Swan drew the pencil art for this 1973 story, titled "Luthor's Hammer of Hate!"
Luthor comes to the realisation that his hatred ...
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Where is Lex Luthor in Man of Steel?
This was addressed by the film's director in an interview with ScreenCrush. In short, Luthor is in the world, we just didn't happen to see him.
Zack: What I was going to say about Lex Luthor was, ...
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What is the deconstructor in "Lego Batman 2" inspired by?
The Power Disruptor that Lex uses in the Justice League TV show does strongly resemble the Deconstructor.
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When did Lex Luthor save the world from Superman?
Yes, in Superman: Red Son Lex Luthor saves the world from communist Superman
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Quote Identification - Where does Luthor say this?
A simple google search reveals that it's a quote from All-Star Superman (2011) described by wikipedia as "a direct-to-video animated superhero film based on the acclaimed comic book series of the same ...
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Why didn't Batman brand Lex Luthor with the Bat symbol?
Here's the scene itself
Batman was partially responsible for Superman's death (he admits it in Justice League). Branding or even killing Luthor wouldn't change that. ...
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Has Superman ever willingly revealed his identity to Lex Luthor?
He has, in the Injustice comics
In the Injustice universe, Superman and Lex Luthor are best friends and Lex Luthor is aware of Superman's alter ego, and has been since they were both teenagers, as he ...
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Has Superman ever willingly revealed his identity to Lex Luthor?
In mainstream comics continuity he has. Superman #18 (2019) (Superman, vol. 5 issue no. 18, published October 2019), "The Truth" marketed as Superman publicly revealing his secret identity to the ...
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What is the comic-canon name(s) of Lex Luthor's father?
Lionel was the name used in the miniseries Secret Identity, and is currently the most often used name for Lex's father. As is true of much of Superman's history coming from other media, the name is ...
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Who is this guy in Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman?
According to this article, it is indeed Steppenwolf, later seen in Justice League.
If you’ve seen Justice League, you’re now well aware that the baddie that finally brings this team of superheroes ...
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How does Lex Luthor know Superman's identity?
Lois Lane, as an investigate reporter, was able to discover Superman was Clark Kent in Man of Steel. Presumably, Lex Luthor could do the same. He has the money to hire as many people as necessary to ...
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