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2. Lex Luthor

Ah yes, Lex Luthor, Superman’s greatest foe! And a man who beats Superman a lot.

Usually by punching him in the face with Kryptonite. But I want to talk about a time that he did it by being as extra as physically possible. In an imaginary story Lex Luthor decides to reform and be a good guy. He does this by first curing cancer. Not fake curing cancer, doing it for real. Very easily.

So he and Superman became close friends. And then Luthor killed Superman because this was all a trick. That’s right, Lex Luthor figured out how to cure cancer just so he could kill Superman. That’s frigging insane. The problem with Luthor is he usually can’t win, but mostly because he stops himself.

Often he will be granted ultimate power and be ready to achieve everything he ever dreamed of, but that power usually just makes him realize how flawed his ideology is. The best examples of this are the finale of Justice League Unlimited and the last issue of All-Star Superman.