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5. Alexi Luthor

Sometimes the first draft winds up very VERY different from the final form. See Alexi Luthor, AKA the Lex Luthor of earth 2. Alexi was a red headed villain of eastern European descent with goals of world domination. When war broke out between the nations of Galonia and Toran, he attempted to sabotage a peace conference and spark a major war, but Superman kicked his butt straight down the street.

He eventually caught his break when he got thrown in jail with cellmate Dan Rivers. Rivers was a fake fortune teller who used a mysterious meteorite he found as a tacky turban jewel. It is good to know that "tried to initiate a third world war" and "pretended to tell people the future" get you put in the same wing of a prison in Metropolis. But anyway, Luthor and Rivers got to talking and Luthor found out that the mysterious forehead gem Rivers had used made Superman weaker.

Luthor used the material, called Kryptonite, to fight Superman for years, never winning but occasionally getting close. During the Crisis, Brainiac grabbed Alexi and his earth 1 counterpart Lex Luthor to assist him in world domination. Alexi angrily remarked that Brainiac didn't need Lex, because he was inferior. Brainiac agreed that two Luthors was a bit much"¦ and killed Alexi.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is why you don't make waves. Just go with the flow and you won't get muderized by an alien robot.