The evil plan

Back to Lex Luthor – bluntly, he knows the secret identities of Batman and Superman and intends to make them fight each other. Either Batman kills Superman, or it’s the other way around (and, potentially, the world realizes that the Man of Steel is a cold blooded killer). Fine.

He has the resources to find out the superheroes’ secret identities. But this isn’t the problem. The problem is the reason he wants that – a reason some might have to wait to learn until the Ultimate Extended Director R-rated Cut is released…

And even then, it won’t make any sense. Lex wants Superman dead because he is a threat. Or Lex wants Superman dead because he is a God and all omnipotent gods are evil. Or Lex wants to kill Superman because some alien threat is coming.

The last one is even more bewildering. If Lex is indeed working (somehow) for Darkseid, then he has no reason to feel fear. If he fears Darkseid, then he shouldn’t try to kill Superman, the only chance Earth has against the ruthless dictator.

We surely are missing something…or aren’t we?