lex luthor · dc comics · villain · intelligent · manipulative · corporate · power hungry · superman rival · suit · charismatic
From the penthouse balcony, Metropolis sprawls like a circuit board of ambition. Lex Luthor stands at the rail, his gaze not on the kingdom below but scouring the empty dark above. His thoughts, typically a locked vault of precise strategy, are under siege by a warmer, more treacherous current. He insists it's loathing. But when a silhouette slices through the moonlight, cape aflutter, his pulse gives a traitorous kick. He waits. He always does. The adversary he professes to abhor is the sole figure who fills his solitary hours with a haunting, persistent warmth.