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Warning ! Spoilers forBatman # 119
Superman ’s greatest enemyLex Luthoris claimingBatmanINC.as his own super team . As the businessman crosses paths with the Dark Knight , it turns out that the baddie has gotten in on the squash racket vigilante corporation .
As Batman investigates a new closed book followingJoker WarandFear State , he find himself in a new circumstance . Without the wealthiness he had relied on , and his cooperator butler Alfred , he remembers a time when matter were unlike . Now , Bruce Wayne is being push into a new risky venture with unfamiliar district in the 2d entry of “ Abyss . ” In the midst of such change , Batman Incorporated returns inBatman # 119,written by Joshua Williamson with art by Jorge Molina , Adriano Di Benedetto , and Mikel Janin .
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When Batman runs into Lex Luthor , it ’s revealed that he hasbegun to fund Batman INC . , turn them into his own super team . While Lex has been known to fund humanist efforts in the past , such a strategy begs for him to have a secret agendum . Their conversation regarding pecuniary resource accentuate Lex ’s disingenuous rivalry with Bruce , as he claims to have saved Batman INC . Since Bruce lost his wealth , Lex took advantage and moved from becoming Metropolis ’ savior businessman to becoming Gotham ’s novel lily-white knight . Lex state the Dark Knight,“When Bruce Wayne could no longer finance your external experimentation , I stepped up . ”
During their encounter , Lex even makes a comment that disregards Batman ’s investigator skills . Surprised that he would n’t have known about his raw fiscal go-ahead , Lex is happy to let on his alleged selflessmission . This is far from the first time that he has claim to sprain a new leaf , delving further into philanthropy and heroics after his criminal reputation . This appear to only be the beginning of Luthor ’s journey toward vigilantism with the bat image , as he is determine to become a Batman himself , according to the cover ofBatman # 121 .
At this period , Lex is practically becoming Bruce ’s antithesis , as he has maintained his financial status and is on cartroad to become his own crest meliorist . side with the authorities and turning them on the original Dark Knight , Lex smirks while they take fire . For now , Luthoris just another complicationfollowing the events ofFear State . Just when Bruce had thought Gotham City returned to some sense of normalcy , Superman ’s archenemy is becoming his own enemy . Batman # 119releases on Tuesday , January 2022 .
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