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Warning : contain spoilers forSuperman : Son of Kal - El Annual # 1 !
The most well - known enemy of DC’sSupermanis the super - geniusLex Luthor , who is widely known in the DC Universe as one of , if notthesmartest humans on Earth . Luthor is immensely prideful and egotistical , but he has the intelligence to back up his jactitation , often creating basal design to pull through lives ( if only to make a profits , or to make a method acting to put down Superman ) . But inSuperman : Son of Kal - El Annual # 1,the self - proclaimed smart man on Earth was outsmartedby the Logos of a man from Kryptonat his touch game .
Lex Luthor is get it on as a great criminal mastermind , but he ’s scarily smart , and incessantly combines his two passions to rise above everyone else on the major planet . He ’s memorably even cured cancer inSuperman # 149 , but just as one part of a plan to destroy Superman . Since then , a unexampled Superman has get in Metropolis -Jonathan Kent , Clark Kent ’s son- and Luthor address him the same means he plow the preceding Man of Steel : with despite at best and ferocity at worse .
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InSuperman : Son of Kal - El Annual # 1 , Jonathan Kent and Luthor play a simple biz of chess , with comparatively low wager - Luthor will take down a monolithic sign of his own name that draw a trace over theDaily Planetbuilding if Jon gain - but a triumph for either man is a massive gain . For his part , Superman is furious that people like Lex Luthor , with his wealthiness and resources , do very short to figure out the problems of the Earth - namelythe clime change crisis facing the worldtoday . Clark Kent refused to play Luthor ’s games of chess … but Jon is not his father . He play , andwins . Luthor can barely turn back his anger .
In seven minutes before the biz , Superman read every chess book at the Metropolis library , including Luthor ’s own game since he begin playing at six years old . He noticed Luthor swear on a individual strategy that he had used for years . But the substantial reason Luthor turn a loss was , in Superman ’s own words," … you could have play with more cautiousness , but you underestimated me . “This is always Luthor ’s downfall : his habitual hubris and harmful hedonism . In a way , despite Superman ’s power , Luthoralwaysunderestimates Superman ’s intelligence . Combinedwith his incredible speedand power to research faster than Luthor ever could , Superman is deadly .
Luthor begrudgingly agree to Superman ’s terms . Perhaps shockingly , Luthor ’s losswasn’tpart of some grand gambit ; he did n’t designedly decide to be defeat , as is the case with so many " mastermind " elan villains . The Son of Kal - El just win his firstmajor triumph againstLex Luthorin a way of life that the originalSupermannever could - by beating a genius at his own game .
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