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As one of DC Comics ’ greatest rivalries , SupermanandLex Luthorhave quite a storied history , and it reached its satisfying conclusion in Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’sAll - Star Superman . While most fans would expect the two characters ’ feud to end in a climactic final struggle , the story portrayed the Man of Steel ’s with child triumph when Lex Luthor did the unthinkable . After decades at the alien ’s pharynx , he finally insure thatSuperman is right about everything .
An Elseworlds story detailing Superman ’s last days , All - leading Supermanintroduced fan to a Clark Kent who was simultaneously more powerful and more deadly than he ’d ever been before . But he was n’t the only one who got a power cost increase . When Lex imbued himself with powers befitting the Last Son of Krypton , he finally saw the Earth through Superman ’s eyes .
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All - Star Superman # 12by Morrison and Quietly lend Lex and Kal - El ’s decades - retentive feud to a close as a dying and depowered Superman exit drumhead - to - head with a superhuman Lex Luthor . Using a formula of his own creative activity , Lex has all the ability ofSuperman without the moral compassfor twenty - four hours . Using a gravity heavy weapon to speed up Lex ’s intragroup clock , Superman plays opossum just long enough for Lex ’s heighten sense to kick in . Overwhelmed by his new perception , and understanding the link of all living thing , Lex says , " This is how he sees all the fourth dimension . Every Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . Like it ’s all just us , in here , together . And we ’re all we ’ve got , " as his novel magnate set about to languish . Now human once more , Lex rushes Superman , blaming the Kryptonian for take forth the brainwave that would have give up him to save the world . Clark responds with a hard ripe crossing and the line , " You could have saved the existence twelvemonth ago if it mattered to you , Luthor . "
More than any other paladin , Superman understand the importance of what he does . The impact of his action is entirely seeable , if only to him . And while other villains like Darkseid or even the Joker may be more inherently evil than Lex , more than any other villain , Luthor truly believes he ’s the hero of the story . Superman is the ultimate heroand Lex is the ultimate scoundrel because they represent the crash of selflessness against ego - pastime . Supermanhas often doubt himself in the cartoon strip , wondering if he ’s doing too little to help better the world , or so much that he ’s apply his own views on humankind , so while he ’s scotch Darkseid and punched out Doomsday , havingLex Luthorwalk a mile in his shoe and come to the same conclusions is his unfeigned greatest victory .
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