Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor is a fictional character, a DC Comics supervillain created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The character is the archenemy of the superhero Superman and first appeared in Action Comics #23 (1940). Luthor has played divergent roles within the separate continuities of DC Comics, ranging from pulp-inspired mad scientist to amoral businessman. Following a character makeover during the 1960s, an origin story depicted Luthor as an embittered scientist who blames Superman for a lab accident which caused him to go bald. In the 1980s, he was rewritten as a Machiavellian industrialist and white-collar criminal, even briefly serving as President of the United States.In 2006, Wizard magazine rated Lex Luthor the 8th greatest villain of all time.