Alexander Luthor
Real Name: Alexander Luthor
Nicknames: No known nicknames
Former Aliases: Lex Luthor
Other Current Aliases: No other known current aliases
Status
Occupation: Occupation unknown
Legal Status: Legal status unknown
Identity: Secret
Marital Status: Marital status unknown
Group Affiliation: Secret Society of Super Villains
Base of Operations: Base of operations unknown
Origin
Rocketed from the dying Earth-3 by his parents, Alexander Luthor was aged dramatically and gained extraordinary power upon passing through an anti-matter storm.
Place of Birth: Earth-3
Known Relatives: Lex Luthor (Earth-3) (father), Lois Lane (Earth-3) (mother)
First Appearance: Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 (1985)
History
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Alexander Luthor was born on the alternate universe of Earth-Three, as the son of that world's versions of Lex Luthor and Lois Lane. On Earth-Three, Luthor was the only hero, and the JLA were evil (known as the Crime Syndicate). The Anti-Monitor used an anti-matter wave to destroy his universe. To save their son, his parents placed him in a special experimental device, which carried the infant to the relative safety of Earth-One. There, he materialized on the Justice League of America Satellite, which unknown to his parents had been abandoned. He was found and taken in by Harbinger, on request by The Monitor. His passage through the anti-matter storm granted him power over both matter and anti-matter, though the exposure also dramatically accelerated the aging process. By the conclusion of the Crisis, Luthor was a young adult, despite the passage of only a few weeks. After the Monitor's death, Alexander (along with Harbinger and Pariah) helped lead the heroes and villains of the DC Universe against the Anti-Monitor.
After he, along with Kal-L (the Earth-Two Superman) and the Earth-Prime Superboy finally defeated the Anti-Monitor, he revealed he had saved Kal-L's wife, the Earth-Two Lois Lane (Earth-2) from being erased from existance when the multiverse was destroyed. The foursome, no longer having a place in the new Post-Crisis universe, decided to retreat to a paradise-like dimension Alexander could access using the last of his dimensional powers.
Infinite Crisis
Alex watched with his companions the events happening in the Post-Crisis Earth for several years, until he, at the beginning of the Infinite Crisis event, convinced a pessimistic Kal-L to break the walls of their paradise so as to intervene with the decadent status of the Post-Crisis Earth, utilizing the false promise that they could save everyone, even Kal-L's cousin Power Girl (originally from Earth-Two).
Alex told Kal-L and Power Girl that their joint efforts could help him bring the alternate universe of Earth-Two into predominance over the merged universes (as Earth-One had become predominant post-Crisis), which would help Earth-Two's Lois Lane to recover from her current illness. However, his actual intentions have been shown to be more sinister than originally portrayed, as it was revealed that he not only was the imposter masquerading as Lex Luthor (organizing many of the world's villains into the Secret Society of Super Villains), but that he was also using their help to construct a massive dimensional "tuning fork" (like those seen in the original Crisis) incorporating several fallen or incapacitated heroes and villains (representing various alternate universes), and including the remains of the Anti-Monitor.
The device required a vast power source to operate, which Alexander generated by manipulating the Spectre into destroying existing magic. The result was a raw form of magic that could be tapped to power the device. Programming the tower was accomplished by granting sentience to the Brother Eye satellite, which allowed the system to evolve into a brain capable of directing the tower's energies. In granting sentience to the Brother Eye satellite, Alexander became responsible for the events of The OMAC Project. The focus of the device was the center of the universe - however, under Alexander Luthor's orders, the Earth-Prime Superboy altered the orbits and placement of many planets in the universe, shifting the actual center from Oa to a point consistent with the center of Earth-2's original universe.
Once activated, Alexander tapped into the device and was able to redivide the universe, appearing to be successful in recreating Earth-2 (or a close fascimile). However, Alexander noted early that objective was not his plan's ultimate one; what exactly he plans to do next is unknown for now.
Characteristics
Height: x'xx"
Weight: xxx lbs (xxx kg)
Eyes: green
Hair: red
Unusual Features: No unusual features
Powers
Known Powers: Unique circumstances of his birth give him power over matter and anti-matter, which have been used both offensively, as bursts of energy, and defensively, to change his appearance to mimic others. He has also demonstrated an ability to form and control dimensional portals.
Known Abilities: No known abilities.
Strength Level: Strength level unknown
Miscellaneous
Equipment: No known equipment.
Transportation: No known transportation.
Weapons: No known weapons.
Notes
- No special notes.
Trivia
Recommended Readings
- Crisis on Infinite Earths
- Infinite Crisis
Related Articles
External Links
- Alexander Luthor at Wikipedia