![]() ![]() In his later years, he encountered his Earth-One counterpart, and they each attempted to defeat the other's version of Superman. When the DC multiverse began to take hold in the 1960s, the red-haired Luthor was stated to be the bald Luthor's counterpart from another dimension, specifically Earth-Two. ![]() Although he discovered Superman's weakness to Kryptonite, Luthor ultimately failed to kill him. Using his scientific genius, he attempted to sabotage a European peace conference, but was stopped by Superman. 'Alexei', a Russian name, was revealed much later). The origin of Alexei Luthor is unknown even his nationality is not certain (He was first addressed only as 'Luthor', which is a German surname. The change may also have been the result of confusion with another villain, the Ultra-Humanite, who was originally a bald scientist. Shuster preferred drawing bald villains anyway, and so following approval from Siegel, the more striking appearance was adopted and became a Luthor trademark. When Luthor first appeared in 1940, he was portrayed with a full head of red hair however, in 1941 Luthor came to be portrayed as completely bald after an artist's mistake in the Superman comic strip. ![]()
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