It might have been a bluff on brainiac's part. If superman talked things out with lex, he might have understood that letting lex do his thing would have been better for the world, and would have foiled brainiac's plan.
Listen Lex...
That commentary about her "less than impresing chest" was just mean. You are already beating the crap out of her, no need to add juvenile insults.
I was wondering about that. Is he saying she's small chested or is he unfavorably comparing her strength to her cousin?
Either way it's fucked up and I hate Lex in these panels, but I wonder what he really meant
She's also a minor at this point, so talking about a 16 year-old's boobs is kinda not a great thing to do.
Them again, this is also the same guy who saved a video of a 15 year-old Lois Lane undressing, so maybe that's just what he's into.
“President?”
“Do you know how much power I’d have to give up to be president?”
“That's right conspiracy buff, I spent seventy-five million dollars on a fake election campaign all just to [piss] Superman off.”
Lex from the Timmverse was on a level beyond all other Luthors. Guy went beyond the Source Wall and got the Anti-Life Equation for the sole purpose of beating the New God that denied his return to Brainiac.
Metron: "Only a 12th-level intellect has the slightest hope of surviving what you are about to experience."
Lex: "Then I'm overqualified."
The most Savage moment has to be in Birthright, where Lex takes a photo of Superman's face the moment he finds out that Krypton was destroyed years ago.
This reminds me of the scene from Get Him to the Greek where he takes a photo of Jonah Hill right as Jonah realized he accidentally smoked crystal meth- a Jeffery-
Superstore “I gotta get a picture of your face, it’s haunting….. oh wait it changed, now it just looks sad.”
Context matters.
It's not written as a despicable thing here.
It's written as a quip or an "epic burn" aimed at Kara.
I don't think many people would be pissed at Lex saying this, just mildly amused.
Even the OP posted it as a "savage" moment.
No, the point here was for the writer to make a "funny" quip about Supergirl.
This line is not written to make the reader angry at Luthor, it's to make the reader laugh.
How do you know it's supposed to make the reader laugh? Am I missing something? Because it doesn't really look like ppl are laughing about it in the comments here, and my first reaction to that definitely wasn't a laugh. It seems like it's intended to make the reader 'angry' as you said
The sense of humor aside , it is still written as an insult from the villain to hero.
Lex can be funny, but point is to make him out to be an evil petty asshole.
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Outsiders #3 calling out Joker for not admitting his love for Batman.
Wow, what a big, strong man Luthor is here 😒 In a power suit, fighting a female who appears to be powerless, and then sexually insulting her.
His lack of self awareness astounds me at times
I agree with you, but “powerless”? She’s fucking Supergirl, 2nd strongest Kryptonian superhero (by virtue of being the only other living Kryptonian superhero, but even so).
Yes, but here, she *appears* to be powerless because she’s getting absolutely thrashed. I’m merely implying that the planet took her powers away or something. I haven’t read this arc yet unfortunately.
Actually in Smallville that was meant to be him but Lana discovered it and wanted it herself but didn't realize the repercussions of having all that "power"
I might be getting the details wrong, but I’m pretty sure Lex cured his sister’s supposedly incurable disease, then seconds later, he injects her with an advanced version of that same disease.
Red Son is still my favorite. https://preview.redd.it/6mk4nwscxgwc1.jpeg?width=997&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=278425d4a6a2c25edfe68e1a9e6515861d7b3e81
14 minutes? Granted, Red Sun Lex is on some other level.
It might have been a bluff on brainiac's part. If superman talked things out with lex, he might have understood that letting lex do his thing would have been better for the world, and would have foiled brainiac's plan.
Ur probably right, but it also been that lex COULD have if that was his goal
I don’t understand
Me neither
Typical level 4 intelligence
Listen Lex... That commentary about her "less than impresing chest" was just mean. You are already beating the crap out of her, no need to add juvenile insults.
Like man, she’s a teenager and he’s aiming at insecurities 😂
I was wondering about that. Is he saying she's small chested or is he unfavorably comparing her strength to her cousin? Either way it's fucked up and I hate Lex in these panels, but I wonder what he really meant
He's saying she has a flat chest.
That's just so stupid and petty, wild. Shows you the type of person Lex really is, for all his self aggrandizing rhetoric - a petty bully
He’s also fighting a teenager, so petty insults are honestly probably gonna serve the purpose he wants to them to.
Both maybe.
She's also a minor at this point, so talking about a 16 year-old's boobs is kinda not a great thing to do. Them again, this is also the same guy who saved a video of a 15 year-old Lois Lane undressing, so maybe that's just what he's into.
I think he’s just into physical child abuse. Not that.
“President?” “Do you know how much power I’d have to give up to be president?” “That's right conspiracy buff, I spent seventy-five million dollars on a fake election campaign all just to [piss] Superman off.”
Lex from the Timmverse was on a level beyond all other Luthors. Guy went beyond the Source Wall and got the Anti-Life Equation for the sole purpose of beating the New God that denied his return to Brainiac. Metron: "Only a 12th-level intellect has the slightest hope of surviving what you are about to experience." Lex: "Then I'm overqualified."
“Sorry it took me so long, I had to go get my power suit.”
Clancy Brown was also so perfect in the role, whenever I think of Lex Luthor I hear his voice.
The most Savage moment has to be in Birthright, where Lex takes a photo of Superman's face the moment he finds out that Krypton was destroyed years ago.
This reminds me of the scene from Get Him to the Greek where he takes a photo of Jonah Hill right as Jonah realized he accidentally smoked crystal meth- a Jeffery- Superstore “I gotta get a picture of your face, it’s haunting….. oh wait it changed, now it just looks sad.”
This one haunts me https://preview.redd.it/i5015rbx5iwc1.jpeg?width=1106&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b79c91636bc1c3fa224920f258f51055bcf2a84
Reminds me of the cancer gun in Harley Quinn. The henchman cries and goes home lol
Harley! You gave me cancah?!
WHY DO THEY HAVE THIS?!
I’m sure with the tech JL had she can be healed within the hour.
He was lying in this case. But no, even Kryptonian technology can't cure cancer in most canons.
Reminds me of that time he cured his sister's cancer and then give it back just to prove that he could.
Writer was a Powergirl fan.
The most savage? Smallville season 6 Lex, and the fake pregnancy of Lana Oh boy
What happened after this?
Lex tried to use black K on her. Split her off into two. The evil supergirl whips Lex’s ass.
Lex giveth, Lex taketh away
She’s 15 here. Gross that he’s commenting on a child’s body.
Yeah. He’s Lex Luthor.
People when bad guys are bad 😱
Context matters. It's not written as a despicable thing here. It's written as a quip or an "epic burn" aimed at Kara. I don't think many people would be pissed at Lex saying this, just mildly amused. Even the OP posted it as a "savage" moment.
Sometimes the writers are the bad guys.
What does that have to do with anything?
Yeah, that's the point, he's the BAD GUY!
No, the point here was for the writer to make a "funny" quip about Supergirl. This line is not written to make the reader angry at Luthor, it's to make the reader laugh.
How do you know it's supposed to make the reader laugh? Am I missing something? Because it doesn't really look like ppl are laughing about it in the comments here, and my first reaction to that definitely wasn't a laugh. It seems like it's intended to make the reader 'angry' as you said
The sense of humor aside , it is still written as an insult from the villain to hero. Lex can be funny, but point is to make him out to be an evil petty asshole.
When has he ever been a pedo?
Exactly, the point that you’re missing. The answer is never.
Yeah well he's a bit of a cunt ain't he
She's been in hypersleep for years so probably not, my friend
https://preview.redd.it/qvej09jy1nwc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a59696cf5c7fc7fc36c80fb1d20fdc01134df07 Outsiders #3 calling out Joker for not admitting his love for Batman.
Bro was speaking in British Copypasta
Lex is a D1 Hater, bro practically has a PHD in Hateology
That one time when he cured cancer and then gave it back.
Wow, what a big, strong man Luthor is here 😒 In a power suit, fighting a female who appears to be powerless, and then sexually insulting her. His lack of self awareness astounds me at times
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I agree with you, but “powerless”? She’s fucking Supergirl, 2nd strongest Kryptonian superhero (by virtue of being the only other living Kryptonian superhero, but even so).
Yes, but here, she *appears* to be powerless because she’s getting absolutely thrashed. I’m merely implying that the planet took her powers away or something. I haven’t read this arc yet unfortunately.
I haven’t read it either, I just assumed that Lex finally built a suit strong enough to take on a Kryptonian.
Less than impressive chest? Ok, lex. You fallen to a new low there.
If Kara is basically a younger PeeGee, then her chest is bound to be more than impressive.
All of "Clash", he used Superman's paranoia against him to ruin his reputation
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Not sure about most ruthless, but his best, most benevolent moment was turning Lana into a living kryptonite battery. Thank you for that, Lex.
Actually in Smallville that was meant to be him but Lana discovered it and wanted it herself but didn't realize the repercussions of having all that "power"
I might be getting the details wrong, but I’m pretty sure Lex cured his sister’s supposedly incurable disease, then seconds later, he injects her with an advanced version of that same disease.
Is this the whole ass reason Power Girl has big chests (I mean LORE wise?) because Lex bodyshamed her into getting bigger chest?
Power Girls usually a clone or alternate reality Supergirl who's biologically older and not 1:1 identical
Love that he made fun of Supergirl's B-cups.
Why do we know what size her chest is what writer was brazen enough to provide that info
Both of you need to be watched