Warning: contains spoilers for Future State: Superman Vs. Imperious Lex # 1

In the newest issue of Future State: Superman Vs. Imperious Lex, Superman outperforms Lex Luthor by applying his own ‘Kryptonite’ to best him. The struggle between Superman and his nemesis might be fierce in the main DC Universe, but their neverending strife precisely germinated a whole lot worse in DC’s future as Lex is prepared to realise billions accept to fuel his own greed.

After pleading to the United Planets for following as a member, Lex is visited by Lois Lane. He welcomes her to Lexor, his new planet, with open arms as he settles a demo to display how great it is to live there. Throughout their countless communications, it becomes obvious that Lex is just toying with Lois to approach his endgame. And that no matter what path it makes, he only cares about what will benefit him. The charade is broken when the United Planets’ survey team learns a rare crystal. As soon as Lex is notified, he lineup the killing of the survey team so that he can secure the crystals for himself. In an instantaneous, Lex drops out of their partnership, locking Lois in with his robotic assistant X-9 9. Threatening to starve her if she doesn’t agree to let Lexor out of the United Planets, Lex establishes up his downfall. He is insistent on getting his controls on all of the quartzs as all he realise are dollar signs, missing the bigger picture.

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In Future State: Superman vs Imperious Lex# 2 by novelist Mark Russell, artist Steve Pugh, and colorist Romulo Fajardo Jr ., Lex’s greed shoots to the surface as he comes face to face with a overcome Superman at the place of Lex’s massacre. Shocked by Lex’s actions, Superman tries to put an end to his tyranny. Yet, he is unable to as Lexor’s red sunbathed diminishes his abilities. Additionally, Superman is overtaken by an military of Lexor’s citizens. After giving his ‘minions’ take jives at the Man of Steel, Lex takes over as he employs his suit’s strength and Superman’s weakness. However, this all changes as Lois punches Lex and saves Superman. Shortly after, they swiftly make their exit off of Lexor, but not without doing one crucial thing that allows Superman to beat Lex at his own game.

Superman’s greatest weakness is Kryptonite, being exposed to it can cause excruciating pain and can kill the Man of Steel. Over the years, Lex has regularly exerted ozone-depleting substances to balance the athletic field against the Man of Steel. Now, Superman expends Lex’s own explanation of Kryptonite against him. Having exhausted Lexor from the United Planets’ agreement and leaving the crystals, Lex believes that he’s going to be rich. Nonetheless, as he celebrates his supposed earn, Lex queries X-9 9 for the statistics on the Deuterium quartzs. To his surprise, they’ve sold nothing as it’s revealed that Superman had synthesized the crystals. Superman’s use of Lex’s own Kryptonite is a fitting twist to end the two-part series.

By apply Lex’s greed, Superman’s selfless and epic deed provides the United Planets’ member macrocosms with synthetic force crystals that single-handedly solved their energy crisis. Additionally, with Superman being the hero that he is, he doesn’t take any credit as he dedicates it to the lives lost on Lexor. Superman’s actions render Lex’s crystal stock useless, taking away the one thing that he quality most. Lex is known for being a schemer, but Future State shows that Superman can scheme too, manipulating Lex Luthor’s fatal flaw, his greed.

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