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Lex Luthor (Superman's arch-enemy)

366 appearances · First published 1940

Lex Luthor (Superman's arch-enemy) appears in 366 issues in grailworth's catalog, and was first published in 1940. First appearance: Action Comics #23 (1938), cover dated 1940.

First appearance

Cover of Action Comics #23 (1938) Action Comics #23 (1938)First appearance1940

Origin

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Every appearance we value

52 (2006) 3 issues

Absolute Superman (2025) 1 issue

Action Comics (1938) 34 issues

Action Comics (2011) 3 issues

Adventure Comics (1938) 2 issues

Adventure Comics (2009) 2 issues

Adventures of Superman (1987) 41 issues

Adventures of Superman (2013) 4 issues

All Star Superman (2006) 5 issues

Batman (1940) 2 issues

Batman (2016) 5 issues

Batman / Superman (2013) 4 issues

Batman: Li'l Gotham (2013) 3 issues

Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2009) 2 issues

The Best of DC (1979) 2 issues

Bombshells: United (2017) 1 issue

Countdown (2007) 1 issue

Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) 1 issue

DC Comics: Bombshells (2015) 8 issues

DC Sampler (1983) 1 issue

DC Special Series (1977) 1 issue

DC Super Hero Girls Giant (2019) 1 issue

DC Universe Online Legends (2011) 1 issue

DC x Sonic the Hedgehog (2025) 2 issues

DCU: Legacies (2010) 1 issue

Detective Comics (1937) 1 issue

Detective Comics (2011) 3 issues

Doomsday Clock (2018) 1 issue

The Flash (2010) 1 issue

Forever Evil (2013) 2 issues

Green Lantern (2005) 1 issue

The Human Target (2022) 1 issue

Incredible Hulk vs Superman (1999) 1 issue

Infinite Crisis (2005) 2 issues

JLA (1997) 5 issues

Justice League (2011) 2 issues

Justice League of America (1960) 1 issue

Justice League of America (2006) 3 issues

Justice League Wedding Special (2007) 1 issue

The Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 1 issue

The Man of Steel (1986) 3 issues

Marvel / DC: Spider-Man / Superman (2026) 1 issue

New History of the DC Universe (2025) 2 issues

Outsiders (2003) 2 issues

Saga of the Swamp Thing (1982) 2 issues

Savage Dragon (1993) 1 issue

Secret Origins (1961) 1 issue

Super Powers (2017) 1 issue

Superboy (1949) 7 issues

Supergirl (1994) 4 issues

Supergirl (1996) 1 issue

Supergirl (2005) 6 issues

Superman (1939) 34 issues

Superman (1987) 28 issues

Superman (2006) 6 issues

Superman (2023) 1 issue

Superman '78 (2021) 4 issues

Superman / Batman (2003) 1 issue

Superman / Batman Annual (2006) 1 issue

Superman Adventures (1996) 6 issues

The Superman Family (1974) 2 issues

Superman in "The Computer Masters of Metropolis" (1982) 1 issue

Superman in "Victory by Computer" (1981) 1 issue

Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man (1976) 1 issue

Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man (1995) 1 issue

Superman vs. The Terminator: Death to the Future (1999) 3 issues

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958) 3 issues

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954) 1 issue

Superman: Lex 2000 (2001) 1 issue

Superman: Speeding Bullets (1993) 1 issue

Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) 3 issues

Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (1995) 1 issue

Superman: The Wedding Album (1996) 1 issue

Supermen of America (1999) 1 issue

Supermen of America (2000) 1 issue

Teen Titans (2003) 1 issue

Teen Titans Annual (2006) 1 issue

Valor (1992) 2 issues

Villains United (2005) 2 issues

World of Metropolis (1988) 2 issues

World's Finest Comics (1941) 16 issues

Character appearances from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.