Maggin helped bring a sense of humanity to Lex Luthor that ... For instance, in Luthor's classic 1960 origin that revealed that he knew Superman back when Superman was Superboy, Jerry Siegel ...

appropriately calling themselves the "Superboy Revenge Squad." Years later, in Action Comics #286, the "Superman Revenge Squad" debuted for the first time, notably consisting of Lex Luthor and ...

So I wondered: How did he prepare for the Luthor gig? Did he push children and ... he was the son of the Lex Luthor played by Gene Hackman in the first two “Superman” films.