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Warning ! Preview pages in advance for Superman ' 78 : The Metal Curtain # 5!Sure , Lex LuthorhatesSupermanto his very sum , but there ’s something that the Man of Steel ’s nemesis absolutely ca n’t stand even more . One of Lex ’s plans has majorly backfired and the villain has put global constancy at danger . While making up for it , Luthor sheds light on the one matter he hates worse than Superman .
In a trailer forSuperman ' 78 : The Metal Curtain # 5by Robert Venditti and Gavin Guidry , Superman brings Lois Laneto encounter with General Sam Lane , in the California Desert . The three prepare to meet with Lex Luthor , who get in in a limousine .
General Lane jeopardize to discombobulate Lex in prison for selling weapon to the Russians , but Luthor admit he was duped , thinking they were United States Military ship’s officer . Lois does n’t buy his story saying Lex personally trade the Metallo armour to them , butLuthor claims he never would have betray to communists since he ’s a majestic capitalist .
Lex Luthor Hates Communists More Than Superman
Set in the same continuity asthe Richard Donner - directedSupermanfranchise , the Russians pass through America looking to produce a hero who could become the USSR ’s ' Superman ' . They lawlessly purchased a warfare suit from Lex Luthor and then used a chow of kryptonite that had landed behind the Iron Curtain X ago to power it . yield the armor to a military Captain identify Nikolaev , Metallo was born and he set out to destroy Superman . Metallo attacked the White House , fix to demonstrate his power to the macrocosm , but Lex came to Superman ’s help and establish Clark advice on how to shoot down Metallo .
No matter what continuity it is , one of the thing Lex Luthor only ca n’t stand is Superman and the reception he gets from the multitude of Earth . However , at his core , Lex is one thing above all else : A businessman . He ’s not helping out here out of some sense of patriotism or love of his country . Lex roll in the hay making money and an ideology like communism is antithetical to his full way of being . Luthor is n’t go to stand by and allow Metallo and the Soviet Union to destroy capitalist economy , even if that meansLex has to ferment with Superman .
Superman’s Greatest Enemy is Ready to Defend Capitalism
certainly , Lex Luthor is angry at being deceived and made to look like a fool . However , he knows that if capitalism is subvert , his fashion of life is over . Lex is a ruthless businessman who is consecrate to amassing as much money as potential , a ' freedom ' only afforded to him under his current style of life . If Metallo help the USSR secure victory , then he can say goodbye to his pursuit of the omnipotent dollar . perhaps it ’s not the most noble reason to get regard , but at leastLex Luthoris trying to helpSupermansave the day .
Superman ' 78 : The Metal Curtain # 5is available March 5th from DC Comics .
Superman ' 78 : The Metal Curtain # 5(2024 )
