- In Superman 1 even worse (it's the go-to template for MCU as Feige himself declared), Lex was reduced to a comic cartoon villain- these films came before MCU right?
Well, at the time of 1978, Luthor was pretty much a comic book mad scientist villain in green-purple leotards with the silly 'Superman accidentally caused me go prematurely bald!' motivation (The ruthless CEO Luthor would not be created until 1986). Compared to that, the Donner Luthor comes off rather grounded.
