Luthors
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The Luthor Family is a family of Scottish descent that had humble beginnings but is now known for being part of the extremely wealthy upper-class. It was headed by Lionel Luthor, the self-made billionaire and founder of LuthorCorp, until he was murdered by his son and heir, Lex Luthor. Lex in turn was murdered by Oliver Queen, as retribution for the Luthors role in murdering his parents: Laura and Robert Queen.
As of now, there is only one living member of the Luthor family: Lucas Luthor, Lex Luthor's half-brother and the illegitimate son of Lionel Luthor and Rachel Dunleavy.
Before Lex disappeared, he appointed Tess Mercer to run LuthorCorp.
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[edit] Known Members
- Lachlan Luthor (b. 1916) was the father of Lionel Luthor. He and his wife lived in Suicide Slums and he scraped by doing petty crime. In 1961, he was hired by Sheriff Billy Tate to kill a mysterious stranger, Joe the Drifter, but instead killed Louise McCallum. However, he was never convicted of the crime because Tate had to prevent anyone from finding out his involvement. Lachlan and Eliza were killed in a tenement fire. It was later revealed that Lionel Luthor and Morgan Edge set the fire in order to collect the couple's insurance money. (See main article: Lachlan Luthor)
- Eliza Luthor (maiden name Meehan) was Lachlan's wife and Lionel Luthor's mother. She was killed in a fire that Morgan and Lionel started.
- Lillian Luthor was Lionel Luthor's wife. She died of a heart condition in 1993 when Lex was 12. Lionel married Lillian probably sometime in the 1970s and she gave birth to Alexander and Julian. Lillian grew to resent Lionel's ruthless and manipulative behavior and battled poor physical and mental health in the last years of her life. She suffered extreme postpartum depression, and, claiming she didn't want her two sons to fight for their father's attention and affections, smothered the baby to death.
- Lionel Luthor (1954 - 2008) was the founder of LuthorCorp and husband to Lillian Luthor. He was a member of Veritas and became the emissary of Jor-El. He served as Chairman and CEO, then as Special Advisor, of LuthorCorp. He used to have connections with the criminal underworld through his childhood best friend, Morgan Edge. Lionel was the father of two sons; however, one of his sons died as an infant. He was a cruel father to Lex (seen in Fracture) but claimed that he did it for his own good to make him into son that he wanted. He was sent to prison in 2004 for killing his parents. Although he subsequently tried to redeem himself and claimed becoming the emissary of Jor-El had changed him, he met a similiar end to his parents. As they had been murdered by their son, so was he when Lex discovered his connection to Veritas and shot him.
- Julian Luthor was Lionel and Lillian's second son, who died as an infant around 1992. Lillian became pregnant with Julian when Lex was 11 years old. Lex once said that when Julian was born, it was the only time he felt like he was part of a real family. Lex also stated that Lionel saw Julian as his second chance. It was believed that he died of sudden infant death syndrome, but Lex later revealed in Memoria that Julian was smothered by Lillian during a bout of severe post-partum depression. She reasoned that she was sparing the baby from Lionel's parenting. She believed that Lionel would pit the two boys against each other. Knowing that Lionel wouldn't get him into trouble, Lex took the blame for Julian's death, which is the main cause of the conflict in Lex and Lionel's relationship. Grant Gabriel believed himself to be Julian Luthor after being told that he was instead put up for adoption by Lionel when Lillian was terminally ill, but instead discovered that he was actually a clone of Julian, as a result of Project Gemini.
- Alexander "Lex" Luthor was the son of Lionel Luthor and Lillian Luthor, who inherrited LuthorCorp from his father. He struggled with his dark side, which was spurred on by his father's cruelty during his childhood. He was the brother of Julian Luthor and the half brother of Lucas. Having always blamed Lex for Julian's death, Lionel never treated Lex with care or approval; Lex has spent his entire life simultaneously trying not to become his father and trying to gain his acceptance. He had a thick mop of red hair as a child but has been bald since age nine after being caught in the 1989 meteor shower. However, the meteor shower also gave Lex a higher chance of survival as revealed in Crusade. Lex finally and decisively turned to darkness. He abused his company's assets and resources to fund questionable and most likely illegal scientific research on cloning and alien intelligence. He also purchased Metropolis' main newspaper, the Daily Planet in order to kill stories, fire reporters, and monitor employee's computer usage. In 2008 Lex discovered Clark's secret, which led to his downfall. In an attempt to control Clark he caused the destruction of the Fortress of Solitude, which injured him badly and caused him to go into hiding. He was kept alive via machines for a while, relying on the success of Project Prometheus, yet when this was stolen by Lana it forced him to emerge but Oliver got revenge on Lex by planting one of his own bombs under the truck he was in, killing him.
[edit] Alternate future
In Lexmas, Lillian showed a comatose Lex an alternate future in which he is married to Lana Lang, with two children:
- Alexander "Alex" Luthor, Jr. is the first-born son of Lex and Lana.
- Lillian "Lily" Luthor is their infant daughter, born on Christmas Eve.
- 20-year old Lana Lang was pregnant with 26-year old Lex Luthor's first child, but she miscarried one week after their February 2007 wedding. It was later revealed that she was never pregnant.
[edit] Alternate reality
In an alternate universe, Lionel raised Kara after finding her and her ship in Reeves Dam.
[edit] Notes
- The Luthor family is known for killing other members. Lionel killed Lachlan and Eliza, Lillian killed Jullian, Lex and Lucas attempted to kill Lionel, Lex had Jullian's Clone Grant killed, and Lex killed Lionel.
- Most Luthors (Lex, Lionel, Lillian, Lachlan) have the same initials, L.L. However, Julian, Eliza and Julian's clone Grant did not. Julian having J.L., Eliza having E.L. and Grant having G.G.
- As of now only one Luthor is fully alive: Lucas Luthor and where he may be is anyone's guess (Lex Luthor being in an intermediate and indeterminate state). Many would say 'good riddance to bad rubbish'.
