Do Luthor and the Joker help sell comics to you?

[RepHope]

Nope.
Both have been done to death and I find I enjoy stories with them when they're few & far between and have a feeling of real importance.
Especially the Joker.
I think he should only ever be seen when the s*** is REALLY about to hit the fan.
I think John Byrne did everyone a great favour when he relaunched Lex Luthor as the mastermind evil businessman - not the mad scientist.

Nowadays he's both: Mad scientist and mastermind evil businessman.

[adrikito]

Yeah.. Sometimes..

If I hate one comic or I don´t like certain writer, they can´t force me to see that comic.

[PennyDreadful]

These days, I avoid comics if they feature Joker and/or Harley Quinn. Both characters are so overexposed.

[Jcady59]

Lex yes, Joker no i like the character but i'm never compelled to buy a book just because Joker is in it. If we where talking about Scarecrow or Two-face sure but not Joker.

[jetengine]

The thing with Luthor is he has a decent veneer of character and you can spin him off into lots of different ways. Much like Magneto you can JUST about see his point regarding 'Bah Aliens/potential invasion/holding us back' and writers can flip flop on how sincere he is. Jokers just a murderous lunatic who has progressively gotten worse over the years and has been oversaturated to the point where everyones just sick of seeing him.