How would you feel if Lex Luthor was taken out of the picture for a while?

[Castiel]

So I feel like Lex needs to go away for a while and I think that this needs to happen soon after Year of the Villain concludes. I mean he's a good villain but the using the guy so much for major storylines is getting old and I'd like for him be neutralized for a while. Like he goes to far and Superman finally has enough and Lex Luthor gets nervous about what Superman has in mind and then the final scene is of Batman asking Clark what happened to Lex and Clark just vaguely answers "He will never hurt anyone again." Then it skips to Lex Luthor screaming inside of the Phantom Zone or some other hellish place that only Superman can get to. Then maybe as a consequence of this Zod couldbe freed and take Lex's place as his main villain for a few years or Ultra Humanite could step up to role in Lexi's absence.

[manwhohaseverything]

I wouldn't mind. Lex is great and all. But, other villains might be given attention by the writers and they will be forced to be creative with villains

[Robanker]

I mean he's quickly joining Brainiac as "Superman's awesome villain that we're turning into a JL villain."

When was the last time Luthor was the big bad in one of Superman's own books?

[Ascended]

That was my thought. It's been quite a while since Lex got much focus in a Superman comic.

I doubt he's going to take a break though. Lex's appearance at the end of Superman 18 tells me Bendis has plans for how Lex will deal with Clark's identity being public. And since Lex is the arch nemesis that's something we *should* see.

I suppose if 5G happens sooner rather than later and involves a time skip, we might miss all of that, but I'm guessing Lex will be making a return to Clark's books before too long.

But generally speaking, yeah I wouldn't mind if Lex was put on the shelf for a while. I enjoyed Snyder's JL for what it was but Lex has been all over the place in recent years, from villain to hero to villain to alpha big time villain, and much like the Joker it's just getting played out.

[jetengine]

Apex Lex is kinda lame, so yeah shelve him for a bit and push the other rogues

[Riv86672]

Apex Lex is kinda lame, so yeah shelve him for a bit and push the other rogues

^^^This.

Let anticipation for his return build, because right now, he’s pretty overexposed.

[Vordan]

I mean he's quickly joining Brainiac as "Superman's awesome villain that we're turning into a JL villain."

When was the last time Luthor was the big bad in one of Superman's own books?

As the Big Bad it’s been a while, but he’s been a huge focus in the Superbooks since Rebirth. I personally am fine with putting him on the shelf for a bit, much as I consider Lex to be my favorite villain and the GOAT villain over all.