#85YearsAgoToday #SupermansArchEnemy #LexLuthor debuted in #Superman #comics #4 when #ClarkKent investigates an earthquake in #Metropolis & #TheManOfSteel comes in conflict withThis #MasterCriminal who #schemes to #blackmailTheWorld after #stealing theMachineThatCausedTheQuake @jamesgunn.bsky.social

#onThisDay in 1940 #LexLuthor debuted in #ActionComics #23 reporting on #GaloniaAndToran #2warringNations #ClarkKent finds #Luthor a #behindTheScenesManipulator who #kidnapsLoisLane to keep Kent wuiet #Superman gets involved & zapped by #weakeningGreenRay & he evolves into #SupermansArchEnemy