#onThisDay in 1940 #LexLuthor debuted in @DC.com #Superman #comics #4 in #2Adventures 1st scheming to #blackmailTheWorld w an #EarthquakeMachine but bested by #TheManOfSteel & in the 2nd cause havoc w the nation’s #oilWells from a #glassDomedCity #risingFromTheOcean & inhabited by #prehistoricBeasts

#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