Luthor (DC Black Label Edition) by Brian Azzarello

​Where would superheroes be without their villains? And what greater villain than Lex Luthor?
The thing that makes the bold gazillionaire so interesting, co compelling is that like many great villains he isn’t awake of being one. In fact, in his own eyes he’s a superhero.
Which is a pretty awesome premise – the flip of perspective.
In Luthor’s eyes, Superman is a dangerous alien who’s helping people for now, sure, but can flip at any moment and then what?
And Luthor’s main frustration is that no one else sees Superman that way.
So, like many men with a potent superiority complex and more money than they know what to do with, Luthor comes up with a plan to discredit the world’s great superhero in the eyes of the public.
It’s a complex and convoluted plan, one that ultimately only serves to reveal the real depravity of its mastermind, but as we watch Luthor brainstorm it, explain and justify his actions and ideas, we are presented with a complex and layered portrait of a complex and layered man.
Luthor here is moral but it’s a morality of his own making. Flawed but compellingly so. Even romantic albeit in a kind of frightening way. In other words, a fascinating character to read about. So the writing is aces.
Combine that with an absolutely epic looking artwork and you got a great book.  Recommended.