Fictional Presidents of the United States

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 74. Chapters: Lex Luthor, Jack Ryan, Sylar, Kitty Pryde, Nathan Petrelli, Zartan, Josiah Bartlet, Charles Logan, Greg Stillson, David Palmer, Wayne Palmer, Matt Santos, Allison Taylor, Doom 2099, Liberty Belle, Barack Obama in comics, Pete Ross, Philip Nolan Voigt, Tempus, Alternate Presidents, G. W. Bridge, Robby Jackson, Glen Allen Walken, Prez, J. Robert Fowler, Super President, Reginald J. Priest, President Robert L. Booth, Ed Kealty, Roger Durling, President Winthrop. Excerpt: Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He is the archenemy of Superman, although given his high status as a supervillain, he has also come into conflict with Batman and other superheroes in the DC Universe. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, he first appeared in Action Comics #23 (April 1940). Luthor is described as "a power-mad, evil scientist" of high intelligence and incredible technological prowess. His goals typically center on killing Superman, usually as a stepping stone to world domination. Though he periodically wears a powered exoskeleton, Luthor has traditionally lacked superpowers or a dual identity. The character was originally depicted as a mad scientist who, in the vein of pulp novels, wreaks havoc on the world with his futuristic weaponry. In his earliest appearances, Luthor is shown with a full head of red hair; despite this, the character later became hairless as the result of an artist's mistake. A 1960 story by Jerry Siegel expanded upon Luthor's origin and motivations, revealing him to be a childhood friend of Superman's who lost his hair when a fire destroyed his laboratory; Luthor vowed revenge. Following the 1985 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths, the character was re-imagined as a Machiavellian industrialist and white-collar criminal...