Q 01/05

In which comic did Lex Luthor first appear?

A) Superman #1

B) Action Comics #1

C) Action Comics #23

D) Adventure Comics #271

Answer · why

C) Action Comics #23

Luthor debuted in Action Comics #23, cover-dated April 1940, two years after Superman's own debut in Action Comics #1.

Q 02/05

Which duo created Lex Luthor?

A) Bill Finger and Bob Kane

B) Otto Binder and Al Plastino

C) Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster

D) Marv Wolfman and John Byrne

Answer · why

C) Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman's creators, gave him a foe with no powers at all, just brains and ambition.

Q 03/05

What is Lex Luthor's full first name?

A) Alexis

B) Alexei

C) Alexander

D) Lexington

Answer · why

C) Alexander

Lex is short for Alexander; the post-Crisis comics gave his full name as Alexander Joseph Luthor, and early Golden Age stories had called him only 'Lu...

Q 04/05

What colour was Luthor's hair in his earliest appearances?

A) red

B) blond

C) black

D) grey

Answer · why

A) red

In Action Comics #23 Luthor was drawn as a middle-aged man with a full head of red hair; within two years he was bald.

Q 05/05

Luthor's baldness began as a mistake by which Superman studio artist?

A) Joe Shuster

B) Leo Nowak

C) Wayne Boring

D) Curt Swan

Answer · why

B) Leo Nowak

Leo Nowak, a Shuster studio artist, apparently mistook Luthor for his bald henchman from Superman #4; the bald Luthor stuck from Superman #10 in 1941.