Brian Azzarello, Lee Bermejo: Luthor (GraphicNovel)
Graphic novel
English language
Superman has been called many things, from the defender of truth, justice and the American way to the Big Blue Boy Scout. In LEX LUTHOR: MAN OF STEEL, he is called something he has never been called before: a threat to all humanity. Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo--the acclaimed team who brought you the best-selling JOKER--deliver a bold story in which readers get a glimpse into the mind of Superman's longtime foe. MAN OF STEEL reveals why Luthor chooses to be the proverbial thorn in the Man of Steel's side: to save humanity from an untrustworthy alien being.
I wasn't sure if this was an alternate-world story or not when it began, but it took a narratively ambitious goal of diving in to the mind of Luthor and the full reasons he hates Superman, making them understandable and almost relatable -- until the end, which is a conclusion true and tragic. True to the integrity of Lex Luthor as he fits into the Superman (and DC) world.
