{"id":161943,"date":"2025-12-01T06:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/161943\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T06:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:55:11","slug":"superman-just-unlocked-his-most-powerful-self-all-thanks-to-lex-luthor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/161943\/","title":{"rendered":"Superman Just Unlocked His Most Powerful Self, All Thanks to Lex Luthor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most powerful upgrade Superman\u2019s<\/a> ever received is all thanks to the person who hates him more than anything. Whether you\u2019ve been reading comics for years or just saw the new Superman, you\u2019d know that Lex Luthor absolutely loathes<\/a> the Man of Steel. He\u2019s dedicated everything to making sure he either ends Superman altogether or makes his life that much more difficult. Is it the best use of Lex\u2019s genius and free time? No, but Lex simply can\u2019t stand the idea of Superman thriving when Lex is certain he can beat him.<\/p>\n

Which is exactly why Lex has sneaked into the tournament featured in DC K.O.. Though the heroes took all possible precautions to ensure villains couldn\u2019t enter, Lex and a handful of others made it to the preliminary round. They even snagged a few spots in the competition intended for heroes. Now Lex has an honest-to-God chance at achieving victory over his most hated enemy. But as they always tend to, Lex\u2019s plan is majorly backfiring, and he\u2019s accidentally helping Superman<\/a> become more powerful than he\u2019s ever been.<\/p>\n

Lex Luthor Helps Superman Discover Darkseid\u2019s Ultimate Power<\/p>\n

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Weeks after the debut issue, we finally have DC K.O. #2 by Scott Snyder, Joshua Williamson, Javi Fern\u00e1ndez, and Xerm\u00e1nico. I know we\u2019ve all been waiting to see some good one-on-one matches, but the first round of the tournament is less of a battle and more of a free-for-all. The Heart of Apokolips transports the 32 fighters to a battlefield where 16 powerful items like the God Killer Sword and Thor\u2019s Hammer have been hidden. There\u2019s also one mystery item that can be claimed by \u201cfollowing the example of Darkseid\u201c.<\/p>\n

Superman is less concerned about finding an item and spends his time trying to ensure Lex doesn\u2019t get one. However, Lex has come prepared with kryptonite and uses it to not just weaken Superman, but also chop off the Man of Steel\u2019s hand. As Clark tends to his wound, Lex delivers a venom-laced speech about how Clark isn\u2019t capable of winning this tournament because he can\u2019t do what he must to win it. Lex fires a shard of kryponite into Superman\u2019s body and leaves to claim the item Lex wants the most: A Black Lantern Power Ring.<\/p>\n

After seeing Lex raise an army of undead elder gods, Superman suddenly understands what the Heart of Apokolips meant when it said to follow Darkseid\u2019s example<\/a>. Just as Darkseid gave up his hand and then his life to gain incredible power, Superman must do the same. He takes the kryptonite shard and pierces his chest. Superman\u2019s gambit works, and his sacrifice is rewarded with the mystery item, Darkseid\u2019s Omega Sanction. Superman\u2019s powerful new form prepares to use his god-level ability on Lex, but the last item is found, and, fortunately for Luthor, the round comes to an end.<\/p>\n

Lex Luthor is Accidentally Helping Superman in DC K.O.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a lot of dramatic irony in this issue. Had Lex left well enough alone, he could have just snagged the Black Lantern Ring while Superman grabbed something like the Medusa Mask or a Mother Box. Instead, he pushed Superman to look inward, causing Clark to ask himself how far he was willing to go to ensure that the fate of the universe didn\u2019t fall into the wrong hands. In a roundabout way, Lex\u2019s presence helped Superman find the fire he\u2019ll need to survive in a tournament as brutal as this one.<\/p>\n

Lex wasn\u2019t exactly wrong in calling Superman out in this issue. The tournament everyone\u2019s fighting in demands brutality and selfishness, ideas that don\u2019t gel with who Superman is. But rather than do what he must, Superman tried to play it his way, and all that got him was kryptonite in the chest. Lex may hate Superman, but he\u2019ll never miss an opportunity to highlight Superman\u2019s flaws. And for Clark, hearing his most bitter enemy essentially tell him to get his head in the game actually worked and helped Superman find the most powerful item in the scavenger hunt.<\/p>\n

Now I don\u2019t know if the Omega Sanction will play a bigger role in future DC K.O. issues (honestly, it seems like it\u2019d make Superman a little OP). But I can seriously appreciate the dramatic irony of Clark tapping into incredible cosmic power, all because Lex called out Superman. Motivation can sometimes come from the strangest places, even from an enemy. Maybe with Lex and Superman both advancing, Superman will remain inspired all the way through to the end of DC K.O..<\/p>\n

What do you think of Superman\u2019s upgrade? Let us know in the comments or share your thoughts on the ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The most powerful upgrade Superman\u2019s ever received is all thanks to the person who hates him more than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[39937,146,85,46,39939,397,53235,13818],"class_list":{"0":"post-161943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-dc-comics","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-lex-luthor","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-regular-feature","15":"tag-superman"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}