10 Times Lex Luthor Outsmarted Everyone
9. When He Founded The Legion Of Doom
For decades, the Legion of Doom was a creation of the animated series Superfriends, but DC Comics finally caught up to the cartoon in 2018. In the crossover series "No Justice," the Justice League was broken up into four separate teams, and Lex, having been a member for some time up to that point, decided to leave.
Figuring that hero work just wasn't cutting it anymore, Lex decided to head off and create his own team, but his ideas are a little more akin to his former villainous ambitions. He pulls in some of humanity's worst people so that he can safeguard all of humanity, and he calls it, the Legion of Doom.
The new Legion of Doom features the same characters as the one from the cartoons, though they are updated to their then-current condition/situation in the DC Universe. The founding members of the team are Black Manta, Cheetah, Gorilla Grodd, and Sinestro.
The creation of the new team sets Lex apart from his former allies in the Justice League, and despite his turn towards heroism that preceded the formation of the Legion of Doom, Lex slides back into his old bag of tricks without a moment's hesitation or concern.