but he was just Earth-1 Lex with hair that appeared in multiversal stories. Earth-3 Lex was the heroic Alexander Luthor and would debut in the early '80s, but he'd soon die, as would the entire DC ...

Gene, the mustache has to goNo. The mustache stays. Look, I've accepted with the hair [shaved] and all that but I'm never going to take off the mustache '". Then Richard Donner proposed that he ...

Beyond the classic green rock that can drain Superman's powers, DC Comics has featured dozens of Kryptonite colors over the ...

With James Gunn’s Superman flying into theaters in just a few months, the spotlight has been shining just a little bit brighter on some of the other characters in the Man of Steel’s world lately — ...

Another spotlight event is a conversation with Rev Run (born Joseph Simmons), a hip-hop icon, DJ and preacher who fronted the ...

Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead in their home in New Mexico, authorities said.

For at least a generation, Hackman was the definitive Lex Luthor in the definitive superhero ... of real menace—even with a full head of hair. Today’s movie supervillains are all about ...

Self-described diabolical genius Lex Luthor marked Hackman's heady plunge ... thus the wig removal showed a skull cap that covered his actual hair. This villainous streak was most adroitly ...

A tall man with thinning hair and a deep voice that was befitting ... Mr. Hackman was unforgettable as Lex Luthor in the “Superman” films, and he attended the premiere of the first installment ...

His Lex Luthor, in 1978’s Superman ... but he was just as comfortable showing off his chest hair with a few undone shirt buttons, as he did throughout 1977’s The Domino Principle.