| LEX LUTHOR (Alexei Luthor) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel |
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CHRONOLOGY
Lex Luthor first appeared in Action Comics #23 (April 1940).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Lex Luthor in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Lex Luthor Chronology
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| Action Comics #23 (April 1940): [Europe at War pt 2] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #4 (spring 1940): [The Challenge of Luthor] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #4/2 (spring 1940): [Luthor's Undersea City] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #5/3 (summer 1940): [Luthor's Incense Menace] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #12/4 (September-October 1941): [The Beasts of Luthor] [Flashback] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #10 (May-June 1941): [The Invisible Luthor] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #12/4 (September-October 1941): [The Beasts of Luthor] |
| Action Comics #42 (November 1941): [The City in the Sky] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #13 (November-December 1941): [The Machinations of the Light] |
| Action Comics #47 (April 1942): "Powerstone" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #17/4 (July-August 1942): "When Titans Clash" |
| All-Star Squadron #20 (April 1983): "For the Dark Things Cannot Stand the Light" [same as in Superman Vol. 1 #17] |
| Superman Vol. 1 #18/2 (September-October 1942): "The Heat Horror" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #20 (January-February 1943): "Superman's Secret Revealed" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #31 (November-December 1944): "Tune Up Time for Crime" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #34/4 (May-June 1945): "When the World Got Tired" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #38 (January-February 1946): "The Battle of the Atoms" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #43/3 (November-December 1946): "The Molten World" |
| World's Finest Comics #28 (May-June 1947): "Superman's Super Self" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #48 (September-October 1947): "The Man Who Stole the Sun" |
| Action Comics #125 (October 1948): "The Modern Nostradamus" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #57 (March-April 1949): "The Menace of the Machine Men" |
| Action Comics #131 (April 1949): "The Scrambled Superman" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #60 (September-October 1949): "The Two Identities of Superman" |
| Action Comics #141 (February 1950): "Luthor's Secret Weapon" |
| Action Comics #146 (July 1950): "The Statues That Came to Life" |
| Action Comics #151 (December 1950): "Superman's Super-Magic Show" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #68 (January-February 1951): "The Six Elements of Crime" |
| Action Comics #156 (May 1951): "The Girl of Steel" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #71/3 (July-August 1951): "The Man Who Stole the Oceans" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #74 (January-February 1952): "The Lost Secrets of Krypton" |
| Action Comics #166 (March 1952): "The Three Scoops of Death" |
| Action Comics #167 (April 1952): "The Machines of Crime" |
| World's Finest Comics #59 (July-August 1952): "Superman's Super Hold-Up" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #79 (November-December 1952): "Citadel of Doom" |
| World's Finest Comics #62 (January-February 1953): "The Seven Secrets of Superman" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #81 (March-April 1953): "Superman's Secret Workshop" |
| Action Comics #183 (August 1953): "The Perfect Plot to Kill Superman" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #85 (November-December 1953): "Luthor, Hero" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #88/3 (March 1954): "The Terrible Trio" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #89/3 (May 1954): "One Hour of Doom" |
| Superman Vol. 1 #90/3 (July 1954): "The Titanic Thefts" |
| Superman Family #202/2 (July-August 1980): "The Man Who Discovered Kryptonite" |
| Superman Family #203/2 (September-October 1980): "The Critic Killer" |
| Superman Family #205/2 (January-February 1981): "Catch a Falling Star" |
| Superman Family #210/2 (September 1981): "The Magical Manhunters of Metropolis" |
| DC Comics Presents Annual #1 (1982): "Crisis on Three Earths" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone" |