Am I only one who grew up thinking Lex Luthor was Black?

[D1renegade]

Or was he just super tan? Im specifically talking about the Justice League cartoon era..

The pic below has me like
Homie on the left is darker but he and Lex share the same facial structure..

What say you Coli?

 

[Slystallion]

No because I remember the Christopher Reeves Superman movies and Superman comics from the early mid 90s

but it isn't the first time they made a white villain black they made Kingpin black in Daredevil

 

[Green negs and spam]

I too thought he was black. I was a little disappointed when I found out he wasn't.

 

[King Koopa]

Wasn't this thread made before? Like...recently?

Still don't see how dudes thought he was black...

 

[Real]

Hold up. He aint black?

I know he wasn't black in the comics, but in JL he wasn't black?

 

[Panther]

This thread has been made like 1000 times... But he looks black to me

 

[sun raw]

If I remember correctly, the animated version of Lex Luthor was based on Telly Savalas aka Blofeld aka Kojak. So more Greek, really.

 

[D1renegade]

Wasn't this thread made before? Like...recently?

Still don't see how dudes thought he was black...

I searched "Lex Luthor Black" and I didn't see this kind of thread

 

[King Koopa]

I searched "Lex Luthor Black" and I didn't see this kind of thread

http://www.thecoli.com/search/888190/?q=lex+luthor+black&o=relevance&c[node]=4
:trollmj:
But it's cool cuz some of those threads are in the Arcadium. We're in the Film Room now :trollmj:

 

[Roid Jones]

I always thought he looked like Telly Savalas

 

[satam55]

Or was he just super tan? Im specifically talking about the Justice League cartoon era..

The pic below has me like
Homie on the left is darker but he and Lex share the same facial structure..

What say you Coli?

This has been discussed a bunch of times on this forum, so I'm just gonna go through my post history and Copy & Paste:




No you're not the only 1, I grew up as a kid in the late 90's thinking that the Lex Luthor on "Superman: the Animated Series" was black. I rewatched "Superman: the Animated Series" & watched Justice League/Justice League Unlimited for the 1st time in late '08/early '09 at 20 years old, still thinking he was black. It wasn't till I watched some other DC comics TV shows/movies that wasn't DCAU/Timmverse ("Smallville", Superman: Doomsday, wack-ass 1978 Superman movie, & "Superman Returns") that I realized that Lex Luthor isn't black & is supposed to be white.

And yes, It's not just the fact that the Lex Luthor looked like a light-skinned brother in the DCAU/Timmverse, his voice actor (Clancy Brown) made him sound like a professional, corporate black man. (Click on the link to compare Lex Luthor voice actors: Behind The Voice Actors - Voice Compare: Superman - Lex Luthor) If you looks at the end credits, his voice actor also had a black name (Clancy Brown). So, a lot folks would just assume the Lex Luthor was black.

 

[Un-AmericanDreamer]

I swear this dude was a nikka too.

 

[GreatestLaker]

White dude with a tan.

 

[GreatestLaker]

I swear this dude was a nikka too.

White skin, green eyes and red hair and you thought he was black?

 

[jackswstd]

Y'all think they'd let a brotha be the greatest criminal mind of our time.