Lex Luthor: Man of Steel Lex Luthor: Man of Steel Lex Luthor: Man of Steel (later collected as simply Luthor) is a five-issue monthly American comic book limited series written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Lee Bermejo, which features Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor as the protagonist. It explores Luthor's motivations behind being a constant foe to the Man of Steel inside a city that has largely embraced him. Luthor views Superman as a demigod who looks down on humanity and believes that in order to "save" the human race from extraterrestrial threats, Superman must be stopped. At the onset of the series, the story
Superhero film "" (2009). Non-Hollywood superhero films were also released, including the American/Spanish production "" (2001), Japan's tokusatsu films "Ultraman" (2004), "Casshern" (2004) and "Gatchaman" (2013), Malaysia's "Cicak Man" (2006), India's "Krrish" (2006), "Drona" (2008), "Ra.One" (2011), "Krrish 3" (2013), Thailand's "Mercury Man" (2006). Several non-action film oriented superhero films were released in the 2000s with varying ranges of success. Brad Bird's "The Incredibles" (2004) for Pixar was a critically acclaimed digitally-animated family oriented superhero film. Other hybrids include "Sky High" (2005) and "Zoom" (2006) which were fusions of the superhero and family film genres, "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" (2006) a combination of