- Script:
- Paul Cornell
- Pencils:
- Marco Rudy
- Inks:
- Marco Rudy
- Colors:
- Val Staples
- Letters:
- John J. Hill
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Lex Luthor; Perry White; Ty; Bruno Mannheim; Darkseid; Desaad; Mokkari; Simyan; Kalibak; Laura (cameo); Granny Goodness (cameo); Female Furies [Stompa; Lashina; Big Barda; Mad Harriet; Bernadeth] (cameo); Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois] (cameo); Apokolips; Scientwister; Father Box
- Synopsis:
- Newly arrived in Metropolis, Luthor starts working with Bruno Mannheim at his club with an undercover Perry White. He discovers a portal to Apokolips, works for Darkseid for six weeks, but then tries to kill him and rule himself. Darkseid lets him escape back to Earth, seeing him as a tool there in Metropolis, but foreshadows a bigger future taking a "bait set by a god."
- Reprints:
The story is set "many years ago," with the last page being set in the present.
- Script:
- Paul Cornell
- Pencils:
- Ed Benes
- Inks:
- Ed Benes
- Colors:
- Jason Wright
- Letters:
- John J. Hill
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Lex Luthor; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul (cameo); Lazarus Pit
- Synopsis:
- Young Luthor becomes an apprentice for six months to Ra's Al Ghul, but betrays him. He is killed for that, but resurrected in a Lazarus Pit.
- Reprints:
The story is set "not so many years ago." This story is told in narrative form.