Lex Luthor: Man of Steel

In this 2005 DC one-shot, writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo reframe Superman's greatest foe not as a cackling villain, but as a brilliant, calculating man who genuinely believes he is the hero of his own story. Through Lex Luthor's cold, rational perspective, the issue presents a chillingly plausible argument for why Metropolis needs saving from its alien savior. A stark, character-driven meditation on ego, paranoia, and the nature of power, it remains a definitive, unsettling take on the Man of Steel's most human adversary.