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LexCorp Makin Money In The DCU

According to Forbes.com DC’s own Lex Luthor is the fourth wealthiest fictional character. Back when I read Forbes’ article I wondered how a career criminal who is always in and out of jail (sometimes by escaping) can still have so much wealth. You would think the court costs and federal fines he has accumulated during his years as a criminal mastermind would have bankrupted all his companies. At first I thought he just had some great money laundering schemes to protect his profits – until I noticed this in X-Factor #65 last Monday:

X-Factor 65

Here we have an image of Cyclops and Jean Gray discussing a recent training session, and while Cyke was ranting about the team not being able to afford mistakes in battle look closely at his computer:

X-Factor 65

The X-Folks buy their computers from LexCorp. It seems that Lex may be hiding some income in the Marvel Universe from the government and lawyers in the DCU. Now that’s how you launder money. No wonder he is the self proclaimed “Greatest Criminal Mind on Earth!”

X-Factor – #65
(from the “Wraith of Apocalypse” collection)
Lee, Portacio, and Claremont – Story
Portacio & Thilbert – Art

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Posted by Fred on December 3, 2009 @ 8:17 PM Under: Comics, Throwback
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One Response to “LexCorp Makin Money In The DCU”

  1. Scott Says:
    December 4th, 2009 at 10:10 pm

    That’s a fairly cool find. :)

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