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At DragonCon 2018, a Lex Luthor cosplayer brought one of the most infamous superhero memes to life. Wearing the classic pink and green Lex Luthor outfit, the cosplayer wandered around the convention pulling a cart holding forty “cakes” behind him, catching the attention of numerous photographers.

This, of course, is a reference to The Super Dictionary, an educational book for children featuring characters from DC Comics that was published in 1978. During the book’s section on counting, there is an illustration of Superman’s archenemy absconding with a cart of cakes alongside a caption that reads, “When no one was looking, Lex Luthor took forty cakes. He took 40 cakes. That’s as many as four tens. And that’s terrible.” 

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Upon the advent of the internet, this image quickly resurfaced, becoming a meme in its own right, as well as fodder for other memes. The image eventually became so popular among the online crowd that DC actually brought it into the main DC continuity in 2011’s Superman #709. The issue features a young Clark Kent, who is joined in detention by a young Lex Luthor back in Smallville. Clark explains that the reason Lex got detention was that he had stolen forty cakes from the school bake sale as a way of getting revenge on the administration for refusing to let him enter his fission-powered toaster in the science fair.

Based on this cosplayer’s efforts, it appears this peculiar chapter in Lex Luthor’s publication history is not leaving the minds of fans anytime soon.

KEEP READING: Meta-Messages: The Origin of Lex Luthor’s Terrible Cake-Stealing

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A Simple Guide On How To Read The Incredible HULK

HULK Grey

Vols 1-6

• Goes over the HULKS origin

• Shows the relationships between Rick Jones, General Ross, and Betty Ross

• The best origin for the HULK

Tales To Astonish

Vol 63

• introduces The Leader

Tales To Astonish

Vols 90-91

• Introduces The ABOMINATION

Incredible HULK

Vols 180-181

• Introduces Hulks rivalry with wolverine

• Also Wolverines first appearance

Peter David HULK run

Vols 331-467

• Foundational to the hulk

• Establishes Bruce’s mental health

• Establishes Bruce’s other personalities

• Most important Hulk run

Incredible HULK

Vols 472 - 474

• Revivals the truth about what happened to Betty

• Shows the rivalry between HULK and the ABOMINATION

Planet HULK

INCREDIBLE HULK #88-95

Giant Size Hulk vol 1

Incredible Hulk 96-105

• Shows that Hulk and Bruce can co exist

• Shows more tragedy from the HULK

World War HULK

Vols 1-5

• Sequel to planet hulk

• Shows how hulk is far from humanity

SKIP 1

Skip a lot because it’s kinda bad and there is a lot of creative choices that are just straight up not it. Frank Cho (the artist for most of the stuff I’m skipping) is a gross creep who over sexualizes all the female characters to the point of no return. All you need to know is that Red Hulk is General Ross and Red She Hulk is Betty Ross

SKIP 2

Civil War 2

This comic is straight ass there is no point in reading it except for the art maybe. All you need to know is that Hawkeye technically kills Bruce Banner and the hulk. Seriously don’t read this it’s annoyingly infuriating

Immortal HULK

Vols 1-50

• Most emotional hulk run

• Goes into everything from the hulks past

• Shows the horror and tragedy of the hulk while also showing the power of it

Phillip Kennedy Johnson HULK run

Vols 1-on going

• Newest HULK run

• Not going to say anything because it is new but it’s pretty much just more of immortal hulk but less ( that sounds like an insult but that’s actually a compliment)

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A “Kinda” Simple Guide On How To Read The X-Men

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A Simple Fantastic Four Reading Guide

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