Hi guys,
Long time reader and first time poster. I wanted to add to Paisapower’s stance
Lex with infinite power first tries to “disintegrate” superman on page 25 & 26 and is shocked that superman was still alive. It was explained that the being was fighting Lex for control and was limiting him. How much was he limited? By half? What’s half of infinity?
I believe that Lex at that point was operating on power levels well beyond Thanos and was still unable to kill Superman. For whatever its worth, on page 27 Luthor says that he needs infinite power to kill superman.
On page 32 he expels the being and takes full control and retains infinite power. He is able to create universal happiness page 34 without diminishing himself. The infinite power flees Luthor on page 37 when he decides to kill superman. He didn’t look diminished but as Paisa says he no longer had access to the reservoir and so depleted his power during his attack on superman. How much power Lex had in this case is debatable, it wasn’t infinite and probably not at the levels he was operating on during his first attempt on page 25.
Anyway good points on both sides.