- "My brother hurt a lot of good, innocent people. My family owes a debt, not just to Metropolis, but to everyone. I intend to pay that. By renaming my company L-Corp, we will usher in a new age of cooperation and community. Together, we will chart a brighter future."
- —Lena Luthor[src]
L-Corp, formerly known as Luthor Corp, is a company located in National City, formerly located in Metropolis. It was founded by Lionel Luthor and run primarily by the Luthor family.
History[]
Luthor Corp was founded by Lionel Luthor in Metropolis. At some point after his death, the company was passed on to his son, Lex Luthor. Lionel's wife, Lillian, became a board member of Luthor Corp during Lex's tenure as CEO, and practically acted as one of his accomplices.[1]
In October 2016, following Lex's incarceration, his half-sister, Lena Luthor, took over Luthor Corp and moved its base of operations to National City. She renamed the company to L-Corp, hoping to make a better name for herself after Lex tarnished the reputation of the Luthor name with his criminal activities. Lena held an unveiling of L-Corp to the press, which was attacked by John Corben.[2]
Soon after the company renaming, Lena led the now-reformed L-Corp into one of its first business ventures; the development of an advanced, handheld alien detection device that she intended to supply to the public in preparation for the impending enactment of President Olivia Marsdin’s Alien Amnesty Act; the specialized contraption marketed by L-Corp would allow actual humans to identify human-esque aliens secretly living amongst them on Earth through a DNA test. Lena presented a beta version of the device to Kara Danvers during an interview with CatCo Worldwide Media since the prototype was still being developed by L-Corp's R&D.[3]
Around or after spring 2017, Lena acquired Spheerical Industries and converted it into L-Corp's nano-tech division.[4]
After Lena's purchase of CatCo Worldwide Media, she hired Samantha Arias as the acting CEO of L-Corp while the former became familiar with the media conglomerate.[5] Shortly after, Samantha transitioned to being the CFO of L-Corp, though still partially held the CEO position on Lena's behalf.[6]
Under Samantha's leadership, L-Corp completed a merger with JQB. Morgan Edge attempted to undermine the deal by filing an anti-trust lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission, but Samantha was able to prevent this.[6]
After it was revealed that numerous children in National City fell ill from swimming in a contaminated public pool, L-Corp created a synthetic antidote, which saved everyone who was infected.[7] Lena's name was cleared over her involvement in the supposed connection with the lead bomb device that was used to defeat the Daxamite invasion.
Over summer 2018, L-Corp sold many image inducers to extraterrestrials under Lena's direction, in part due to the anti-alien sentiment sweeping through the nation.[8]
Erased future[]
In the 25th century, L-Corp developed a cure for lead poisoning, allowing Daxamite individuals such as Mon-El to live freely on Earth despite a natural toxicity to lead.[9]
Known employees[]
Current employees[]
- Samantha Arias (CEO of Metropolis division, former acting CEO and CFO)
- Lena Luthor (owner and CEO)
- Lex Luthor (owner and CEO)
- Lillian Luthor (board member)
- Jess (receptionist)
- Hector (assistant)
- Frank (driver)
- Kevin Oh (image inducer chief programmer)
Former employees[]
- Lionel Luthor (founder, owner and CEO; deceased)
- Mercy Graves (head of security; resigned; deceased)
- Otis Graves (member of security; resigned; deceased)
- Alana (assistant; revealed to be a spy for Project Cadmus; fired)
- Eve Teschmacher (research assistant; revealed to be a spy for Lex Luthor)
Appearances[]
Supergirl[]
Season 2
Season 3
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Trivia[]
- The main L-Corp headquarters in National City is located at 1200 West Cordova Street.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
- In the DC comics, the company is owned by Lex Luthor and is named LexCorp, although the name "Luthor Corp" was also used in a few cases.
- Also, in the DC comics, the company is located in Metropolis, though divisions of it exist in other cities.
Goofs[]
- L-Corp is often pronounced as ”L-core” similar to the pronunciation of ”Marine Corps”. Since L-Corp is a corporation, not a military or service branch, it should be pronounced with a hard P.
References[]
- ↑ "For Good"
- ↑ "The Adventures of Supergirl"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Welcome to Earth"
- ↑ "Ahimsa"
- ↑ "Triggers"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The Faithful"
- ↑ "Damage"
- ↑ "American Alien"
- ↑ "Wake Up"
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