For a long time, when I'd read a comic with Lex Luthor in it, and he'd be... I dunno, conspiring with a guy who's super power is that he is mediocre at riddles, and maybe Solomon Grundy or someone like that, in order to launch their army of poison turtles into Metropolis, I'd scoff and say, "it's unrealistic that the world's richest man would waste his time and money on something that's only going to showcase to the world how incompetent he is."

I owe DC comics an apology.

@MonteCook In the same vein, what gets me is the 2005 JLU episode where Lex scoffs at the idea of becoming POTUS because an actual cartoon supervillain couldn't imagine getting away with being taking office without giving up his company and all conflicts of interest.