Smallville - Is Lionel the real Lex?

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A User's question from a Smallville Message Board ... Wanna answer this RB ;)

Apparently according to the comics Lex grew up in suicide slums. his abusive parents mysteriously died and he used the insurance money to start Lexcorp. They are at least spliting the character in two. And now with Lionel shaving his head hmmm. TPTB have made it clear that Lionel is the real villian of the show. I was surprised I thought they made up Lionel not gave him Lex's background.

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I think they are just taking artistic liberties with the characters. The show has never closely followed the comic's storylines anyway, in the same way that most all comics based series and movies haven't. ;)