The 2025 Superman movie briefly examined this, establishing the DC Universe LuthorCorp employees as “cultish acolytes” of Lex Luthor and his worldview. Lex Luthor chiefly employed him in various illegal enterprises involving cloning. He was also responsible for creating a new clone body for Lex Luthor after Lex developed cancer from repeated Kryptonite exposure. During the 1994 Fall of Metropolis storyline, a dying Lex Luthor decided to take Metropolis with him. It is possible that the DCU will follow the comics, with Happersen betraying Flag and ARGUS according to what he thinks Lex Luthor would want.