In Superman, the ferry into Lex Luthor’s pocket prison universe is driven by Mr. And according to James Gunn, this character is more than just a strange creation for the movie — he’s Gunn’s favorite character, and has a surprising connection to Luthor himself. “When people ask me my favorite character from Superman it just might be Mr. Handsome,” Gunn wrote. It adds another wrinkle to Luthor’s character: before he was interested in geopolitics, he was trying to control life itself. Handsome was just a minor part of Superman, Gunn has clearly thought about how he fits into the greater DC Universe.