Superman Secret Origin Questions

[Spike_x1]

well Lex was in alot of superboy silver age story. and it was more complex that Lex hating superboy because of the accident
I remember in that one issue I felt many sympathy for Lex because:

his dad was never around to guide him
he felt anger because of an a experiment that could have led to 1,000 experimennts, help superboy, couldn't be duplicated and it could have done great things and it was destroyed and his hair was lost so maybe he had to think superboy destroyed it on purpose and was jealous of him
he created things that could have helped people but backfired and then superboy destroyed it and the townfolks alienated him making him lonely
hero worship can do crazy things to people as seen before
he tries to be noticed and appreciated
and in the other stories of the silver age shows
Lex parents kicking him out
his parents and his freinds deserted him and fear him

and it lets Superman sympythizes with Lex and since he used to be freinds with him and also saw a brighter side of Lex so he could help him. so in a way Lex/ Clark Kent's freindship and the story with lex made him a more complex and sympathetic character . In fact you could see a similar story with the superboy /Lex story in smallville because:
In a way Clark is a reason Lex became evil
Lex tried to be respected and love
Father is factor of Lex's descent
superboy/Clark and Lex best freind
Lex aliented/Lex aliented and hated
Superboy accidently caused Lex to be bald(meteor shower in Smallville, super breath in comics)
etc

That's pretty much where the plot has always fallen apart for me. Superboy saves his life, and Lex freaks the f**k out, conveniently overlooking the fact that he should consider himself lucky that all he suffered in the accident was hair loss. After that, he became a huge jerk because of what happened and alienates himself from the people around him, on account of his new a-hole status. And I'm supposed to feel sympathy for him? Bwuh?

Johns might put a new and interesting spin on the old plot for all I know, but I still probably won't understand what advantages Johns thought that Lex's new/old origin would have over his Pre-IC one, as far as the potential for drama and development in Luthor's character.

 

[The Question]

I always sort of figured that if you wanted to bring in the whole "Lex and Superman used to be friends angle," the best way to do that and keep all the Post-Crisis Lex elements that made him a better character would be to have it be as adults. I mean, take this basic outline for Lex:

Or, Luthor was an extremely intelligent science whiz who parlayed that into a vast business empire, came to own virtually all of Metropolis, commanded its people's affections and devotion, and, in spite of certain (significant) character flaws, sincerely wanted nothing more than to guide the rest of humanity to a future where they could all be (almost) as successful and amazing as he made himself. And then this cocky bastard of an alien randomly picks his city to "protect" by saving people left and right, effectively killing their innate fire to fulfill their own potential and stand on their own two feet, and, what's worse, they love him for it--even more than they love Lex.

Insert in there Lex, in the beginning, seeing Superman as an asset and joining forces with him, offering him support and whatnot, and the two work together in building a better world until Superman sees Lex's darker side, at which point Lex sees that Superman has become a liability.