Why are superman and lex luthor on first name basis?

I've been watching Justice league for nostalgia's sake, but don't remember all of the history between superman and lex luthor. But in episode Injustice for All in season 1 of justice league, superman calls lex by his first name. Were they friends at some point? I don't recall them being anything but enemies...|||Manhunter (as Superman) and Ultra Humanite call him Luthor


Batman and Superman both call him Lex


the Doctor called him Mr. Luthor





as to their relationship... as JL/JLU is a continuation of the mythology from the Animated Series' of Batman and Superman, they have always been enemies in that time line...





My guess it was simply a choice by the writers, to denote the familairity between them... seeing as Superman has been facing him since the start of his Animated Series, and Batman has had issues with him since the 'World's Finest' episode in Superman's 2nd season -- which assuming a year a season.. and 1-2 between the end of Superman TAS and the start of JL(u) they've been fighting him for over 5 years|||only select aspects of SV have changed Canon (and the idea of a CK/Lex childhood friendship actually predates SV) ... and regardless of Canon the DCAU Dini/Timm-Verse that covers Batman, Superman, JL(U), Batman Beyond, et al has its own rules such as the Bats/WW sparks, GL/Hawkgirl romance

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|||If you watched Smallville you can see a young Clark Kent who was friends with a young Lex Luthor. Also in the super boy comics from the golden age era superboy before he was superman was friends with a young Lex but a freak accident caused them both not to be friends anymore.|||This is just hypothesis, but that Justice League show may have followed Superboy/Silver Age history, where, when a young Clark (or Superboy) was growing up in Smallville, he befriends Lex Luthor. How this happens is different in many incarnations. Their relationship then turns sour (once again, differs per incarnation) and become permanent enemies.