On The Drawing Board: Cornfields and Krypton?

Hey, it's a work in progress update. It's been quite a few weeks since I've been at the drawing board, with Thanksgiving and shipping out orders (I'm not complaining! Thank YOU!). But it's nice to spend a few hours and feel like an artist again. 

I'm going for a mid-westerner look for this duo. So why not a guy with the classic 'Superman' look (I know, Superman is originally from Krypton), and a guy with a slight Germanic look since many German immigrants settled in the northern central US. Just curious, is Lex Luthor German?