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Edward "Ed" Burke was a corrupt U.S. Senator.

Early life[]

Burke got the U.S. military to cooperate with LuthorCorp's Project Ares. In exchange, Lex Luthor transferred five million dollars to Burke's account at the Cayman Islands.

Season Six[]

Burke intended to shut down Project Ares because the Senate would have found out about the project's true mission, and threatened to scrutinize all of LuthorCorp's business deals for the last twenty years if Lex exposed his role in the project. He was killed by Wes Keenan while he was being interrogated by Lois Lane. Upon his death, his vacated Senate position was filled by Kansas State Senator Martha Kent.

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In the Comics[]

There are several DC characters named Edward Burke. One was an antagonist of Green Arrow, who went by the alias the Eagle, and appeared in World's Finest #89 (August, 1957). Another is an antagonist of Batman, who goes by the alias Planet Master and first appeared in Detective Comics #296 (October, 1961).

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