The implication here is that one of the most violent and destructive rivalries in the universe began over a misunderstanding. It is staggering to think that this feud, which has seen many innocents caught in the crossfire, began under such circumstances.
It is also worth noting that in the 31 st century, Zod resolves his issues with the House of El and Krypton in general -showing that he can be reasoned with, and this whole mess could have been avoided.
General Zod has wreaked a path of destruction across the universe in pursuit of his hatred of the House of El and Superman , and now readers learn the truth of how the feud started.
The issue, featuring a roster of all-star writers and artists, is available in stores now and on all digital comics platforms. Shaun Corley is a pop culture enthusiast living in the Pacific Northwest. Lex has no fear of Superman which is equally as scary as a villain who shouts in one's face. General Zod's plight provides an interesting view of a villain: he's trying to save Krypton's remnants and stop a traitor of his civilization from siding with an unknown race of people that are hateful and chaotic in his eyes.
To him, Superman is going against his own people in a traitor-like fashion. Though fans know this is simply not the case since Zod wants to rule with an iron fist, it is interesting to see things from a different perspective than our own.
To Zod and his loyalists, he is the hero of Krypton which was portrayed rather well on SyFy's Krypton. While Zod definitely belongs in the Phantom Zone's hall of fame for his stories, there is no denying that Lex Luthor is without a doubt the most famous of Superman's villains, even beating out characters like Darkseid.
There are even debates on if Lex Luthor is more famous than Batman's Joker. So it's an understandable argument from fans who consider this a reason why Lex Luthor is the superior villain. Lex Luthor has been a recurring threat since since his debut in Action Comics more times than most villains. In a more tragic side of the character, General Zod is someone who could easily help Kal-El in creating an intergalactic bridge between two races in peace and harmony. Zod could provide Kryptonian technology and help advance humanity to expand to the stars.
Not only that, but both Superman and Zod also share the same loss of their people: instead of being enemies, they should be working together to help preserve what's left of their endangered race but instead, Zod chooses to be the tyrant and conquered which makes the relationship between him and Superman more tragic.
By Melody Macready Published Aug 11, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Next Scarlet Witch's 10 Greatest Accomplishments. Zod created an army of robotic duplicates of himself, all bearing a resemblance to Bizarro. He was sentenced to the Phantom Zone for his crimes. Zod was first released by Kal-El during his Superboy career when his term of imprisonment was up. However, he attempted to conquer Earth with powers gained under the yellow sun.
Zod was sent back into the Phantom Zone, occasionally escaping to target Superman. General Zod has proven to be stronger than Superman. This could have something to do with Zod being a war general. These were Zod's servants. They did whatever Zod told them to do. They hated the House of El. They killed many Kryptonians. They are skilled in hand to hand combat. After the Crisis on Infinite Earths rewrote much of the history of the DC Universe and its characters, it was initially established that there were no Kryptonian survivors other than Superman.
Consequently, the four different incarnations of General Zod that have since appeared have had different origins from the original. This Zod came from a Krypton in a pocket universe created by the Time Trapper. He, along with companions Quex-Ul and Faora , devastated the Earth of that universe following the death of its Superboy, eventually forcing the Superman of the main universe to execute them with Kryptonite. This version of Zod is based closely on the Pre-Crisis version.
This incarnation of General Zod was introduced in the storyline "Return to Krypton. Like the Pre-Crisis version, Zod held the Kryptonian equivalent of fascist beliefs.
He sent aliens to the bottle city of Kandor and planned a military coup. Zod was defeated by Superman and the Jor-El of that Krypton. This General Zod is a Russian who was affected prior to his birth by Kryptonite radiation because he was the son of two cosmonauts whose ship was too close to Kal-El's rocketship. This Zod is unnaturally weak under a yellow sun, but superpowered under a red sun the opposite of Superman. He grew up in a KGB laboratory under the name "Zed.
Apparently spoken to by the spirit of the Pocket Universe Zod, Zod created a suit of red armor that filtered the sunlight and declared himself ruler of the former Soviet state of Pokolistan. After several inconclusive encounters with Superman, he revealed his long-range plan to turn the sun red and take Superman's place.
This was temporarily successful until Lex Luthor rescued Superman, gave him a blast of yellow solar radiation to regain his powers, and worked to restore the sun. Superman returned to battle Zod, but refused to kill him. When the sun turned yellow again, the now vulnerable Zod still struck Superman with all his power, and was killed. Introduced in the twelve-issue For Tomorrow Superman storyline, written by Brian Azzarello and penciled by Jim Lee , this Zod resides in the Phantom Zone alone and resents Superman for tampering with it.
This Zod wears black armor, and when unmasked, slightly resembles an older version of the film Zod. It is possible that this Zod is not a real Kryptonian, however. He appeared in Metropia, a version of the Phantom Zone created by Superman to resemble a living world, including the seemingly living beings. One year after the events of Infinite Crisis , Lex Luthor used a shard of sunstone, which had the word "doomsday" engraved upon it in the Kryptonian language , along with a stockpile of Kryptonite to reactivate the Kryptonian battle cruiser, Doomsday , which had been dormant within the earth for an unknown period of time.
Luthor revealed that the vessel was in fact the flagship of the Kryptonian fleet, had belonged to an Admiral Dru-Zod and scoured entire planets clean of life. In October , film director Richard Donner , noted for his work on the first two Superman movies, began to write Action Comics in collaboration with Geoff Johns. At the end of Action Comics , Zod, Ursa , and Non have apparently been freed from the Phantom Zone by someone he refers as his and Ursa's son, implying that the Kryptonian boy that landed on Earth in the story is his son.
Somehow owing their freedom to the landing on Earth of Dru-Zod and Ursa's son, after a brief stop to the newly restored Fortress of Solitude to gain information from Jor-El 's projection they fly to Metropolis, where Ursa confronts Lois to win her unwilling son back and Zod sends Kal-El to the Phantom Zone after freeing the other Kryptonian inmates.
Prior to their release from The Phantom Zone, a back-story for the three was seen in Action Comics Annual 10 Non had once been a brilliant scientist on par with Jor-El. Both were researching the event that would ultimately destroy Krypton. Zod entered their lab with troops at this point Zod was still working for Krypton's Council.
Both Jor-El and Non were arrested by Zod and given a warning by the High Council to halt their research, then released. Jor-El set to work creating the rocket that would send his son Kal-El to Earth, while Non began to spread the word of the planet's impending doom. Non's message swayed both Zod and Ursa that Krypton was soon to be destroyed. Non then disappeared from public life, only to return with a mutilated brain.
The council had transformed him into a mindless brute and this act inspired Zod and Ursa to rebel against the Kryptonian government. Non now fought along side Zod and Ursa. Zod attempted to recruit Jor-El to their cause; however Jor-El saw the plans were fueled by greed, a lust for power and violence.
This rebellion was short-lived and the rebels were set to be executed. Jor-El appealed on their behalf, to exile them instead.
The council accepted this on the condition that Jor-El be the jailer. Zod now closely resembles his movie counterpart, with the addition of a black trenchcoat. The movie basically ignores the traditional physical appearance and costuming of the character entirely. Zod is based more on Quex-Ul in both terms of visual design and characterization, but with the simpler name and rank of the Zod character. Zod was originally a member of the Kryptonian military, who was entrusted with the defense of Krypton by the governing council.
Conspiring with Non and Ursa , Zod was planning to overthrow the Kryptonian government and replace it with his own. The three were captured, and the council unanimously agreed to cast Zod, Ursa, and Non into the Phantom Zone. Before Zod is imprisoned, he attempts to persuade Jor-El to block the council's action, as it required a unanimous decision. Zod alters his plea with threats that he will attack the House of El with promises of prestige and unbounded political power "You could be a powerful voice in the new world order, second only to my own".
A Phantom Zone portal descends upon the trio, signifying Jor-El cast his guilty vote, causing Zod to swear revenge. Shortly after the trial, Jor-El confides in his wife Lara about the destruction of Krypton and how to spare their son of that doom.
In Superman II , the detonation of a hydrogen bomb that Superman throws into space destroys the Phantom Zone portal that has trapped Zod and his cohorts. In this version, their escape is made possible by the shock wave created by the exploding XK nuclear missile flung into space by Superman.
After discovering that their Kryptonian physiology gives them each the same powers as Superman under Earth's yellow sun, they quickly subdue the U. Army and force the President of the United States to abdicate his position to Zod.
This occurs shortly after Superman, unaware of their escape and presence on Earth, has stripped himself of his powers to be with Lois Lane as an ordinary human. After witnessing Zod's megalomania and defiance on a television news broadcast, Superman realizes the terrible mistake he has made.
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