General Zod: Difference between revisions

The first Zod to be introduced following ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' was the Zod of a Pocket Universe; this allowed for a "Krytponian" Zod to be introduced while maintaining Superman's status as the last of his race in the universe proper. This Zod came from a Krypton in a pocket universe created by the [[Time Trapper]]. He (along with companions [[Quex-Ul]] and [[Faora|Zaora]]) devastated the Earth of that universe following the death of its Superboy, despite the best efforts of a [[Supergirl (Matrix)|Supergirl]] created by this world's heroic [[Lex Luthor]]. Eventually, the survivors of this world managed to contact the Superman of the main universe to help them, and he was able to take away the powers of the three super-criminals with Gold Kryptonite (since he was not from that universe, the Kryptonite of that reality would have no effect on him). However, as the three vowed to some day regain their powers and return to Superman's world to kill him, Superman was forced to execute them with [[Kryptonite]];<ref>''Superman'' (vol. 2) #22 (October 1988)</ref> and it was this action which caused him to question his powers and how to deal with evildoers.<ref name="dc-ency"/> This version of Zod is based closely on the [[Crisis on Infinite Earths|Pre-Crisis]] version; the significant difference is he killed everyone on the pocket Earth, rather than conquering them (there is no Superboy/Superman to stop him).

ThisA second incarnation of General Zod was introduced in the 2001 storyline "Return to Krypton"; this was the Zod of an alternate reality.<ref>''Adventures of Superman'' #589 (April 2001)</ref> He was the head of the Kryptonian military in an alternate reality created by [[Brainiac 13]]. 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.<ref>''Action Comics'' (vol. 1) #776 (April 2001)</ref>