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===Modern Age===
====Interim Zods===
After ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', DC editorial held out for a number of years that no Kryptonians were to be depicted in comics aside from Superman, to reinforce his status as the last Krytonian. This meant that characters like Supergirl and Power Girl were reimagined, Superman's Kryptonian canine Krypto became an ordinary house pet. However, writers of DC Comics still attempted to get around the no-Kryptonians ban by introducing "new" versions of Zod. None of these stuck.
[[File:Superman Phantom Zone execution.jpg|thumb|Panel from ''Superman #22'' (October 1988). Superman (left) executing General Zod, Quex-Ul and Zaora (center left to right). Art by [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]].]]
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).
[[Image:GeneralZodRtK.jpg|thumb|right|165px|"Return to Krypton" Zod from ''Adventures of Superman'' #589 (April 2001)|alt=General Zod in military-style uniform]]
===Russian Zod===<!-- This section is linked from [[Bizarro]] -->
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