Black Zero

**Black Zero** was a rebel organization operating in Kandor City.

## History

Black Zero operated on Kandor, seeking to disrupt the natural order. They sent a suicide bomber to the Lawmakers Guild, where he attempted to injure the Voice of Rao. However, he was stopped by Seg-El, before a Sagitari shot off his arm implanted with the bomb. The Military Guild initiated an operation "The Rankless Initiative" to root out Black Zero, but it went wrong when unarmed individual was killed, causing an public outcry. When Seg-El went to search and gather the allies for resistance against Brainiac, two of his uneasy aliies, General Zod (his descendant from the future) and Jayna-Zod went to Black Zero HQ looking for reinforcements. Although Black Zero was initially mistrustful, Dru-Zod made a convincing argument. The leader of Black Zero, Jax-Ur, asked them to hand over Daron-Vex, which they agreed to. While the Voice of Rao plugged into the Genesis Chamber, Seg, Zod, Jayna and Black Zero infiltrated the chamber. They shut down telepathic connection and, during the fight, Jayna shot Voice's body, falling down into the abyss. Daron-Vex was later brought to Jax-Ur to interrogate him. Discovering that VOR was still alive, Seg lead a team comprised of Black Zero operatives, Sagitari soldiers and revolutionaries to take him down. They went to the generator in which VOR sucked the energy in order to bring his ship and destroy Kandor. This action went wrong when Brainiac with own telepathy manipulated all soldiers and operatives, putting them to kill each other. After this, Brainiac caught Seg and prepared to kill him, but Seg was saved by Nyssa-Vex who killed VOR with sunstone. When the real Brainiac arrived, his ship began to bottle the whole city of Kandor, forcing Black Zero operatives to evacuate many people as possible. Seg managed to stop his conquest by pulling Brainiac into the Phantom Zone projector, with both trapped in the Phantom Zone. One month later, General Zod managed to take a power in Krypton, resulting in the end of Black Zero.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* "Pilot"
* "House of El" (mentioned)
* "The Rankless Initiative" (mentioned)
* "The Word of Rao" (mentioned)
* "Transformation" (mentioned)
* "Savage Night"
* "Hope"
* "The Phantom Zone"

## Trivia

* In DC comics, Black Zero is a recurring element in Superman stories:
* The name is shared by two supervillains: Black Zero in *Superman* #205 (1968), by Otto Binder and Al Plastino. This version was a space saboteur who destroyed planets, tried to destroy Krypton and attempted to destroy Earth.
	+ Black Zero as an alternate version of Superboy from a reality in which Superman never returned from the dead after his battle with Doomsday. The clone was created by Paul Westfield of Project Cadmus. He appeared in *Superboy* (vol. 4) #61 (April 1999).
		- The name shared by two terrorist organizations:
		- Black Zero who appeared in *World of Krypton* miniseries (1988) by John Byrne and Mike Mignola. Acting as a "clone liberation movement", they were responsible for destroying Kandor and acting as a catalyst for the future destruction of Krypton.
		- A second Black Zero group appeared in the novel *Superman: Infinite City* (2005).
* Black Zero was also used as a name of elite Kryptonian military force, under the command of Ursa. The unit, except for Ursa, was killed by Brainiac when defending Kandor. The unit appeared in *Action Comics* Annual #12 (August 2009).
* Black Zero is also the name of the computer virus created by the terrorist group, whic was dormant in the Kryptonian technology used to create the Fortress of Solitude. The virus appeared as an enemy to Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes and attempted to destroy Earth, but was removed and destroyed by Brainiac 5. The virus appeared in a 1997 one-shot *Superman Plus/Legion of Super-Heroes* #1.

## References

1. ↑ Goldberg, Ian, Goyer, David S. (writers), Donnelly, Ciaran & McCarthy, Colm (directors) (March 21, 2018). "Pilot". *Krypton*. Season 1. Episode 1. Syfy.
2. ↑ Tucker, Nadria (writer), Shill, Steve (director) (April 4, 2018). "The Rankless Initiative". *Krypton*. Season 1. Episode 3. Syfy.
3. ↑ Kob, David (writer), Roskin, Marc (director) (May 9, 2018). "Savage Night". *Krypton*. Season 1. Episode 8. Syfy.
4. ↑ Fiveash, Chad and Stoteraux, James (writers), Ettlin, Lukas (director) (May 16, 2018). "Hope". *Krypton*. Season 1. Episode 9. Syfy.
5. ↑ Fiveash, Chad & Stoteraux, James & Welsh, Cameron (writers), Donnelly, Ciaran (director) (May 23, 2018). "The Phantom Zone". *Krypton*. Season 1. Episode 10. Syfy.