Dru-Zod

> Kneel before Zod!
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> Zod, Superman II

> You **will** bow down before me, Jor-El! I swear it! No matter that it takes an eternity! You **will** bow down before me! **Both you, and then, one day, your heirs**!
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> **Zod**

> Kneel before Zod!
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> General Zod, Superman II

**Zod** was a Kryptonian that was once trusted by the Kryptonian Science Council. Eventually, he tried to take over the planet, unfortunately he was captured by Jor-El along with his allies, Ursa and Non. For the insurrection, the three of them were banished to the Phantom Zone. They were freed thyears later when Jor-El's son, Superman, threw a nuclear missile into space that exploded so close to the portal that Non, Ursa, and Zod were trapped in, that they escaped. / General **Zod** is a Kryptonian terrorist who escaped Krypton's destruction and attempted to conquer Earth, becoming one of Superman's most dangerous enemies.Template:Superman-Pentalogy:Character

## Biography

### *Superman: The Movie*

Zod along with Ursa and Non were banished to the Phantom Zone by Jor-El for their crimes.
General Zod was banished to the Phantom Zone along with his followers Non and Ursa by Jor-El for their crimes in attempting to take over the planet Krypton. Although that banished them from Krypton, it also saved them from the forthcoming destruction. The 2-dimensional prison floated through space, eventually heading in the same direction as baby Kal-El's rocket: Earth. / With his Kryptonian confederates Ursa and Non, the Kryptonian Science Council sentences all three of them to banishment in the Phantom Zone.

### *Superman II*

An explosion in space shatters the portal to the Phantom Zone setting the Kryptonians free. Immediately gifted with superhuman abilities from Earth's yellow sun, they set down on the moon where they encounter an International team of astronauts. From listening to the Astronauts' broadcast, Zod mistakenly believes that the name of their home planet was Houston.

From there, Zod, Ursa and Non fly to "Planet Houston" where they learn that the son of Jor-El (the man responsible for imprisoning them) is living under the pseudonym, Superman. Hungry for new worlds to conquer, Zod quickly takes control of the United States, and sets up a base of operations at the White House. With the aid of criminal mastermind Lex Luthor, he learns of Superman's attachment to Lois Lane and the location of his Fortress of Solitude.

Superman squares off with Zod and the others in a massive brawl that nearly destroys Metropolis. Their fight eventually brings all of the combatants, as well as Lois and Lex Luthor, to the Fortress of Solitude for their final confrontation. There, Superman tricks the three Kryptonians into entering a special Red-Sun chamber that robs them of their powers. Superman finishes Zod off by throwing him against a wall adjacent to a deep catacomb. No longer with the ability to fly, General Zod falls into the fog.

General Zod is the main antagonist of the movie.

The explosion of a hydrogen bomb launched into space by Superman hits the Phantom Zone by chance, destroying it and releasing Zod, Ursa, and Non, who went to Earth. They discovered that they had the exact same powers as Superman, and naturally used them for evil, terrorizing the cities and even killing a few innocents.<

Zod took over the president's office, but the president told him that Superman would never kneel before him. Lex Luthor joined forces with them, offering to tell them the location of the Fortress of Solitude, but eventually they decided to kill him. Superman came to stop them from terrorizing the city. Their attacks were able to affect each other, but in the end, Superman was outnumbered and lost, with Zod threatening to kill innocent people, and Superman flew back to the fortress. Luthor led Zod and his gang to the fortress. Superman tricked Zod and his gang with multiple holograms, but when he had him in a headlock, Ursa threatened to tear Lois limb from limb unless Superman released him. Luthor seemingly joined forces with Superman, who then told him to get Zod and his gang into the molecular chamber that would take away the powers of any Kryptonian. Luthor then told Zod about this, and Zod, threatening to kill innocent people otherwise, forced Superman to enter, with Luthor activating the device. However, Superman, knowing Luthor was going to double cross him, switched the device so that its rays would affect those outside it and not inside; therefore Superman was safe while Zod, Ursa, and Non were stripped of all power. Zod made Superman kneel before him and told him to take his hand and swear eternal loyalty. Superman crushed Zod's hand, picked him up, and threw him into a wall, where he fell into an icy abyss to his death.

The explosion of a hydrogen bomb, launched into space by Superman, hits the Phantom Zone holding General Zod and his followers. It is destroyed, releasing himself, Non and Ursa, who went to Earth's moon. There they kill several US astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts. Upon reaching "planet Houston", they discovered that they had the exact same powers as Superman, and naturally used them for evil, terrorizing the cities and even killing a few civilians.

General Zod took over the president's office, but the president told him that Superman would never kneel before him. Lex Luthor joined forces with them, offering to tell them the location of the Fortress of Solitude, but eventually they decided to kill him. Superman came to stop them from terrorizing the city, but in the end, Superman was outnumbered and lost. With Zod threatening to kill innocent people, Superman flew back to the Fortress.

Luthor led Zod and his gang to the Fortress. Superman tricked Zod and his gang with multiple holograms, but when he had him in a headlock, Ursa threatened to tear Lois limb from limb unless Superman released him. Luthor seemingly joined forces with Superman, who then told him to get Zod and his gang into the molecular chamber that would take away the powers of any Kryptonian. Luthor then told Zod about this, and Zod, threatening to kill innocent people otherwise, forced Superman to enter, with Luthor activating the device.

However, Superman, knowing Luthor was going to double cross him, switched the device so that its rays would affect those outside it and not inside; therefore Superman was safe while Zod, Ursa, and Non were stripped of all power. Zod made Superman kneel before him and told him to take his hand and swear eternal loyalty. Superman crushed Zod's hand, picked him up, and threw him into the slanted wall, where he slid to the ground level, powerless. Luthor, Ursa, Non and Zod were later arrested by ***U.S. Arctic Patrol*** outside the fortress.

#### *Donner Cut* Alterations

In this version, it is the missile that Superman threw into space that breaks the Phantom Zone.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* Super Strength
* Super Speed
* Invulnerability
* X-Ray Vision
* Heat Vision
* Super Hearing
* Super Breath
* Flight
* Telekinesis

### Abilities

General Zod's superhuman abilities are powered by the energy of Earth's yellow sun and are identical to Superman's.

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* **Super strength:** When General Zod is directly exposed to sunlight his strength levels are greatly increased.
* **Flight:** He is capable of self-propelled flight.
* **Invulnerability:** General Zod's invulnerability has also increased with his age. He is immune to human illnesses and bullets bounce off him. General Zod is also highly resistant to energy-based attacks.
* **Super healing:** When General Zod *is* wounded, he heals quickly if not instantaneously.
* **Super speed:** General Zod can run at speeds faster than the speed of sound. He emits an aura when using his superspeed.
* **Super stamina:** General Zod can run for long periods of time without getting tired.
* **Heat vision:** General Zod can also project force with his heat vision.
* **Super hearing:** General Zod can hear indirect whispers and both sides of telephone conversations.
* **Super breath:** His breath is powerful enough to freeze an entire lake.
* **Super vision:** General Zod has the ability to see things miles away.

#### Powers

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* Template:Knownly Energy Projection: In addition to these abilities, Zod also possesses the unexplained ability to generate force beams from his fingers.

#### Abilities

* Template:Intimidation
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## Weaknesses

* Template:Vulnerability to: All Kryptonians are vulnerable to exposure from green Kryptonite. Immediate exposure causes great discomfort, while prolonged exposure will prove fatal.

General Zod is vulnerable to Kryptonite, radioactive remnants of his home planet, Krypton. The known variations of kryptonite affect him in different ways.

* **Kryptonite** renders General Zod physically weak and painfully ill.

## Relationships

* Superman - Enemy.
* Lex Luthor - Ally and lacky.
* Ursa - Ally.
* Non - Lacky.
* Jor-El - Enemy; deceased.

### Allies

* Non - follower
* Ursa - follower

### Enemies

* Jor-El - jailer
* U.S. president
* Superman
* Lex Luthor - former ally

## Appearances/Actors

* Donnerverse (3 films)
	+ *Superman: The Movie* (First appearance) - Terence Stamp
	+ *Superman II* - Terence Stamp
		- *Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut* - Terence Stamp

## Notes

* General Zod was portrayed by Terence Stamp.
* A deleted scene shows General Zod, Ursa and Non having survived their fall and taken into custody.

## Trivia

* Zod's defeat in *Superman II* is referenced in the first episode of season six of Smallville where Zod, possessing Lex Luthor's body, orders Clark to kneel before him and take his hand. Clark does so, pressing a Phantom Zone crystal into his hand, and driving Zod's spirit out of Lex.
* Appeared with Ursa and Non in *Superman (NES)* for the NES.
* In the Donner Cut, when Superman turns back time to avoid the devastation of the planet, Zod and the others are re-imprisoned in the Phantom Zone.

## Creators

Robert Bernstein

George Papp

## Gallery

### Promotional images

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Zod 2.jpgZodProwl.jpgGeneral Zod.jpgGeneralZod.jpgNon and Zod.jpgNon and Zod on the Moon.NonZodUrsa.jpgZod, Non and Ursa infiltrate the White House.SII Zod thumb.jpgPromo image.