Non

> Non, you are as without thought as you are without voice.
>
> Kryptonian Science Council, Superman II

**Non** was one of the most dangerous criminals on the planet Krypton, serving mostly as a strongman lackey for General Zod due to his lack of intelligence. / **Non** was a Kryptonian warrior who served General Zod. He stood only for wanton chaos and violence. Apparently unable to speak, he communicated with strange guttural sounds. / **Non** was General Zod and Ursa's lacky. He appeared to be a mute, and according to Jor-El, his only means of expression were wanton violence and destruction. He was imprisoned at the same time as Zod and Ursa, and was freed with them.

## Appearances

### **Movie**

*Superman: The Movie*
*Superman II* (*Donner Cut*)
*Superman*
*Superman II*

## Actors/Actresses

### **Portrayed by**

Jack O'Halloran

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## History

He along with Ursa joined with Zod in an attempt to take over Krypton, only to be defeated and sentenced by the Council to eternal imprisonment in the Phantom Zone, where they would no longer be a threat to anyone. As the gateway to the Phantom Zone swallowed the three criminals into that world, Non pounded uselessly against the gateway in order to escape. / Non was banished to the Phantom Zone along with General Zod and Ursa by Jor-El for their crimes in attempting to take over the planet Krypton. They survive the planet's destruction and are blown off course in the same direction as Jor-El's son, towards Earth.

Years later, a nuclear device that was thrown into space by Superman had detonated close to where the gateway of the Phantom Zone was headed, causing the gateway to fracture and release the three criminals trapped in it. Non along with Zod and Ursa headed toward the moon, where they easily killed three astronauts just by their physical strength. They soon headed for the Earth, where they discovered they had great powers, as Ursa found out when a snake struck her that she could emit heat beams from her eyes. However, Non was unable to use his heat vision as effectively or as easily as his comrades and needed to practice. They proceeded toward the small town of ***Houston***, Idaho and there terrorized its citizens with the use of their powers, eventually bringing the U.S. military forces into the fray to try stopping them, but finding their weapons useless. Zod, Ursa, and Non then traveled to ***Washington, D.C.*** and forced the President of the United States to surrender to him in exchange for his life. When the President pleaded for Superman to come to his aid on live television, Zod challenged Superman to come and face him, not knowing that at the time that he had his powers stripped away by the molecule chamber in the Fortress of Solitude.

After days of impatient waiting, Zod, Ursa, and Non see Lex Luthor appear in the Oval Office, revealing to them that Superman is indeed the son of Jor-El, their jailer. They plan to converge upon Superman in Metropolis, where they hold Lois Lane and Superman's other friends at the ***Daily Planet*** hostage. Superman then shows up, daring for Zod to come "step outside", and he, Ursa, and Non engage him in combat throughout the entire city. However, Superman sees that the three Phantom Zone criminals are endangering the citizens of Metropolis in their flight and so flees, making them think he is a coward. As the Kryptonians and Lex Luthor decide to follow Superman to his Fortress of Solitude, Ursa decides to take Lois Lane along as a hostage.

Soon the five of them reach the Fortress, where Superman engages the Phantom Zone criminals without harming anyone else. But when Superman manages to grab Zod from behind, Ursa and Non both grab Lois, threatening to tear her limbs off if Superman did not let go, causing him to relent. Superman has Lex Luthor trick Zod into having Kal-El be put into the molecule chamber where he would lose all his powers again as Lois tearfully watches. But as Superman emerges from the chamber and bows before Zod, he takes Zod's hand and crushes it, proving that he had changed the chamber so that he would be protected while the Phantom Zone criminals lost their powers. Zod and Non then fell into the abyss, and Ursa followed as Lois Lane punched her in the face.

The explosion of a hydrogen bomb launched into space by Superman hits the Phantom Zone holding Non and the others, destroying it and releasing himself, Zod 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. Non killed a ***young boy*** with a red police siren.

He aided General Zod taking over the president's office, but the president told Zod 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 Metropolis. 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 Non and the others to the fortress.

Superman tricked the Kryptonian trio 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 setting of 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 their powers. 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 into one of the slanted walls, where he slid to the ground level, powerless. Non then attempted to fly to Superman to attack him, but without his powers, he also slid past the security fog to the ground. Superman contacted the ***U.S. Arctic Patrol*** who arrested the Kryptonian criminals outside the Fortress shortly thereafter.

### Weaknesses

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* Template:Natural Lower Intellect: In Non's particular case, his lack of intelligence proved to be a weakness.

## Powers and abilities

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

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

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

## Weakness

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

* **Green kryptonite** renders Non physically weak and painfully ill.

## Notes

* The role of Non was portrayed by Jack O'Halloran in the ***1978*** film *Superman (Movie)* and the 1981 sequel *Superman II*.

## Gallery

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## Relationships

* Kal-El/Superman/Clark Joseph Kent - Enemy.
* Lex Luthor - Ally.
* General Zod - Boss.
* Ursa - Boss.
* Jor-El - Enemy.

### Allies

* Zod
* Ursa

### Enemies

* Jor-El - jailer
* Willy † - victim
* Lex Luthor - former ally

## Appearances/Actors

* Donnerverse (3 films)
	+ *Superman: The Movie* (First appearance) - Jack O'Halloran
	+ *Superman II* - Jack O'Halloran
		- *Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut* - Jack O'Halloran

## Trivia

* Loosely based on the pre-Crisis Phantom Zone villain character Quex-Ul.Template:Citation
* Made his first videogame appearance in *Superman (NES)* for the NES.
* Onscreen, Non is never actually referred to by his name. He is simply called "this mindless aberration".
* Non was based on Quex-Ul.