2024s

**2024** was a year in the 21st century.

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* **The Return of Zod:** After the death of Darkseid, At Lex Corp, Lex Luthor checks on Zod's dead body and decided to resurrects him back and used a machine to bring him back from the dead. He escapes from Lex Corp of arrived at The Fortress of Solitude and steels The Phantom Zone Machine and opens The Zone to released members of Zod's army, Ursa and Non and decided to rule Earth and take revenge on Superman.

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* **Superman:** Clark Kent AKA Superman defeated Atomic Skull and let the cops took him away, while his son, Johnathan Kent is 16 years son and his wife, Lois is at work. After work, Clark and Lois have date night and talk about the future and Clark decided it would be okay.

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* **Zod Returns:** Zod and his cohorts travel to the White House and force the President of the United States to surrender. Clark and Lois arrive at a diner, where a trucker named Rocky sexually harasses Lois and beats up Clark but Clark fights back. The fight is interrupted by an urgent news report where the President resigns his office to Zod. When the President pleads for Superman to save the Earth, General Zod demands that Superman come and "kneel before Zod!" Realizing he has made a horrible mistake, Clark returns to the Fortress to see if he can regain his powers.
* **Luthor and Zod Team Up:** Lex Luthor and Teschmacher infiltrate the Fortress of Solitude before Superman and Lois arrive, and Luthor learns of Superman's connection to Jor-El and General Zod. He finds Zod at the White House and tells him Superman is the son of Jor-El, their jailer, and offers to lead him to Superman in exchange for control of Australia. The three Kryptonians ally with Luthor and go to the offices of the *Daily Planet*.
* **Superman Vs. Zod:** Superman arrives, after having found the green crystal that restores his powers, and battles the three. Zod realizes Superman cares for the humans and takes advantage of this by threatening bystanders. Superman realizes the only way to stop Zod and the others is to lure them to the Fortress. Superman flies off, with Zod, Ursa, and Non in pursuit, kidnapping Lois and taking along Luthor. Upon arrival, Zod declares Luthor has outlived his usefulness and plans to kill both him and Superman.
* **The Final Stand Against Zod:** Superman tries to get Luthor to lure the three into the crystal chamber to depower them. However, Luthor, eager to get back in Zod's favor, reveals the chamber's secret to the villains. Zod forces Superman into the chamber and activates it. Afterwards, assuming him deprived of his powers, Zod tells Superman to kneel but John got the machine to The Phantom Zone as Luthor deduces that Superman reconfigured the chamber to expose the trio to red sunlight while Superman was protected from it. Superman trapped the trio in a cell and send them back to The Phantom Zone where they belong.

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* **The Man of Steel:** At the *Daily Planet* the following day, Clark and Lois talked about Zod's defeat and hope Zod will stay in The Phantom Zone. Clark hears a bank being robbed and suits up as Superman and fly away to save the world as The Man of Steel.