Ursa (Donnerverse)

**Ursa** is An Co-Conspirator Person of General-Zod during His Kryptonian Attempt to Permanently Take Control of The Planet Krypton. She had an unquenchable hatred of all men, except Dur-Zod.

## History

### The Phantom-Zone Imprisonment

Ursa was banished to the Phantom Zone along with General Zod and Non by Jor-El for attempting to overthrow the planet Krypton's government. They survived the planet's destruction and were blown off course in the same direction as Jor-El's son, towards Earth.

### Somehow Being Freed from The Phanom Zone

The explosion of a hydrogen bomb launched into space by Superman hit the Phantom Zone holding Ursa and the others, destroying it and releasing them, who went to Earth's moon. There they killed several US astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts. Upon reaching Earth's moon, they discovered that they had extraordinary powers given to them by the yellow star in that system. The trio attacked a lunar module and headed toward its source planet, Earth. Ursa took a patch from a cosmonaut and added it a trophy to her black Kryptonian uniform.

### Conquering Earth-With-General Zod

Ursa began terrorizing the cities and even killing civilians. **She aided General Zod taking over the president's office, but the president told them that Superman would never kneel before him. Lex Luthor infiltrated the White House to inform them that Earth's champion wa actually For-El's son. Luthor used his information to manipulate Zod's hatred and bargain for the right to rule over Australia. Luthor revealed that Superman's lover worked at the Daily Planet in downtown Metropolis and led Krptonians there to draw Superman out for a fight. Once the battle began, Zod instructed Ursa and Non to attack civilians, realizing this was his weakness. Superman flew from the city and retreated back to his Fortress of Solitude, hoping to draw them away from destroying a populated area. Luthor then rode on her Ursa's back as he showed them the way to the hidden Fortress, which she disliked and immediately knocked him off upon arrival.**

### **Loss Of Powers** and **Regular Kryptonian Incarceration on The Planet Earth**

Superman tricked the three Kryptonians with multiple holograms, but when he had him in a headlock, Ursa threatened to tear Lois Lane 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 one of the slanted walls, where he slid to the ground level, powerless. Likewise, Lois turned around and punched Ursa, sending her to join the General past the fog veil. Ursa, Non, Zod and Luthor were later arrested by the U.S. Arctic Patrol. Ursa was presumably taken to a female prison and held accountable for her actions by the United Nations.**

## Powers and Abilities

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

* **Super Strength:** When Ursa is directly exposed to sunlight his strength levels are greatly increased.
* **Flight:** She is capable of self-propelled flight.
* **Invulnerability:** Ursa is immune to human illnesses and bullets bounce off her. Ursa is also highly resistant to energy-based attacks.
* **Super Healing:** When Ursa *is* wounded, she heals quickly if not instantaneously.
* **Super Speed:** Ursa can run at speeds faster than the speed of sound. She emits an aura when using his super speed.
* **Super Stamina:** Ursa can run for long periods of time without getting tired.
* **Super Hearing:** Ursa can hear indirect whispers and both sides of telephone conversations.
* **Super Breath:** Her breath is powerful enough to freeze water solid.
* **Super Vision:** Ursa has the ability to see things miles away.
	+ **Heat Vision:** Ursa can also project force with her heat vision.

## Weakness

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

* **Green Kryptonite Radiation:** Green Kryptonian Meteor that Somehow Renders Ursa on Become Physically Weak and Also Painfully Ill.

## Information

Despite the name, Man of Steel's Faora seems to be at least as inspired by another Kryptonian who was born on the big screen. When we're introduced to Zod in Superman: The Movie, Jor-El is condemning him to the Phantom Zone with his two confederates, who were created just for the movie: Ursa (Sarah Douglas) and Non (Jack O'Halloran). The three of them escaped the Phantom Zone in Superman II, and with some help from Lex Luthor, they tried to take over the Earth, with Ursa collecting trophies from the mortals she beat the snot out of, until Superman took away their powers with one of the Kryptonian gadgets from his Fortress of Solitude. **Donner and Johns brought Ursa and Non into the comics universe in a story that coincided with the releases of the Donner Cut of Superman II and the Donner-inspired Superman Returns. They made some changes in the process. Most disturbingly, Non's characterization as Zod's dumb muscle became much more literal: He had been a brilliant scientist and Jor-El's mentor until the Kryptonian Science Council lobotomized him as punishment for rebelling against them.**