Ursa

> General Zod does not take orders! He gives them.
>
> **Ursa**, Superman II

Ursa was one of the most dangerous criminals on the planet Krypton, her hatred for man made her even a threat to children she came across. / **Ursa** was an accomplice of General Zod during his attempt to overthrow the government of Krypton. She was known for her unreasoning hatred of all mankind, minus Zod and their lackey, Non. She was imprisoned in the Phantom Zone with Zod and Non, and she was released with them.

## Appearances

### **Movie**

*Superman*
*Superman II*

## Actors/Actresses

### **Portrayed by**

Sarah Douglas

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## History

She along with Non joined with General 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, Ursa uselessly pleaded for forgiveness.

### 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.

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. Ursa along with Zod and Non 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. 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. As Zod and Non fell into the abyss, Lois Lane punched Ursa in the face and she also fell into the abyss.

### 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 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 incarceration on 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.

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* **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.

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* **Heat vision:** Ursa can also project force with her heat vision.
* **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.

### Powers

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

## Gallery

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## Relationships

* Kal-El/Superman - Enemy.
* Lex Luthor - Ally and lacky.
* General Zod - Ally.
* Non - Lacky.
* Lois Lane - Enemy.
* Jor-El - Enemy.

## Appearances/Actresses

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

## Behind the scenes

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Actress Caroline Munro turned down the opportunity to play Ursa in *Superman* in favor of her role as Naomi in the 1977 James Bond film *The Spy Who Loved Me*.

## Notes

* Ursa was portrayed by Sarah Douglas in the ***1978*** film *Superman* and the 1980 sequel *Superman II (Movie)*.
* Ursa fills a role similar to that of Faora Hu-Ul, a female Phantom Zone prisoner who worked alongside General Zod in comic book continuity at the time the film was produced.
* A deleted scene shows Ursa, General Zod and Non having survived their fall and taken into custody by the police.
* In the Donner Cut, when Superman turns back time to avoid the devastation of the planet, Ursa and the others are re-imprisoned in the Phantom Zone.

## Trivia

* Ursa was almost undoubtedly based on the character of Faora from the Pre-Crisis Superman comics. She was a Phantom Zone villain who first appeared in Action Comics #471 (May, 1977). Like Ursa, she hates males and is in fact sentenced to the Phantom Zone for "wantonly causing the death of 23 Kryptonian men in her own male concentration camp". Since she is from Krypton it is most likely she is vulnerable to Kryptonite.
* Made her first videogame appearance in *[Superman (NES)* for the NES.

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