Michael Shannon, Actor: The Shape of Water. • General Zod appears in the 1988 animated series Superman episode "The Hunter", voiced by René Auberjonois. After several inconclusive encounters with Superman, he revealed his long-range plan to turn the sun red and take Superman's place. : Lara Lor-Van And not a day goes by that it does not haunt me. We could have built a new Krypton in … 2. : This General Zod (born Avruiskin) is a Russian who was affected before his birth by Kryptonite radiation, since he was the son of two cosmonauts whose ship was too close to Kal-El's rocketship. General Zod We'll sever the degenerative bloodlines that led us to this state. Acknowledging that he could neither afford to leave them on the now-dead pocket Earth to let them die on their own nor imprison them on his world, Superman was forced to execute them with Green Kryptonite. : When he was a young boy, Zod and his parents traveled to Krypton's wilderness in order to discover new creatures. [9], General Zod appeared in the Superman: Last Son storyline (written by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner, the director of Superman: The Movie and most of Superman II). You are not alone... My name is General Zod. And every action I take, no matter how violent or how cruel, is for the greater good of my people. His grandfather was entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon. With assistance from his traditional enemies Lex Luthor, Metallo, Parasite and Bizarro, Superman takes on Zod's army. After publishing its sequel to Crisis on Infinite Earths, Infinite Crisis (2005), DC reintroduced the real General Zod in its 2006-2008 storyline Superman: Last Son. [4], A second incarnation of General Zod was introduced in the 2001 storyline "Return to Krypton"; this Zod was portrayed as that of an alternate reality that was created by the character Brainiac 13. Tell me, you have Jor-El's memories; his conscience. I come from a world far from yours. Because he was trained in fighting arts long before receiving his abilities, he typically has an edge over Superman's brawling skills, over-reliance on superhuman strength, and basic knowledge of advanced human and Kryptonian hand-to-hand combat. The storyline ends with the planet's destruction, leading Zod to declare war on Earth, sparking the "War of the Supermen" storyline. In the later "New Krypton" arc storyline however, Zod is freed from the Phantom Zone once again by Supergirl's mother Alura. None persisted in DC continuity. Eventually, the character was reintroduced the DC Multiverse with black hair and a goatee beard. Zod was originally one of a number of Kryptonian villains trapped in the Phantom Zone. Martha Kent This character was portrayed by Michael Shannon as the main villain in Zack Snyder's film, Man of Steel (2013). : Yes! Zod first appeared in Adventure Comics #283 (April 1961). : : This council has been disbanded! Jor-El | : I have journeyed across an ocean of stars to reach you. : The first Zod to be introduced following Crisis on Infinite Earths was the Zod of a so-called "pocket universe" resembling the universe in which the comics took place; this allowed for a "Kryptonian" Zod to be introduced while maintaining Superman's status as the last of his race in the universe proper. What I should have done years ago! [33] Pop-culture website IGN.com ranked General Zod as #30 on their list of the "Top 100 Comic Book Villains". You have abandoned the principles that bound us together. Despite their past, neither seems prepared to behave with marked aggression toward the other. So we can suffer through years of pain, trying to adapt like your son has? Technical Specs, [Holding dust in his hand talking to Superman], Rankings List Of All 31 MCU & DCEU Movies 2008-2023. Look at this.
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