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Some might get into thatGeneralZodseesSupermanas his biggest foe due to their fighting over the years , but that ’s not really true . WhileZod dislikes Superman , his hatred for Superman is due to Superman ’s founder , Jor - El , whose defeat of Zod haunts him to this very day . Now , fan have found out how deep that hate go .
After the late United Planets treaty , Zod was present a planet to rule over . Now , inKneel Before Zod # 1,Zod has begun work to create more Kryptoniansthrough cloning and is also rail the locals of his major planet into a military military unit . One of the major things that is drive Zod to do this is his open contention with Jor - El , Superman ’s father .
In the issue , Zod is testify indicate against a delusion of Jor - El , who mocks Zod for no longer have any real direction , for being a soldier without a war . Zod dismisses this , but it quickly becomes manifest that he truly believes he ’s talking to his old foe . Even as he rebuilds a world in his double , Zod is being drag down by his obsessive hatred to the point that even his grasp on realness is mistake . The issue come from Joe Casey , Dan McDaid , David Baron , and Troy Peteri .
Joe Casey revealed recently that Michael Shannon ’s character as General Zod was an influence for his and Dan McDaid ’s upcoming series Kneel Before Zod .
Zod Argues With The Phantom Of Jor-El
Superman’s ‘Nemesis’ Is Still More Obsessed with His Father
One of the region of Krypton ’s history that ’s oft - forgotten is the fact that Jor - El and Dru - Zod were originally on honorable terms . Jor - El was one of the head of the science guild and General Zod was one of the major headspring of the military guild . Jor - El himself stated that they had been friends for the bulk of their lives . Zod even stop up save Jor - El ’s life during a failed assassination effort to attach control of the House of El . But this friendship only made their late contention more potent , and eventuallyZod grew to hate the House of Elso much that even after subsist Krypton ’s destruction and outliving his enemy , he felt compelled to assail Superman again and again in an endeavor to continue the contention with his father .
While General Zod is one of Superman ’s most celebrated villains , the Man of Steel is simply stand in for his father in Zod ’s mind . Zod is so severe because he can never defeat the one human race who rightfully beat him , locking him in the Phantom Zone and leave him powerless as Krypton was destroy . While even Lex Luthor has recentlycome to see Superman as an ally , Zod can never truly reconcile with the Man of Steel for longsighted , as there ’s nothing Kal - El can do to reply Zod ’s need to ' perplex ' his sire .
As New Kandor rises and Zod stand on the precipice of the victory he ’s always claimed to want , he is still haunt with Jor - El , asall his doubts and flaws express themselves through the epitome of a Isle of Man he can never forgive . General Zodis struggle firmly to become a Maker , but as this preview shows , his biggest vault is his hate forSuperman ’s father - a flaw which may take his full empire crumbling to the primer , exit him a guided missile destroyer once again .
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