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Warning ! moderate spoilers for Kneel Before Zod # 1 !
Summary
Supermanfirst and long forget kid may be making his rejoinder in a truly sad way . Chris Kent debuted long before the New 52 reboot , and before he was take in by Lois and Clark , he was known as Lor - Zod , the child of Superman ’s scourge . Now , as General Zod move ahead with his plan on New Krypton , a heated central with his own son — a newer reading of Lor — gives him a flash of whom Lor - Zod once was and whom he might become again .
reader can see a glimmer of Lor - Zod ’s past inKneel Before Zod#1 by Joe Casey and Dan McDaid . After Lor - Zod disobeys Zod ’s orders and begins explore a forbidden sphere of the planet , the two have a heated confrontation . Lor - Zod consider that his father is growing soft and is n’t as brutal as their people demand him to be .
This leads to the two trading blows , and while Zod easily overpowers his wayward Word , there is a single moment whereZod sees Superman in place of Lor - Zod . While Zod is able-bodied to easily shake this off , there could be major implication for him seeing this that touch on to DC ’s more recent persistence resets .
General Zod is one of Superman ’s most life-threatening enemies , but it ’s not in reality the Man of Steel who drive the Kryptonian warrior .
Lor-Zod Still Exists, but the Memory of Chris Kent Might Also Be Returning
When Lor - Zod first appeared in funny books , he was trapped in the Phantom Zone with his parent , Ursa and Zod . Eventually , Lor - Zod elude and was adopted by Clark Kent and Lois Lane . Lor - Zod was then renamed toChris Kent , Superman ’s draw a blank Logos . Chris Kent was Superman and Lois ' first child , and his adoption was an important second in their account . Chris come from opprobrious parents and found a loving dwelling . He discover that someone is n’t define by their biological kinsfolk , and under Clark and Lois , he became a true hero , sacrificing himself to preserve Earth when Zod escaped the Phantom Zone . Now , with reality once again reset , it seems Lor - Zod has terminate up as a baddie just like his Padre — but there may still be good in him .
After the events ofInfinite Frontier , DC announced that everything is once again canon — a wholesale statement that leaves a lot of way for contradictory events . It ’s possible that Zod remembers fragment of the history wherein Lor - Zod sided with Superman , and that ’s why he view a instant of Superman in his Word . Lor - Zod may live on , but Chris Kent is sadly only a memory in the DCU . Another interpretation , however , is that while Lor - Zod is vicious now , the core lesson of his character has n’t been lose . Chris Kent ’s original character bear witness that someone ’s biologic family does n’t delineate who they ’ll become . While Lor - Zod is a villain now , Chris Kent was a Italian sandwich in Superman ’s family , and Lor might become a hoagie again given enough prison term .
Superman’s First Son Lives on in Zod’s Child
The original first stride to Lor - Zod becoming a Cuban sandwich was him gravel away from Zod and finding himself in the world . This was originally achieved with Lor - Zod escaping the Phantom Zone and being split up from his father , but inKneel Before Zod , he ’s exile from New Krypton to demonstrate his strength by Zod . While DC has alreadyannounced theSinister Sonscomic , Lor - Zod does n’t have to remain sinister . He may be starting from a dissimilar place , but he could still finish up in the same place as the pre - fresh 52 Chris Kent . If Lor - Zod is given the time and the choices , he may very well try himself a hero again , just like his once - adoptive father , Superman .
KNEEL BEFORE ZOD # 1 ( 2024 )
Kneel Before Zod#1is usable now from DC Comics !
