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Summary

General Zodhas always been one ofSuperman’smost dangerous villains , but his account has often been a mystery . Now , in his first put up - alone comic series , readers are give a deep dive into his yesteryear , including the first time the House of Zod and the House of El bilk course .

lector can see Dru - Zod ’s childhood inKneel Before Zod#5 by Joe Casey and Dan McDaid . In a prevue for this issuing , lector see a flashback to Dru - Zod ’s childhood , where he is exiled from his sept so as to understand the brutality of the universe first hand .

Zod react to this brutal taskby using a sunlight stone that he heats , using the lava falls of Krypton , to cut up the House of Zod ’s symbol into his chest . This is where Zod first meets Jor - El , and unbeknown to both of them , their lot are draw from that moment on .

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The First Meeting Between General Zod and Jor-El Is Finally Revealed

Zod Has Hated The El Family For Decades

Dru - Zod was in the beginning a villain to Superman only for a very introductory reason : when Zod was first introduced , he wasa Kryptonian criminal who had been imprisoned in the Phantom Zoneby Jor - El . With Jor - El long dead , Zod brings his vengeance down on Supermaninstead , as Kal - El is the last living descendent of Jor - El ’s family . It was a dead fine and canonic motivating for the clip , but as DC ’s traditional knowledge got richer over the X , Dru - Zod ’s backstory has long needed more flesh out , and it seems that readers are at long last going to get that thick prima donna they ’ve been crave .

Zod is the only Superman baddie with an intimate connection not just with Superman ’s inheritance from Krypton , but with Superman ’s immediate menage as well .

Dru - Zod and Jor - El have been in each other ’s living for quite a while . Readers have gotten to see flashbacks of Dru - Zod and Jor - El ’s sentence together as grownup before , such as the timeJor - El forge the Phantom Zoneand Dru - Zod began using it to imprison criminals . Jor - El was dismay at this diligence of his invention , and after Dru - Zod tried to overthrow the Kryptonian counsel , Jor - El was the one who imprisoned Zod inside the Phantom Zonenext . This was a center - break choice for Jor - El as the two had become quite close friend , and readers are seeing where that friendship started in this approaching issuing .

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Zod’s Hatred Of Superman Came From His Relationship With Jor-El

Zod Has A Complicated History With The El Family

Zod is the only Superman scoundrel with an inner connection not just with Superman ’s heritage from Krypton , but with Superman ’s quick kinsfolk as well . Zod clear has unresolved issues with Jor - El , as he continue to hallucinate Jor - El even to this day . It ’s probable one of the reasons Zod is still so fixated on Jor - El will be let out in this issue , with readers get their first ever search into the brutal childhood of Dru - Zod . While it ’s unlikelyGeneral Zodwill ever break hatingSupermanand his family , this issue may just shed light on where that hatred truly depart .

Kneel Before Zod # 5is available May 7th from DC Comics !

KNEEL BEFORE ZOD # 5 ( 2024 )

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The icon who launched the entire world of superheroes , the last Logos of Krypton get away his dying globe to go down nation on Earth and be raised as Clark Kent . The world knows him well as Superman , the Man of Steel , the drawing card of the Justice League , and the most well - known Heron in the DC Comics Universe . bless with the powers of a demigod , Kal - El of Krypton fights foe both small and cosmic in his endless pursuit of the true , justice , and a better tomorrow .

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Superman in front of General Zod sitting on a throne of kryptonite.

Kneel Before Zod 5 Main Cover: Shirtless General Zod in high tech chains.

Superman Deflecting Bullets in Comic Art by Jorge Jimenez

The icon who launched the entire world of superheroes, the last son of Krypton escaped his dying world to crash land on Earth and be raised as Clark Kent. The world knows him better as Superman, the Man of Steel, the leader of the Justice League, and the most well-known hero in the DC Comics Universe. Blessed with the powers of a demigod, Kal-El of Krypton fights enemies both small and cosmic in his endless pursuit of truth, justice, and a better tomorrow.

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