Dru-Zod (Earth-40)

This article is based on the character who appeared in the JSA: The Unholy Three miniseries. As the character has yet to appear officially in mainstream comics, this can be considered a rough outline. Any discrepancies will be dealt with as they come up.

Character History
Zod inhabited his universe's version of Krypton, a planet which approximated the human idea of utopia. However, Zod began showing psychopathic tendencies - while just a child, he released a virus that killed dozens. Given the severity of his actions, and the lack of any remorse, he was sentenced to the Phantom Zone - the first child on Krypton to merit such treatment.

On Earth, during the 1940s, the American government received word that the Nazis were working on teleportation research. Eager to get ahead, they attempted their own project. Unfortunately, the equipment overheated, producing no portal, but plucking the boy Zod out of the Phantom Zone. Feigning amnesia, Zod was given to a Kansas family and raised, as "Clark Kent", with Army supervision. When he developed his superpowers, he kept their full extent secret.

As Earth had a number of superhuman espionage agents already, Zod was trained for this role. Under the codename 'Super-Man', he was sent into Eastern Europe with the Bat and the Clock. He fought Parasite and Steelwolf, while investigating his sole weakness: a nuclear device the Russians had created. Finding his information, he incapatitated or killed several agents and headed into Russia to destroy the device. However, he was ultimately killed before he could finish the job.

Powers and abilities

 * Kryptonian powers - Zod had all the powers of a Kryptonian placed under a yellow sun.


 * Limited espionage training


 * Killer instinct

Weaknesses

 * Magic


 * Psionics


 * Additionally, in the event of his universe's version of Krypton exploding, he would be vulnerable to kryptonite from it