There’s one partnership that Superman hasn’t gotten round to but, and it could assist him defeat his most private enemy for good. Fellow Kryptonian Basic Zod additionally has a distaste for one of many Man of Metal’s recurring villains, and a partnership may lastly put a shared nightmare behind them.
Followers know of the devastating calamity that destroyed Superman’s dwelling planet of Krypton. Save for child Kal-El and a handful of different survivors, the Kryptonian individuals have been totally worn out within the explosion. Nonetheless, shortly earlier than Krypton blew up, the bottle metropolis of Kandor was miniaturized and stolen by Superman and Supergirl’s villain, Brainiac. 1000’s of terrified Kryptonians lived for many years underneath the alien’s merciless experiments. The chilling nature of Brainiac’s harvesting different alien civilizations for his personal assortment made him a hated enemy of Superman, who was shocked on the callous method Brainiac has handled the alien cultures.
However Superman isn’t the one one who takes problem with Brainiac. In Motion Comics Annual #12 by Greg Rucka and Pere Pérez, the story of Christopher Kent, Superman’s foster son and solely little one of Basic Zod, is informed. After leaving Superman’s aspect to save lots of the world from his father, Christopher ventured into the Phantom Zone, the place he was pressured to hunt shelter in the identical base that held Zod and his military of Kryptonian criminals. Chris manages to maintain himself off of Zod’s radar, however grows bored by the remoted nature of his new dwelling. Whereas skulking round in the future, Chris discovers a workshop of Zod’s the place it’s revealed that the Man of Metal isn’t the one enemy that occupies the Basic’s thoughts. Brainiac’s thievery of Kandor haunts Zod’s thoughts and many years after his loss, Zod nonetheless research Brainiac tech to raised perceive his enemy.
It’s comprehensible that Basic Zod nonetheless finds himself vexed by the evil Brainiac. Basic Zod efficiently led Krypton’s armies for years, and the Coluan’s assault on Krypton was a blight on his in any other case impeccable document. Whereas Zod has had greater than his justifiable share of points with Superman, the son of Jor-El shares the very same distaste for Brainiac as Basic Zod does. A team-up between the 2 might be what it takes to rid the universe of the evil, alien menace perpetually.
Superman and Basic Zod are clearly mortal enemies, with Zod being fanatically dedicated to Kryptonian supremacy and Clark recognizing the rights of all life. However the villain Brainiac has confirmed himself to be a menace to each males’s values. The plundering of Kandor was a slap within the face to Zod’s honor whereas Brainiac’s mere existence is a menace to harmless lives that Superman simply can’t abide by. They are saying the enemy of an enemy is a pal, and an alliance, even a brief one, between the 2 highly effective Kryptonians might be simply what’s wanted to cease Brainiac’s efforts as soon as and for all. If Superman actually desires to defeat Brainiac, he ought to think about a team-up with another person who equally despises the villain.