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*The second was the head of the Kryptonian military in an artificial Krypton created by [[Brainiac (comics)|Brainiac]]-13. Like the original, he held the Kryptonian equivalent of fascist beliefs, and sent aliens to the ghetto city of [[Kandor]]. He planned a military coup, but was defeated by Superman and the [[Jor-El]] of that Krypton.

*The third General Zod to exist in current continuity is a [[Russia]]n who was affected prior to his birth by [[Kryptonitekryptonite]] radiation, because he was the son of two cosmonauts whose ship was too close to Kal-El's rocket. As a result, he is unnaturally weak, but has superpowers under a red sun (which leads Superman to lose his). He grew up in a KGB laboratory, under the name Zed. Apparently spoken to by the spirit of the Pocket Universe Zod, he created a suit of red armour that filtered the sunlight, and declared himself ruler of the former Soviet state of Pokolistan.<br>After several inconclusive encounters with Superman, he revealed his long range plan: turning the sun red and taking Superman's place. This was temporarily successful, until [[Lex Luthor]] rescued Superman, gave him a blast of yellow solar radiation to regain his powers, and worked to restore the Sun. Superman returned to battle Zod, but refused to kill him. However, when the sun reverted to yellow, Zod still struck Superman with all his power, and was killed.

*Recently, [[Brian Azzarello]] penned a twelve-issue run of ''Superman'' (#204-#215) pencilled by [[Jim Lee]]. It introduces a fourth version of General Zod, similar to the earlier pocket universe version. This Zod resides in the Phantom Zone alone, and resents Superman for tampering with the Zone. This Zod is not from a pocket universe or alternate dimension: he comes from the same Krypton as Superman and was exiled to the Phantom Zone by Superman's father Jor-El.