native of Kandor and the head of Krypton's Military Guild who initiated a rebellion and formed a battalion called the "Sword of Rao" after becoming dissatisfied with the Law Council's decisions, only to be apprehended and imprisoned in the Phantom Zone. In the present, following Krypton's destruction, the Sword of Rao escape and travel to Earth to find Superman and the Codex, a device containing the genetic code for all future Kryptonians, so Zod can terraform Earth and repopulate the planet with genetically engineered Kryptonians. Ultimately, Superman and the United States Military thwart Zod by sending his forces back to the Phantom Zone while Zod himself battles the former until Superman reluctantly kills Zod to save a family that he threatened to kill. Zod's corpse appears in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. LexCorp takes possession of it, ostensibly to study Kryptonian anatomy and its origins, while Lex Luthor secretly combines the body with his blood and knowledge he stole from an ancient Kryptonian scout ship to create Doomsday. Shannon will reprise his role as Zod in The Flash. Animation An alternate reality incarnation of General Zod appears in flashbacks depicted in Justice League: Gods and Monsters, voiced by Bruce Thomas. This version caused Krypton's destruction while siphoning energy from the planet's core to power his war machine and implanted his DNA into Lara Lor-Van's egg to ensure his legacy survives, leading to the birth of this universe's Superman, Hernan Guerra. General Zod makes a cameo appearance in The Lego Batman Movie. Video games General Zod, alongside Ursa and Non, appears as the collective final boss of Superman. General Zod appears in DC Universe Online, voiced by Alexander Brandon. General Zod appears in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, voiced by Townsend Coleman. General Zod appears as a downloadable playable character in Injustice: Gods Among Us, voiced by Nolan North. Additionally, the DCEU incarnation appears as an alternate skin. In his non-canonical arcade mode ending, one of his fellow inmates teaches him how to create small portals to the Phantom Zone. After escaping, Zod traps High Councilor Superman in the Phantom Zone and takes his place in the One-Earth government with the intention of remaking Earth into Krypton's image. The DCEU incarnation of General Zod appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham via DLC. General Zod appears as a boss in Lego Dimensions, voiced again by