General Zod

A hero is defined by their villains, and the world of superhero comic books is filled with some of the scariest and silliest bad guys around. Rogues’ Gallery aims to settle the score and determine who is the true arch-nemesis for some of your favorite superheroes, and we need your help to do it! You voted to see who the ultimate Superman villain was, and we’ve tabulated the results and assembled a video counting down the definitive top 10. Did your favorite make this list? There’s only one way to find out!

  People have OPINIONS about Man of Steel, but one thing I think fans can all agree on is that it was pretty tasteful of the movie not to make actor Michael Shannon echo Terence Stamp's iconic "Kneel before Zod" line from Superman II. Or maybe the movie could've used it? Whatever the case, now fans can recreate or totally not recreate whatever scenes they want from MoS thanks to Hot Toys

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It's kind of weird when your generation takes over. I just saw a movie made by a guy who obviously grew up with all the same stuff I did. It's as if the movie was made based on my own notes on what I'd like to see in a Superman movie, but getting exactly what you ask for isn't the same as getting what you want.

If you're mad about the ending of Man of Steel, particularly the one event that seems to have most touched a nerve with some Superman fans, don't lay the blame at the feet of co-plotter and producer Christopher Nolan. At least, not all of it.

A few folks (including Daredevil writer Mark Waid and ComicsAlliance's Chris Sims) have referred to elements of director Zack Snyder's Man of Steel as "disaster porn," but just how much damage is actually dealt by Superman, Zod and company in the movie?

While Square Enix wasn't quite ready to unveil its Man of Steel Play Arts Kai figures during Toy Fair 2013, the toymaker has finally posted official product images of Superman and his Kryptonian foe General Zod. Modeled in the likenesses of stars Henry Cavill and Michael Shannon, respectively, each of the roughly 9...

The Man of Steel website updated on Sunday night with this heavily distorted transmission from General Zod. The clip could constitute some manner of SPOILER for the new Superman film, so click on at your own risk. It's probably too soon to say but it seems from this clip that Man of Steel will flip the script on the classic Zod-Superman story, with Michael Shannon's Zod being the pursuer of Kal-E

The folks over at ComicBookMovie have grabbed seven new images from director Zack Snyder's Man of Steel out of Entertainment Weekly's summer preview issue. They offer fans a slightly clearer look at characters only briefly seen in the trailers: namely Michael Shannon as General Zod and Russell Crowe as Jor-El...

The Man of Steel movie's June 14, 2013 release date is still a temporal leap over a tall building away, but for those seeking more info about the film's plot, have heart - a set of early leaked Mattel toy commercials may reveal new info about the threat Superman will face...