Val-Zod
Val-Zod is a male extraterrestrial superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Val-Zod was a male Kryptonian of the House of Zod from the planet Krypton from Earth-2 in the Multiverse.
Becoming the last of his House after his parents' execution by Krypton's court, Val quickly made friends with fellow orphan Kara Zor-El. Moments before Krypton's destruction, Val, Kara, Kal-El and another child managed to escape and survive their planet's destruction thanks to Jor-El and Lara. (Earth 2 v1 #27) During the travels to Earth, Val-Zod learned about his parents' knowledge about violence being the stupidest way to overcome something leading to Val-Zod becoming a pacifist. (Earth 2 v1 #22) Falling to Earth, he was found by Terry Sloan who offered him asylum to 'protect' him from the outside world, where he became a recluse. During the time he was captured, he helped Sloan developing the Firepits. (Earth 2: Society v1 #4)
He was found by the new Wonders who were looking for the mysterious alien to fight a brainwashed Superman, and they discovered that he too was a Kryptonian. (Earth 2 v1 #19) Suffering a panic attack after being freed, Val revealed that he spent most of his life in a capsule, thus he was afraid of open spaces. Lois told him it was okay to be afraid and that, being a Kryptonian, he could do things to help everyone. (Earth 2 v1 #20) Starting to develop his abilities, Lois tried to teach Val how to use his powers by finally going outdoors and try to fly. He was doing his best when they were attacked by a horde of Parademons lead by Superman who was behind Val. (Earth 2 v1 #22) Starting to develop his abilities, Lois tried to teach Val how to use his powers by finally going outdoors and try to fly. He was doing his best when they were attacked by a horde of Parademons lead by Superman who was behind Val. (Earth 2 v1 #23) They escaped to Amazonia. Batman blamed Val for not using his powers and letting Red Arrow die, saying it's all on him. Jimmy approached him and told him that it was not his fault before asking him what he was hiding beneath his hoodie, to which he revealed was the symbol of the House of El. (Earth 2 v1 #24) He began explaining the situation to Jimmy when the planet was suddenly being sucked by a giant Boom Tube, so when Fate enlightened him, he decided to rise up and stop Superman. (Earth 2 v1 #25) They clashed against him until he started to crack and crumble, revealing him to be a twisted, perverted version of Superman who became dust. The battle won, the Wonders decided to use this victory to reclaim their world from Apokolips. (Earth 2 v1 #26) Val-Zod accepted the responsibilities inherent with wearing the 'S' shield and undertook a new mission with Batman and Lois in Geneva. It was there that Power Girl and the Huntress finally returned to their home world and confronted the people wearing their families' insignias. Power Girl recognized Val-Zod after a moment's confusion, but their happiness quickly drew them back together. The two of them eradicated a contamination by colliding at super-speed and creating the effect of a neutron bomb. (Earth 2 v1 #27)
World's End
Val went to the Outskirts of Geneva alongside the Lois Lane Red Tornado and Thomas Wayne Batman to save the people from the remaining Apokoliptian fire pits when two strangers arrived at the scene. This led to their first encounter with Huntress Helena Wayne and Power Girl. As things were getting settled, a massive earthquake heralded the arrival of a female creature that emanated from the fire pit. This creature was actually K'li Fury of War who came to emerge from the fire pit. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #1) They fought against K'li until she took control of Huntress and Power Girl so that she can kill them and join her Fury sisters. Red Tornado was able to get through to Huntress and Power Girl to break the mind-control. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #3) The group then takes a detour to a nearby lab that sent the distress signal as it was being attacked by mutated creatures. Val-Zod and Power Girl combined their abilities to destroy the creatures and rescue everyone. (Earth 2 v1 #27) Val used the remains of the destroyed lab to create protection suits for Batman and Huntress in order to descend to the fire pit, walking for hours before being confronted by DeSaad. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #4) They took Helena and escaped with her. Luckily, Batman had a tracking device that could lead them straight to Helena, following the trail to the lowest levels until they found what appeared to be the long lost Superman. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #5) It was another clone, since they were currently on DeSaad's cloning facility full of imperfect replicas of Superman, meaning that the original may still be alive. Thomas insisted that Helena was more important than the fallen hero, suffering the Miraclo's intoxication that was driving him mad, forcing Val to destroy his drug. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #6)
At that moment, the dead clones awoke and went through a destructive rampage before being neutralized by Batman's electromagnetic pulse. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #7) Searching once again for Helena, they came across Superman's ripped shield that was kept as a trophy, as well as discovering that Helena's vital signs suddenly disappeared, fearing the worst. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #8) They went behind DeSaad when this time, they encountered the real Clark Kent being held on a stasis pod, awakened by his wife before discovering that he was powerless. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #9)
In order to finally destroy the entire cloning facility, something that Superman did by connecting himself to the entire network, successfully using his blood as poison for the whole labyrinth, releasing the Red Avatar while sacrificing himself. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #15) The battle won, Val and Kara buried the previous champion of Earth on a peaceful hill before traveling to a World Army outpost. There, Val heard the entire planet rejoice at the fire pits' extinction, receiving a call from Flash requesting assistance against the Furies. Arriving to the battlefield, Val defeated the Fury of War by overloading her cells with radiation, shutting her powers off. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #16) Unfortunately, Death's child was finally born to revage the planet's heart. They could not do much since Atom's Heaven was under the attack of the Protofuries led by Barda, destroying everything on their path until they arrived to push them off. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #17) Val and Kara joined Commander Sato and Steel on Atom's Heaven HQ. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #18) Later, an Apokolips' terraformer fell to Earth, with Val immediately recognizing the threat. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #19)
Society
The new Earth-2 required an epic amount of world-building. Superman and Power Girl built the city of Neotropolis. Their adversary Terry Sloan was still in play; he revealed to Kara that Val had been indirectly responsible for Kal-El's death (and others), she left him in a fit of anger. Val vowed never to take another life, left Neotropolis, and built a new city called Nexus in the desert. He was soon recruited by Flash and Batman (Dick Grayson) to help prevent the destruction of Neotropolis, and Val rejoined with them in a continued effort to establish the new Earth. (Earth 2: Society v1 #4)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Due to living most of his life in a capsule after Krypton's destruction, Val-Zod has developed a fear of open spaces. (Earth 2 v1 #22)
Powers and abilities
A man who cherishes intelligence over strength, Val possesses a vast knowledge gained by previous years of Kryptonian studies, potentially being smarter than most, if not all, human beings. He could build a couple of Batsuits nearly from scratch that were capable of enduring the overwhelming heat of the fire pits without any damage to the wearer. (Earth 2: World's End v1 #4)
Val can speak fluently English and Kryptonian. (Earth 2 v1 #22)
Under optimal conditions, this is the main source of Val-Zod's super powers as they are contingent upon exposure to solar radiation from a yellow sun star system. His biological make up includes a number of organs which lack analogues in humans and whose functions are unknown. It is believed that between one or more of these and his bio-cellular matrix, "yellow" solar energy is stored for later use. This allows for the use of these powers to fade when yellow solar radiation is not available instead of immediate failure.
Val-Zod is able to move at incredible speed by sheer force of will. This extends to his perceptions and allows for feats such as catching bullets in mid-flight as well as covering vast distances in little or no time.
Notes
- Val-Zod was created by Tom Taylor, Nicola Scott and Robson Rocha where he made his first appearance in Earth 2 v1 #19 (March, 2014).
Appearances
- Earth 2 v1: (2014)
- Earth 2: World's End v1:
- Earth 2: Society v1:
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