The Time-Space Instrument traveled between worlds where time flowed at different speeds.
Ryan had spent more than three months at Kamar-Taj. Now that he was back, Zod looked as though he had only just drunk Compound V.
To be fair, General Zod was formidable even by the standards of a Kryptonian bred to be a soldier.
Even in the original story, if Superman hadn't had the odds stacked in his favor, he might not have beaten Zod.
Zod's mind was still on the moment Ryan had vanished. He turned toward the presence that had suddenly appeared.
Ryan came into view.
To Zod, barely any time had passed. Yet the Ryan before him gave him the unsettling sense that he could not win.
That had to be an illusion.
With that thought, Zod flew upward. His Spaceship hung above him, and the city of New York lay below.
Beyond the sky stretched the pitch-black universe.
Zod had fallen in love with the slowly turning blue planet when he first arrived in this star system.
Now he spread his arms as though embracing the city. "Every inch of this land will become soil that nurtures Kryptonians. My home will be rebuilt here."
He made no secret of his ambition to turn Earth into Krypton.
Ryan was at a loss for words at Zod's shameless declaration.
Couldn't these aliens be a little more peaceful?
In superhero movies, Superman was an alien too, but he had settled in and made Earth his second home.
Ultraman Leo was also an alien, and he had made Earth his second home after arriving here.
And the Chitauri...
Ryan's thoughts paused. If he remembered right, he had driven the Chitauri off himself.
Zod would meet the same fate.
Many people in New York were watching the battle. Outside