Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for The Flash“Kneel before Zod, Barry Allen!” We may not have heard this line in The Flash, yet we certainly could have with Michael Shannon’s Zod returning to the Dcu as the film’s primary antagonist.
Zod’s inclusion in the film is a little out of left field, to say the least.
The Flash has a wealth of villains in his Rogue’s Gallery, almost all of which could have served the antagonist role for Flash’s first solo film.
There was, in fact, speculation of Reverse Flash serving as the main villain (or at least the one manipulating events from behind) right up to the very end.
Zod, on the other hand, has always been one of Superman’s primary nemeses, with that association cemented in popular culture thanks to Zod’s presence as the villain in two of the best Superman films.
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