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The planet Krypton is destabilizing due to reckless mining of the planetary core. The Kryptonian Council ignores the warnings of renowned scientist Jor-El, who then steals and infuses the Kryptonian genetics codex into his new-born son, Kal-El, the first naturally-born Kryptonian in centuries. Jor-El and his wife Lara manage to evacuate Kal-El in a spacecraft toward Earth before Jor-El is killed by General Zod during a coup d'état. Zod's insurrection is stopped by the Kryptonian Council; he and his followers are sent into the Phantom Zone as punishment. Krypton is destroyed, along with all remaining Kryptonians. Kal-El lands in Kansas, where he is adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent and named Clark. As he grows older, due to his Kryptonian physiology and Earth's yellow sun, he develops superhuman powers that Jonathan urges him to keep hidden, even refusing Clark's help years later, leading to his death in a storm. Burdened with guilt, Clark travels the globe hiding under various aliases, seeking his purpose, and discretely helping those in need. Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane investigates the discovery of a Kryptonian scout ship in the Arctic. Disguised as a worker, Clark enters the ship. He learns from its artificial intelligence, modeled after Jor-El, about his origins, and that Clark was sent to Earth to help guide its people. While following Clark, Lois inadvertently triggers the ship's security system. Clark uses his powers to rescue her. Wearing a uniform provided by the ship, he begins testing his abilities. Unable to convince her editor-in-chief, Perry White, to publish an article on the incident, Lois leaks the story to a popular blogger. She tracks down Clark in Smallville intent on exposing him. However, upon hearing of Jonathan Kent's sacrifice, Lois decides to keep Clark's identity safe, while fueling Perry's suspicions. Zod and his followers are released from the Phantom Zone when Krypton is destroyed. They retrofit their prison vessel into a functioning ship and salvage several xenoforming devices from abandoned Kryptonian outposts. They wait thirty-three years for a sign of Kryptonian survival before detecting Clark's activation of the scout ship, drawing them to Earth. Zod threatens Earth unless Clark surrenders to him; Clark turns himself over to U.S. military personnel. Lois is also captured by the military due to her leaked story. Clark negotiates a meeting with Zod, who demands Clark and Lois join him on his ship. Onboard, Zod infiltrates their minds, revealing his intention to transform Earth into a new Krypton once he is in possession of the codex, which he will use to create new Kryptonians based on his ideals of genetic purity. This will result in humanity's extinction. Clark refuses to join Zod. Using the Jor-El AI to temporarily take over the ship, he and Lois escape. In pursuit of the codex, Zod attacks the Kents' farm, discovers Clark's pod, and threatens Martha Kent. However, the codex cannot be found. Clark fights off Zod's followers across Smallville. His actions convince the military of his allegiance to Earth. Zod's science officer, Jax-Ur, discovers Jor-El hid the codex's information within Clark's genes. Zod plans on fatally extracting it. He deploys his most powerful xenoforming device, the World Engine, which severely damages Metropolis. Clark, now dubbed "Superman," destroys the xenoforming platform while the military launches an attack on Zod's primary vessel, utilizing Clark's pod to create a singularity. The attack is successful, sending Zod's troops back to the Phantom Zone. With his ship destroyed and Krypton's only hope of revival gone, a vengeful Zod vows to destroy Earth and its inhabitants. He and Clark engage in a cataclysmic battle across Metropolis, which concludes when Clark is forced to kill Zod as he attacks a family trapped in a train station. Sometime later, Clark, as Superman, persuades the government to let him act independently, promising not to turn against humanity. To gain covert access to dangerous situations, Clark takes a job reporting for the Daily Planet alongside Lois.