Zeta-Rho is the overarching antagonist in Season 1 of Superman & Lois.
He is the xenophobic former husband of Lara Lor Van, who sought to use her Eradicator technology to colonize other worlds and create a Kryptonian Empire. Just before the destruction of Krypton, Zeta-Rho uploaded his consciousness into a sunstone crystal and sent his son Tal-Rho off to Earth to enact his plans.
He was portrayed by A.C. Peterson. While possessing Jordan Kent, he was portrayed by Alex Garfin.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- He sought to appropriate Lara's Eradicator technology (meant only to preserve Kryptonian consciousnesses) to colonize other worlds by transplanting Kryptonian minds into the native population to forever enslave their bodies as hosts, condemning said native populations to an "And I Must Scream" fate before their consciousness would eventually be wiped out.
- Right before Krypton exploded, he stole Lara's sunstone crystal and put it with Tal-Rho's pod just so he could force her to watch him use her life's work to annihilate humanity before he'd kill her for good.
- He tortured his son for at least months, if not years, molding him into a social darwinist supervillain willing to sacrifice himself to become the Eradicator and bring about the end of humanity through the transplanting scheme.
- As a result, he's responsible for all of Tal-Rho's villainy.
- He viewed the House of El family as a pathetic, treasonous bloodline, despite the fact that his wife is also a part of that family.
- When Tal-Rho decided that he wanted to take another path in their scheme after discovering his half-brother’s existence, he berated him and called him weak because he considered his way to be the only way, which shows he has narcissistic qualities.
- He enslaved Superman to Zod's consciousness, nearly forcing John Henry Irons to kill him before he was luckily able to break the connection.
- Once Tal-Rho became the Eradicator, he had him possess General Lane's six best soldiers with the Kryptonian Defense Council.
- He possessed Superman's son Jordan in order to mold him into a proper body for himself, and he forced Jordan to try and kill his family, all the while psychologically abusing the poor kid.
- He isn't a well-intentioned extremist but simply a delusional narcissist and social darwinist seeking to revive the Kryptonian race to fulfill his own imperialist ambitions. He even mocks Tal-Rho for caring about other Kryptonians and trying to seek them out, calling it a weakness.
Trivia[]
- Zeta-Rho is the only villain in Superman & Lois to be Pure Evil.
External Links[]
- Zeta-Rho on the Villains Wiki
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