 The character made his comic book debut in "Action Comics" #845 (January 2007).An accomplice of General Zod and an adversary of the superhero Superman, he is typically depicted as having been imprisoned in the Phantom Zone, along with Zod and Ursa, among whom he is portrayed as the strong and silent muscle.In October 2006, film director Richard Donner, noted for his work on the first two "Superman" movies, began to write "Action Comics" in collaboration with Geoff Johns.