Is General Zod a Bad Guy?

General Zod is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Superman.

Is General Zod a good villain?

Interviewed for Total Film's new cover story on the Zack Snyder-directed Superman reboot that's due out in June, Shannon said about Kal-El's Kryptonian nemesis, "He's not a villain. He's not a villain any more than any other general fighting to protect his people.

Is General Zod as strong as Superman?

At that level of power, the power level is the only significant thing, barring (in this case) access to Kryptonite. As others have mentioned, Superman has higher power levels than does Zod due to his longer exposure to the Sun and the Earth's atmosphere.