Enligt filmens officiella novellering kunde Superman bryta Zods nacke helt enkelt för att Kryptonierna är mycket starkare Kryptonierna är helt kapabla att påverka skada på varandra .
Observera att det som ser ut som mer slag och sparkar i den tidigare kampsekvensen skulle ha lett till att en människas död omedelbart .
They fought savagely, hand-to-hand, upon the floor of the station.
Their superhuman blows inflicted damage no human weapon could match.
Indestructible Kryptonian fabric ripped in the struggle. Vicious kicks
and jabs, delivered with Herculean force, left their faces bruised and
bloodied. A fist of steel split Zod’s lip, and he retaliated by
driving his knee up into Superman’s chin. The blow, which would have
sent a cast-iron safe into orbit, loosened Superman’s teeth.
He tasted blood.
But Zod’s unreasoning rage made him sloppy. He charged like an animal,
lowering his guard long enough for the Man of Steel to deliver an
old-fashioned haymaker that sent him flying backward across the
terminal. Zod hit the floor hard, only to discover that Superman had
already shot across at super-speed to be there waiting for him.
Och sedan coup de grâce, mot en allvarligt slagen fiende ...
A little girl sobbed as the beam came closer, now only moments away. Superman cried out in anguish, knowing he had no other choice. It was Zod’s life—or the lives of innocents. He marshaled every ounce of strength that remained within him. And then...
He snapped Zod’s neck.
His form went limp, his fiery gaze extinguished instantly. Superman released the body and let it slump to the floor. Gazing down at the dead Kryptonian, he was surprised by the peaceful expression on his face.