Warning! Spoilers for Superman and the Authority #1 below!

Superman: The Movie’s Kryptonian villain Ursa makes a brief return in one of DC’s latest Superman comics. Ursa was part of a villainous Kryptonian trio who escaped their exile to the Phantom Zone and traveled to Earth to battle Superman, the son of their jailer Jor-El. Although Ursa and her allies were defeated and presumed dead by the end of Superman II, her comic book counterpart appears to still be in the other-dimensional prison and remains dead set in her mission to kill Superman.

Portrayed by actress Sarah Douglas, Ursa is a Kryptonian who is violently aggressive to males, the only exception being her fellow prisoners Non and General Zod. For their treasonous crimes, all three of them are sentenced to be imprisoned in the Phantom Zone, swearing revenge on their jailer Jor-El. Years later, Ursa was freed along with her compatriots thanks to the effects of a powerful bomb thrown from the Earth by Superman. Given the same abilities as Superman thanks to Earth’s yellow sun, Ursa continues her savage campaign against men, collecting symbols and badges of the various authority figures she defeats or kills. Depowered during their second confrontation with Superman at the Fortress of Solitude, Ursa was thought to have perished by falling into an ominous crevice. Although she shares many similarities with DC Comics Phantom Zone prisoner Faora, Ursa made her comic book debut in Action Comics #845, co-written by Superman writer/director Richard Donner, where she is the mother of Lor-Zod, a Kryptonian child whom Superman and Lois Lane adopt despite being the son of General Zod.

RELATED: DC Comics Reveals Why Superman Didn't Save JFK

In Superman and the Authority #1 by Grant Morrison and Mikel Janin, the Man of Steel’s powers are fading and he requires the help of others to help him save the world again. Saving the life of his powerful enemy Manchester Black, he tries to persuade Manchester while walking through the Fortress of Solitude. The threat lies in the Phantom Zone, the sociopathic alien criminals having taken over robots that were originally sent to explore the dimension, repurposing them for their own twisted vision. Although Superman reminds Manchester that any escapee from the Phantom Zone has either wanted to destroy or dominate the Earth, he rejects Superman’s offer and walks away, choosing to risk hypothermia over taking another moment of Superman’s hospitality. Superman is then attacked by one of the homicidal "Zonedroids" as Ursa’s face appears on one of their video screens, still looking to deliver that final killing blow.

Although it’s one of those “blink and you might miss it” cameos, Ursa is a wonderful throwback to one of the earliest superhero movies ever released. Ursa was a lethal combatant, a blunt yet still dangerous weapon from Krypton’s past dedicated to pursuing vengeance however she saw fit. The comics continued her backstory as General Zod’s lover and mother of his child, occasionally escaping the Phantom Zone to continue her family’s campaign against Superman, who is to bear the weight of the imprisonment his father Jor-El bestowed upon them.

Superman’s declining powers leave him at a disadvantage, something his enemies either domestic or intergalactic will exploit, and he’s fortunate nay lucky that Manchester Black changed his mind and returned to help. After defeating the corrupted robots, the threat of the Phantom Zone still remains as the iconic prison has dozens if not hundreds of people just as maniacal and dangerous as Ursa is. Superman had better assemble his new team quickly before it's too late to stop another invasion from Krypton that the Earth is not ready for and will not survive.

NEXT: Superman’s Greatest Enemy Is Not Who Anyone Thinks He Is