>>94279089Pre-FP Zod and what's her face made it pretty clear they didn't really care for him - there's be no real reason for Zod to want to rescue him - but the edgelord haircut and facial appearance make it clear he's not the pre-FP Chris in either tone or aspect, much less apparent characterization.
And a turnabout during the story is just too predictable even for Jurgens. I assume he'll be gone within an issue or two.
There's so much more they could have done with them inside the Zone - such as revealing Chris with Mon-El or something else than what they did and having it last one issue is just an example of how rushed some of these things have been done (Multiplicity could have lasted 2 more issues, for example).