Green Lantern: The Animated Series (TV Series), https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Solomon_Grundy?oldid=2844513, Pages using DynamicPageList parser function. (1944). [21], This version repeatedly plagues Superman for years until, during an encounter wherein multiple Grundys are spawned, Superman and the Swamp Thing both encounter the clones. Cyrus Gold (1985 - 2011) Grundy recites the Solomon Grundy nursery rhyme while being pursued before Batman finished it for him when he defeats Grundy. Grundy also becomes friends with previous Starman Mikaal Tomas, and dies while sacrificing himself to save Jack Knight from being crushed by a collapsing building. [43], The sorceress Selena created a mindless clone of Solomon Grundy from his DNA sample to serve as the muscle for the Fatal Five and fought Supergirl. One of the men at the camp mentions the nursery rhyme character Solomon Grundy (who was born on a Monday), and Gold adopts the moniker. In Batman '66, Solomon Grundy appears as a wealthy Olympic wrestler who Marsha, Queen of Diamonds seduced with one of her Aunt Hilda's potions. Each version of Grundy has been somewhat different from the last, depending on the medium used to dispatch him (and the drawing style of the current artist. In the prequel comic to the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us, Grundy first appears in Year One. Appearing as a new enemy upon Earth 2, Solomon Grundy is the avatar of the Grey who seeks to kill the avatar of the Green. During a clash with Superman, it is determined that his might is too much for the Man of Steel, so Superman flies the monster to an alien world inhospitable to all save the hardiest life as the zombie propels himself through the air mimicking his one-time adversary. In the police morgue, he transforms into Solomon Grundy. When Gold refused to yield to blackmail, Rachel's pimp… However, the process was missing one vital piece: fire, as a Plant Elemental cannot be fully created unless it died in flames. [50], In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, Solomon Grundy was invited by Lt. Matthew Shrieve to be the new member of the Creature Commandos, but Solomon Grundy then betrays him, killing his family. Solomon Grundy is a reanimated corpse stemming from a cursed place near Gotham City called Slaughter Swamp. In the later seasons the character was revealed to originally be named Cyrus Gold and became a zombie-like figure after his corpse was dumped in a swamp contaminated with experimental chemicals. By modern day, Solomon … [8], A criminal scientist calling himself the Baron of York kills his brother and takes over his gang stating to them that he knows where to find the body of Solomon Grundy. His strength has varied greatly through the years; for instance, in the Long Halloween story arc, Batman beat Grundy, while at various points his strength is roughly on par with Superman's. Alan Scott and the Phantom Stranger were given as his guides throughout the week, while Etrigan was trying to take him to Hell. When Grundy appears again, he has returned to his malicious persona; the joint efforts of Jack Knight, Batman, Alan Scott, and The Floronic Man are needed to stop him. Harlequin manipulates Grundy to attack the members of Infinity Inc., one by one. Green Lantern leaves immediately, hoping to find Grundy before any of the JSA members are hurt going after him. Once a rich, corrupt merchant who was killed and left to rot in Slaughter Swamp, now a shambling, unstoppable undead monster, Grundy isn't so much a DC Super-Villain as he is a force of nature. As Grundy will regenerate, Superman takes his body and head to Lex Luthor to find a way to make Grundy an asset to the Regime. [6] Fifty years later, the corpse is reanimated as a huge shambling figure (composed partly of the swamp matter that has accumulated around the body over the decades) with almost no memory of its past life. Solomon Grundy has superhuman strength and stamina. Within the Slaughter Swamp Cyrus's body bonded with the plant-life and he eventually emerged as an undead behemoth with little memory of his past-life. [38] Grundy then tracks down and attacks Bizarro, using a past friendship they had to stir up the creature's emotions. Cyrus Gold (Solomon Grundy), is a Zombie supervillain who has clashed with many heroes over the years, including Green Lantern, Superman, Batman, the Justice Society of America, and the Justice League of America. In this incarnation, he gains intelligence which he subsequently loses when Green Lantern defeats and buries Grundy in 1947. In keeping with his educated personality, Sir Solomon dresses himself as a 19th-century Englishman would, and speaks accordingly. Grundy grabs Green Lantern by the throat and begins to squeeze the life out of him, holding his head underwater. Cyrus GoldAppearances • Images [58], When Apokolips starts to approach Earth 2, the Parliaments advise their representatives to join forces and fight this threat. He is offered nanotechnology stolen from GNX's Supercop program by Lex Luthor's daughter, Lucinda Luthor.[53]. After Infinity, Inc. disbands, Solomon Grundy loses his loyalty towards Jade. Solomon Grundy is seen fighting against the Blood Pack in the Battle of Metropolis, until he is vaporized by Superboy-Prime's heat vision, which apparently kills the Blood Pack and destroys Grundy's current incarnation. Solomon Grundy is best known by his eponymous appearance in the nursery rhyme - "Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday, christened on Tuesday, married on Wednesday, took ill on Thursday, grew worse on Friday, died on Saturday, buried on Sunday, that was the end, of Solomon Grundy." While in Earth's orbit, Solomon Grundy, Azathoth, and Sam Zhao sacrifice their lives so that Alan Scott can receive their combined Parliament abilities to stop Apokolips from destroying Earth 2.[59]. Grundy bests the costumed trio, and is summoned by a mysterious voice to deliver them or "pay the penalty". Grundy was a slaughterhouse worker in 1898, his wife Pinney Grundy was raped by his callous foreman Henry Pittance and she killed herself on the job. Ra's findings into that new and more pure Lazarus substance was similar to others that he had previously found throughout the world, which dried up after a short amoun… In the DC comics, Cyrus Gold became an inhuman zombie named "Solomon Grundy" after being murdered, when he was extorted for money due to becoming the father of a baby belonging to a prostitute. Cyrus Gold (2011 - Present) He is killed during a battle with Parademons. This version never became a zombie but was instead injected with a serum that gave him incredible strength. When asked about his name, one of the few things he can recall is that he was "born on a Monday". He is reanimated by Marsha's Aunt Hilda and goes on a rampage in Gotham Cemetery until Batman and Robin stun him with an electric shock to hold him until the police arrive. The … Dark Multiverse: Crisis on Infinite Earths. [57], When it came to his next encounter with Solomon Grundy, Alan was reunited with Sam Zhao who has become an avatar for the White. Ragdoll's scarred face relates to Grundy, and Grundy goes on to turn against the Secret Society. 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To his surprise, Doiby Dickles walks in, and informs him that Grundy has freed himself and is on the loose. When Banner gets angry, he becomes Grundy. He is nearly invulnerable to physical, magical, and energy attacks and he is not affected by fire or low temperatures. He was originally depicted as a murder victim brought back to life as a corporeal revenant or zombie, though subsequent versions of the character have occasionally depicted a different origin. He is based on the 19th century nursery rhyme "Solomon Grundy." As the heroes return they find Green Lantern had placed Grundy and Blockbuster together to occupy them, and the two have knocked the hate out of each other. Making his way across country, Grundy heads for the headquarters of the Justice Society of America. Having absorbed magic from Doctor Fate and Green Lantern, Grundy is easily able to defeat the combined might of Superman, Jay Garrick, Hawkman, Hawkman, and Green Lantern, until he is defeated by both Green Lanterns and sealed in Slaughter Swamp. Solomon Grundy is imprisoned orbiting the Earth in a stronger bubble created by the combined powers of Green Lantern and Doctor Fate. In the process, not only was Gold permanently transformed into an undead swamp monster, but was also robbed of his memories as Cyrus Gold. However the first fight ends when, engaging in fisticuffs with the monster because of the ineffectiveness of his ring, Grundy is hurled under a train by Green Lantern. His super strength and invulnerability made him a formidable hero, until Ultraman renders him inert on a Saturday.[47]. He can also continue fighting for days straight, making him incredible resilient in addition to his huge strength. He was originally depicted as a murder victim brought back to life as a corporeal revenant or zombie, though subsequent versions of the character have occasionally depicted a different origin. Liking this flash, Grundy commits murders hoping to see the flash again. Peter Tomasi and Viktor Bogdanovic placed Batman in a situation that is pretty unique in itself. In Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers series, the Witch-People of Limbotown (who are descended from the immortal Melmoth) bury their dead, and later dig them up, at which point they become animate and are used as slave labor. Grundy is then taken back to his Earth by the Justice Society. [15], In his next appearance, Solomon Grundy battles the combined might of both the Justice Society, and later their counterparts the Justice League, nearly to a standstill at Slaughter Swamp, when he develops an affection for a lost alien child who has accidentally been sent to Earth-2 and is dying due to separation from his pet. [17], Solomon Grundy briefly works with the Injustice Society when the Fiddler retrieves Grundy from the moon of Earth-One in order to attack the JSA. However, in the comics, he is also known to be an adversary of both Batman and Superman. After Solomon Grundy is rescued from a glacier by Alan Scott's daughter, Jade, Grundy becomes loyal to her and, for a while, is an ally of Infinity, Inc. She forgot about Cyrus enough where he froze to death during the winter. Cyrus got into trouble with Gotham's organized crime world and found himself getting killed and dumped in the a wetland known as the Slaughter Swamp. Solomon Grundy is an immortal zombie super-villain from the 19th Century with several origins. He brutally beats Hawkgirl until Superman appears, though the situation is rendered confusing as his imperfect clone Bizarro shows up as well. Grundy possesses a healing factor. He was testing his gamma bomb out in the desert, but a tall figure walked out into the testing area. [9], A freak weather occurrence releases Solomon Grundy from his prison. In many ways, Solomon Grundy is DC's villainous answer to the Hulk - and every bit as complex. At the end of the series' run we see Grundy reanimated as a Black Lantern, and Cyrus Gold in hell. The creature chose a new name calling itself Skulk. [25], Grundy's next major appearance is in Starman, lurking in Opal City's sewers. The original Grundy, for example, had prominent front teeth). He hates Green Lantern so much he thinks everyone he sees is Green Lantern. He is shown being defeated by Thor. The All-Star Squadron comes to their rescue, Sir Justin faces off against Solomon Grundy and Grundy is the last villain to be transported back, he is thrust back to the moon where he remains for over two decades, as this timeline is erased once Degaton is defeated. [56], Eventually, Grundy's origin was revealed in a flashback. A clash with Alan Scott and Jade in the pages of Green Lantern Corps Quarterly ends with Grundy turning into a statue of petrified wood. Solomon Grundy has had a long history in the DC comic universe. No matter how much damage was done to his body, he resurrected as a complete Solomon Grundy, driven to kill. Labs employee, who claims she is the great, great granddaughter of the man the monster spawned from, to find and cure him. [44], In a flashback, Solomon Grundy is among the villains that protected Ingrid Karlsson during a riot at Arkham Asylum. The lyrics were first recorded in 1842 by nursery rhyme and fairy-tale collector James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. Read Solomon Grundy from the story DC Universe: X by SirDoomGuy with 2,034 reads. Eventually, this affectionate relationship turns tragic as the villainous Marcie Cooper, a.k.a. His body is disposed of in Slaughter Swamp, outside of Gotham City. When Henry made the workers feed the body to the crocodiles, Grundy snapped, killed Henry, and everyone else in the slaughterhouse, then committed suicide while reciting the "Solomon Grundy" nursery rhyme he would often sing to his infant son. Swamp Thing attempts to cry out for Superman to stop, as he believes Grundy to meet the definition of life, but Swamp Thing is unable to express this, due to physical difficulty in speaking. He is apparently destroyed yet again when Batman tricks the creature into a blast furnace, where it is apparently consumed by the flames.[22]. [51] It is revealed that Solomon Grundy had been working by General Sam Lane who is responsible for the deaths of Miranda's family. The two defeat Hawkman and Wildcat before Grundy is thrown into a cooling volcano by Power Girl and Superman. At the end of the fight, exhausted, he reverts to Cyrus Gold again. Originally murdered in the mysterious Slaughter Swamp, he resurrects and regenerates there every time he is killed again in his zombie form. Where Were You On The Night Batman Was Killed? When Green Lantern and Grundy meet, Grundy rips a tree out by its roots and smashes it into the Lantern. It is not known if Grundy is still using this building. Solomon Grundy one of the heaviest hitters regardless of evil or good intentions. This version of Grundy returns one final time, without explanation, leading a gang in the Earth-One Gotham City. Fifty years later, he is reanimated to serve a new leader. In it, he is convinced by Icicle to help Wizard, who is in trouble.[32]. Grundy proves to be a difficult opponent, unkillable (since he is already dead) and with an inherent resistance to Scott's powers (which cannot affect wood, a substance of which Grundy's reassembled body is now largely composed). He also has ties to Swamp Thing. 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Shortly thereafter, Grundy reappears in Gotham in the pages of Batman: Shadow of the Bat, battling Batman once again and killing the female descendant of one of the killers of Cyrus Gold. It has also been established that the Spawn of Frankenstein is partly animated by the immortal blood of Melmoth, making him a Grundyman. greenlantern, superman, superhero. Grundy was introduced as an enemy of comic book hero Alan Scott (the original Green Lantern), but has since become a prominent enemy for a number of superheroes such as Superman, Batman, the Green Lantern, and The Flash. Harlequin of the Dummy's Injustice Unlimited, uses her illusion powers to disguise herself as Jade. Since then, his entire existence has been an … When injuries do occur, his body rapidly in a matter of seconds heals up the wounds, sometimes enabling himself to re-attach severed limbs right after they are hacked off. Eventually, his cruelty caught up with him and Cyrus Gold was murdered. 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