![]() ![]() He apparently kills Green Lantern, who gives off a green flash. 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). Strong, vicious, and nearly mindless, Solomon Grundy falls into a life of crime-or perhaps returns to one, as his scattered residual memories may indicate-attracting the attention of the Green Lantern, Alan Scott. 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. When asked about his name, one of the few things he can recall is that he was "born on a Monday". Gold murders two escaped criminals who are hiding out in the marsh and steals their clothes. 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. In the late 19th century, a wealthy merchant named Cyrus Gold is murdered and his body is disposed of in Slaughter Swamp, near Gotham City. It is the introduction to a seven part mini-series featuring the character.įictional character biography Pre-Crisis Earth-Two version's history The cover to All-American Comics #61, by Paul Reinman. Grundy is the focus of one of the four Faces of Evil one-shots that explore the aftermath of Final Crisis, written by Scott Kolins and Geoff Johns, with art by Shane Davis. Solomon Grundy also appeared in CGI form in the first and second seasons of the television series Stargirl for DC Universe and The CW network.Ĭreated by Alfred Bester, he first appeared in All-American Comics #61 (October 1944). The character made his live-action debut as Cyrus Gold in the second season of the Arrowverse series Arrow, and Butch Gilzean on Fox's television series Gotham. ![]() ![]() Solomon Grundy appeared in the DC Animated Universe, where he first became an antihero. As a revenant whose backstory often involves coming back to life after being deposited in the swamp, later writers have also given him ties to Swamp Thing, one of DC's horror-fantasy heroes. 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, and other members of the Justice League. The preserved Grundy is effectively pickled and also made of many different parts from the swamp he was buried in, resulting in the incoherent Grundy. It may also be a portmanteau and pun of Solomon Gundy, a dish that is made of pickled meat and has a word origin from the French word salmigondis, which refers to a disparate assembly of things, ideas, or people forming an incoherent whole. His name is taken from the 19th century nursery rhyme " Solomon Grundy". 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. Solomon Grundy ( Cyrus Gold) is a supervillain and occasional antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Superhuman strength, stamina, and durability.Solomon Grundy on the cover of Solomon Grundy #1 (April 2010).
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