Solomon Grundy

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Legion of Doom Team Member

Solomon Grundy
Information
Real name:	Cyrus Gold
Species:	Zombie
Homeworld:	Earth
Universe:	Earth-1A
Hair:	white
Base:	Hall of Doom
Affiliations:	Legion of Doom
Rogue of:	Superman, Batman
Voiced/Played:	Jimmy Weldon
Solomon Grundy Gallery

Mickey Morton as Solomon Grundy in his 1979, live action appearance.

Solomon Grundy is a zombie supervillain. He was named after the classic nursery rhyme. He is a member of the Legion of Doom, and his strength is close to that of Superman's.

The Earth-1A Version

Grundy was originally an ordinary human male who lived many decades ago and died face down in a swamp. He was mysteriously revived as a large zombie-like creature and knew intuitively that a Monolith deep within the Earth brought him back to life.

Background Information

Solomon Grundy from the parallel-universe of Earth-Two, came to the reality known as Earth-One where he fought this universe's version of Superman (the Silver-age version). Soon after, in the parallel-universe of Earth-One, a villain named the Parasite used an enhanced crystal to metabolically hasten the growth of residual cells left over from the real Grundy's visit to Metropolis when he fought Superman. This new threat, was a more bestial version an during a clash with Superman, it was determined his might was too much a match for the Man of Steel, so Superman flew the monster to an alien world inhospitable to all save the hardiest life forms. There, under the planet's reduced gravity, the Earth-One Grundy was appeased when Superman gave him a cape to wear as the zombie propelled himself through the air mimicking his one-time adversary.

This version returned to Earth to plague Superman who at one point, teamed up with the Swamp Thing and together used a compound from S.T.A.R. Labs which seemingly killed the unkillable man-thing. They didn't realize that this was only a clone. Grundy later retured, leading a gang in Gotham City. Grundy was apparently destroyed yet again when Batman tricked the creature into a blast furnace, where it wad apparently consumed by the flames.

Powers

• Vast Super Strength: His strength levels are so incredible, he can take on Superman in hand-to-hand combat.
• Invulnerability
• Accelerated Healing

Episode Appearances

Season 3 (1978): Wanted: The SuperFriends Invasion of the Fearians The World's Deadliest Game The Time Trap Trial of the SuperFriends Monolith of Evil The Giants of Doom Secret Origins of the SuperFriends Revenge on Gorilla City Swamp of the Living Dead Conquerors of the Future The Final Challenge Fairy Tale of Doom Doomsday SuperFriends: Rest In Peace History of Doom Revenge of Doom 1983 Shorts: The Revenge of Doom

Notes

• The first version (Earth-Two version), first appeared in All-American Comics, Vol. 1 #61 (October 1944).
  • He was named after the 19th century children's nursery rhyme.
  • He is an enemy of Green Lantern (JSA), which is Alan Scott not Hal Jordan.
• The Earth-One version first appears in Superman, Vol 1 #319 (January, 1978).
  • On Earth-One, he is both a rogue of Superman and Batman.
• The versions of Solomon Grundy that appears on Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends speaks broken English and is arguably one of the more "intelligent" versions of the character as he is able to carry on a conversation and devise plans of his own.

External Links

• Solomon Grundy at The Watchtower, a fan-site dedicated to the cartoon Justice League.
• Solomon Grundy at the DC Universe' Who's Who by Tom Morrow
• A look at Grundy's debut six decades ago in the DCU, complete with images
• Solomon Grundy at the Internet Movie Database

Appearances in Other Media

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