Solomon Grundy
Real Name: Cyrus Gold
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Bio: Cyrus Gold was a wealthy man who was robbed and murdered, and his remains thrown into Slaughter Swamp near Gotham City. Le Bon Gumbo, also known as Swamp Thing, formerly known as Alex Olsen, had recently retired to the Parliament of Trees, and the Earth was trying to form an Earth Elemental. While it eventually found one in German pilot Albert Höllerer, it failed in this attempt, because fire was not present, and a white zombie-like creature emerged built over Gold's remains with fragmentary memories, including an ability to speak English at a below-average level. He stole the prison garb of two escaped convicts, then was asked to lead a band of criminals who noticed that he could stand in their campfire without being burned. One of them called him Solomon Grundy when he said that he was "born on Monday" like in the Mother Goose rhyme. He led the group through several heists, and Green Lantern Alan Scott's ring would not work against him, so he didn't understand why the criminals cared about Green Lantern. They instructed him to kill Green Lantern by throwing him off a terrace. When he did so, there was a large green and yellow explosion. He then grabbed a member of his gang, Jake, and threw him to the floor. The rest of the gang told him that you should only kill enemies, but Jake was already dead, which Grundy did not understand because of the lack of flashes.
After Green Lantern, whose ring would not work against Grundy because of his plant composition, pushed him in front of a train, he has consistently sought revenge against Green Lantern, and has been amoral enough to harm others who have gotten in his way. Eventually, Green Lanterns Alan Scott and Hal Jordan sent him to the moon, where he had what was described as "his first independent thought," traveling to Earth-1, believing that he may have an equivalent there who would be his friend.
His body was fragmented and sent to Earth-1, where it battled Superman, even as Swamp Thing Alec Holland attempted to save him, but Swamp Thing was still experiencing too much pain in speaking to communicate with Superman why he thought Grundy should be saved. These duplicates were destroyed with a formula created by S.T.A.R. Labs.
When Solomon Grundy learned of Scott's children, Jade and Obsidian, he attempted to kill them, but Jade showed him kindness, and he was willing to obey her, although he became subject to wicked forces and eventually conquered their team, Infinity, Inc.
When Lex Luthor sent Swamp Thing reeling into Space, the Parliament of Trees assumed that he was dead and tried to put a new Swamp Thing, known as the Sprout, into Grundy's body. When Swamp Thing returned, he was relieved that Grundy was not dead, but Grundy had no memory of him, and they fought. Swamp Thing found Grundy too corrupt to be Earth's Elemental, and prevented the Sprout from assimilating with him.
Notes: created by Alfred Bester and Phil Reinman
First Appearance: All-American Comics (1939) #61 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: Action Comics (1938)
Adventures of Superman: José Luis García-López (2013)
HC - 'Adventures of Superman: José Luis García-López' All Star Comics (1999)
All Star Comics Archives (1991)
HC vol. 07 - 'All Star Comics Archives * Volume 7' All-American Comics (1939)
All-Star Comics (1940)
#33 - 'The Revenge Of Solomon Grundy!' #63 - 'The Death of Doctor Fate' All-Star Squadron (1981)
#1 - 'The World on Fire!' #2 - 'The Tyrant Out of Time!' #3 - 'The Dooms Of Dark December!' #14 - 'The "Mystery Men" of October!' Amazing Adventures of the JLA (2006)
Amazing World of DC Comics (1974)
Ambush Bug: Year None (2008)
#2 - 'Five Million Elvis Impersonators Can't Be Wrong!' America vs. the Justice Society (1985)
Avengers/JLA (2003)
#4 - 'The Brave...and the Bold' Batman 80-Page Giant 2011 (2011)
Batman: Arkham City (2011)
HC - 'Batman: Arkham City' TPB - 'Batman: Arkham City' Batman: Arkham Unhinged (2011)
#15 - 'Chapter 15: Theatre of Violence (Part 2)' #16 - 'Chapter 16: Theatre of Violence (Part 3)' Batman: Dark Victory (1999)
Batman: Hidden Treasures (2010)
#1 - 'Splash/Night of the Bat' Batman: Odyssey (2010)
Batman: Odyssey (2012)
Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992)
#39 - 'Solomon Grundy: One Night in Slaughter Swamp' Batman: The Long Halloween (1996)
Batman: The Man Who Laughs (2005)
HC - 'Batman: The Man Who Laughs' TPB - 'Batman: The Man Who Laughs' Batman: Two-Face and Scarecrow Year One (2009)
TPB - 'Batman: Two-Face and Scarecrow Year One' Bizarro Comics (2001)
Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps (2010)
HC vol. 02 - 'Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Volume Two' TPB vol. 02 - 'Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Volume Two' Blackest Night: JSA (2010)
#1 - 'Lost Souls' #3 - 'White Lightning' Booster Gold (2007)
#13 - 'Stars In Your Eyes, Part I' #14 - 'Stars in Your Eyes, Part 2' Comic Cavalcade (1942)
Countdown (2007)
#11 - 'Eye of the Beholder' Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
#5 - 'Worlds In Limbo' #9 - 'War Zone' Crisis on Multiple Earths (2002)
Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups (2005)
Day of Judgment (1999)
DC Comics Presents (1978)
#8 - 'The Sixty Deaths Of Solomon Grundy!' DC Comics Presents: Supergirl/Superman (2012)
DC Sampler (1983)
DC Sneak Previews (1991)
DC Universe Online: Legends (2011)
#1 - 'Legendary' #2 - 'Control' #3 - 'Betrayal' #4 - 'Strike Force' #6 - 'Downfall' DC Universe: Origins (2009)
TPB - 'DC Universe: Origins' DC/Wildstorm: DreamWar (2008)
#5 - 'Bad To The Bone' #6 - '...Perchance To Dream' DCU Halloween Special (2008)
DCU Halloween Special '09 (2009)
DCU: Legacies (2010)
Detective Comics (1937)
Faces of Evil: Solomon Grundy (2009)
Flashpoint: Frankenstein & The Creatures of the Unknown (2011)
Golden Age Secret Files (2001)
Green Arrow (2001)
#17 - 'The Archer's Quest, Part 2: The Grays of Shade' #18 - 'The Archer's Quest, Part 3: Grundy No Like Arrows in Face!' #53 - 'Family Relations' Green Lantern Corps Quarterly (1992)
Green Lantern: Brightest Day / Blackest Night (2002)
One-Shot - 'Brightest Day / Blackest Night' Hawkman (2002)
#15 - 'The Thanagarian, Part One' #33 - 'Earth and Sky' History of the DC Universe (1986)
Infinite Crisis (2005)
Infinity Inc. (1984)
#3 - 'Generations Part 3: Solomon Grundy Goes Hollywood!' #4 - 'Generations Part 4: Origins and Outcasts!' #13 - 'A Thorn Grows in Paradise' #22 - 'Uncivil Wars!' #23 - 'Feithera By Stormlight!' #35 - 'Beat the Clock' #36 - 'Chaos In Calgary' #37 - 'The Heritage' #38 - 'Helix Takes the Stand' #39 - 'The Saga of Solomon Grundy' #40 - 'A Flash of Thunder' #42 - 'Farewell to Fury!' #44 - 'In the Midst of Death' #46 - 'Swamped!' #47 - 'Out Back and Back in Beverly Hills' #50 - 'It's a Grimmworld After All' #51 - 'A Death in the Family' #52 - 'To Love and to Die in L.A.' #53 - 'Death, When it Must Come' JLA - Die neue Gerechtigkeitsliga Sonderband (1997)
#8 - 'Aus den geheimen Archiven 2' JLA 80-Page Giant (1998)
JLA in Crisis Secret Files (1998)
JLA: Incarnations (2001)
#1 - 'The Justice League of America is Dead!' JLA: Year One (1998)
Joker: Last Laugh (2001)
#3 - 'Joker: Last Laugh, Part Three: Lunatic Fringe' JSA (1999)
#29 - 'Joker: Last Laugh: Kids' #33 - 'Stealing Thunder, Part 1: Wish Fulfillment' #65 - 'Out of Time, Part 1' JSA 80-Page Giant 2011 (2011)
JSA Secret Files (1999)
JSA: All Stars (2003)
JSA: Classified (2005)
#5 - 'Honor Among Thieves, Part 1' #6 - 'Honor Among Thieves, Part 2' #7 - 'Honor Among Thieves, Part 3' #26 - 'Fight Game Part 1' #32 - 'Giving Thanks' #35 - 'Forward Through the Past, Chapter One' Justice (2005)
#4 - 'Justice, Chapter Four' #5 - 'Justice, Chapter Five' #7 - 'Justice, Chapter Seven' #10 - 'Justice Chapter Ten' #11 - 'Justice, Chapter Eleven' #12 - 'Justice, Chapter Twelve' Justice League of America (1960)
#46 - 'Crisis Between Earth-One and Earth-Two!' #47 - 'The Bridge Between Earths!' #91 - 'Earth -- the Monster-Maker!' #92 - 'Solomon Grundy -- the One and Only' #146 - 'Inner Mission!' #193 - 'Secret of Genesis' Justice League of America (2006)
#1 - 'The Tornado's Path: Chapter 1: Life' #4 - 'The Tornado's Path: Chapter 4: Being Human' #4 (J.G. Jones Cover) - 'The Tornado's Path, Chapter Four: Being Human' #5 - 'The Tornado's Path: Chapter 5: Born Again' #5 (Art Adams Cover) - 'The Tornado's Path, Chapter Five: Born Again' #6 - 'The Tornado's Path, Final Chapter: Iron Man' #45 - 'Prelude to the Dark Things' #49 - 'The Bogeyman' Justice League of America, Special (2009)
Justice Society of America (1991)
#1 - 'Beware The Savage Skies!' #2 - 'The Sack Of Gotham' #3 - 'Dead Air' #5 - 'Double Star Rising!' #6 - 'Danger Flies The Skies' #7 - 'The Return Of The Justice Society' #8 - 'Battle Of The Stars!' Justice Society of America (2007)
#26 - 'Black Adam Ruined My Birthday!' #50 Legends of the DCU: Crisis on Infinite Earths (1999)
Salvation Run (2008)
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#4 - 'Six Degrees of Devastation, Part Four: Spiders on the Wind' Showcase (1956)
#55 - 'presents Doctor FATE and HOURMAN' Solomon Grundy (2009)
#1 - 'Born on a Monday' #2 - 'Christened on a Tuesday' #3 - 'Married on a Wednesday' #4 - 'Took Ill on a Thursday' #5 - 'Worse on a Friday!' #6 - 'Died on a Saturday!' #7 - 'Buried on a Sunday!' Starman (1994)
Annual 02 - 'Stars in My Eyes' #10 - 'The Day Before the Day to Come' #12 - 'Sins of the Child, Part One: Jack's Day (The First Half)' #13 - 'Sins of the Child, Part Two: Ted's Day' #15 - 'Sins of the Child, Part Four: Mikaal's Day' #16 - 'Sins of the Child, Part Five: Jack's Day (the Second Half)' #17 - 'Encounters' #32 - 'Infernal Devices, Part 3' #33 - 'With Some Help from His Friends' #34 - 'Merry Pranksters' #48 - 'Stars My Destination, Part 1: Starman Blues' #49 - 'Fighting With Grundy; Talking With David '99' #62 - 'Grand Guignol, Premiere Partie: ... And What Went Before' #63 - 'Grand Guignol, Deuxieme Partie: Friends and Lovers' #64 - 'Grand Guignol, Troisieme Partie: Fighting With Evil; Talking With David' #65 - 'Grand Guignol, Quatrieme Partie: Darkness Not of Night' #66 - 'Grand Guignol, Cinquieme Partie: A Villain's Tale' #67 - 'Grand Guignol, Sixieme Partie: Rules of Engagement' #68 - 'Grand Guignol, Septieme Partie: A Villain's Tale II' #69 - 'Grand Guignol, Neuvieme Partie: Heroes Reborn, Renewed...and Remembered' #70 - 'Grand Guignol, Dixieme Partie: The Devil's in the Details' #71 - 'Grand Guignol, Onzieme Partie: Evils Old, New and Unexpected' Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (1999)
Suicide Squad (2001)
Super-Team Family (1975)
Supergirl (2005)
Superman (1939)
#301 - 'Solomon Grundy Wins On A Monday!' #319 - 'How To Make A Marshland Monster!' #320 - 'The Absolute-Power Play Of The Parasite!' #321 - 'Too Strong To Survive!' #322 - 'Laser War Over Metropolis!' #657 - 'Camelot Falls' #676 - 'Memorial Day' Superman (1987)
#160 - 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World!' #182 - 'The Secret: Part One' Superman (2001)
Superman: New Krypton (2009)
Superman/Batman (2003)
Annual 05 - 'Reign of Doomsday, Part Five: No Exit!' #3 - 'The World's Finest, Part Three: Running Wild' #18 - 'Absolute Power, The Startling Conclusion: "Thy Will Be Done..."' #27 - 'Nevermind' #50 - 'The Fathers' #62 - 'Sidekicked' #66 - 'Night of the Cure, Part One' #67 - 'Night of the Cure, Part Two' #82 - 'Sorcerer Kings, Part Two' Swamp Thing (1985)
#67 - 'The Wisdom of Solomon' Tales of the Batman - Gene Colan (2011)
The Brave and the Bold (1955)
#115 - 'The Corpse That Wouldn't Die!' The Flash (1987)
The Super Friends (1976)
#28 - 'Masquerade of Madness' Tim Sale: Heroes, Villains, Babes (2008)
Titans (2008)
#22 - 'Fractured, Part 2' Trinity (2008)
Two-Face: Year One (2008)
Underworld Unleashed (1995)
#1 - 'Underworld Unleashed' Villains United (2005)
Infinite Crisis Special - 'A Hero Dies But One' #5 - 'Villains United, Part Five: Victims of Aggression' #6 - 'Villains United, Part Six: At the End of All Things' Wanted, the World's Most Dangerous Villains (1972)
Who's Who in the DC Universe (1990)
#5 - 'Batmobile To Vigilante I' Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
#11 - 'Icicle to Jonni Thunder' #21 - 'Shrinking Violet to Starfinger' Who's Who: Update '87 (1987)
#5 - 'Reaper to Zymyr plus Appendix' Wonder Woman (1942)
#271 - 'Renewal On Paradise Island' #272 - 'The Man With All The Angles' #273 - 'The Right Angle' Young All-Stars (1987)
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