[37], In the countdown to Blackest Night, Cyrus Gold was given one week to discover the truth of who murdered him, so he could repent for all of his sins and gain absolution. Cyrus Gold (2011 - Present) The undead monster known as Solomon Grundy is powerful, immortal and bad news for every hero unfortunate enough to cross his path. However, the process was missing one vital piece: fire, as a Plant Elemental cannot be fully created unless it died in flames. [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. Some have been truly evil; some much less so. Cyrus GoldAppearances • Images [25], Grundy's next major appearance is in Starman, lurking in Opal City's sewers. Liking this flash, Grundy commits murders hoping to see the flash again. [39] Bizarro eventually manages to defeat Grundy by flying him into the sun, which completely incinerates him, and the black ring. [10], A battle soon commences when Grundy's body gravitates towards young astronomer Dick Cashmere as he learns to ride light waves, resulting in his assuming Cashmere's identity for a time while leaving the real one bound and gagged, though the Society finds him soon after. In Green Arrow (vol. [55], In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. Grundy reappears in Year Five where he is revealed to be cargo the Regime soldiers are investigating. Cyrus Gold was a man in Gotham during the 19th century. These zombies are called "Grundies" or "Grundymen", and resemble Solomon Grundy. 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. [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. His psychotic tendencies made him a natural businessman, whose legacy and wealth preceded him, but he accumulated many enemies, even those within his immediate family. When Banner gets angry, he becomes Grundy. Dark Multiverse: Crisis on Infinite Earths. Before Ingrid was killed by an inmate using a rogue Batarang despite the villains getting her away from the riot, she gave birth to Astrid Arkham who would later become Arkham Knight.[45]. [26], The origins of Grundy's resurrection come from the fact that the Parliament of Trees, a high council of Plant Elementals, tried to turn him into the newest Plant Elemental. In this incarnation, he gains intelligence which he subsequently loses when Green Lantern defeats and buries Grundy in 1947. He has been a member of the Black Lantern Corps, Injustice League, Injustice Society, Secret Society of Super-Villains Suicide Squad and the Fatal Five. The battle continues until Scott once again exiles Grundy to the moon where neither he nor the "Grey" can do any damage. The creature chose a new name calling itself Skulk. [7] 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. [14], Grundy was once pulled to Earth-1 and substituted for the superstrong Blockbuster due to a machine that was accidentally pulling the Earths together in warp-space and substituting people. Labs employee, who claims she is the great, great granddaughter of the man the monster spawned from, to find and cure him. [58], When Apokolips starts to approach Earth 2, the Parliaments advise their representatives to join forces and fight this threat. 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… [42], During "The War of Jokes and Riddles" arc, Solomon Grundy is among the villains on Joker's side in his war against Riddler. To his surprise, Doiby Dickles walks in, and informs him that Grundy has freed himself and is on the loose. He is offered nanotechnology stolen from GNX's Supercop program by Lex Luthor's daughter, Lucinda Luthor.[53]. Solomon Grundy is a reanimated corpse stemming from a cursed place near Gotham City called Slaughter Swamp. However, Hawkman strikes Grundy with his mace, and Doctor Mid-Nite is able to revive the Lantern. He shows up in a hobo camp. The heroes believe the threat of Grundy to have ended once and for all, but they are mistaken. 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. This version of Grundy returns one final time, without explanation, leading a gang in the Earth-One Gotham City. The two defeat Hawkman and Wildcat before Grundy is thrown into a cooling volcano by Power Girl and Superman. Gold murders two escaped criminals who are hiding out in the marsh and steals their clothes. Solomon Grundy is a fictional character, usually depicted as a supervillain in DC Comics and an antihero in the DC Animated Universe. Though Solomon Grundy never appears in Batman: Arkham Knight's prequel comic, seven clones of him appear where they all have been created by Calendar Man and named after the days of the week. 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