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Cyrus Gold, better known as Solomon Grundy, was a mindless zombie hellbent on destruction who usually operates in Gotham City, making him an enemy of Batman.
History
Solomon Grundy made his first public appearance in Gotham during Batman's second year as a vigilante, during the "War of Jokes and Riddles" between the Joker and the Riddler. The two criminals went to war over the right to kill Batman and recruited every villain in Gotham they could to join their fight. Grundy was brought on to fight for the Joker. The war waged on for weeks before Batman was forced to side with the Riddler to end the needless casualties. Grundy was apprehended and brought to Arkham Asylum.
He later resurfaced and attacked the Outlaws, almost killing Red Hood and Artemis, before being defeated by Bizarro.[2]
At some point Grundy started working as groundkeeper at Gotham Academy.[3]
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Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Zombie Physiology: Cyrus Gold's curse turned him into an undead hybrid of man and plant, cursed with being reborn again and again with different characteristics that vary upon each resurrection.[4]
- Superhuman Strength: Solomon Grundy possesses vast levels of superhuman strength, he can easily break through metal and concrete with his blows and lift incredible weights. He has been able to punch Gotham through the Statue of Justice[5] and has clashed with powerful opponents like Bizarro[6] and Mister Bloom.[7]
- Superhuman Stamina: Grundy is almost tireless, he can walk on the Himalayan mountains at the mercy of a blizzard and be completely unbothered by the cold.[8]
- Superhuman Durability: Grundy is highly resistant to all forms of damage and only extremely powerful forces can harm him, he is completely undamaged by bullets and blows from powerful Amazons like Artemis.[9] Despite his high resistance to damage he is not invulnerable and more powerful opponents like Gotham Girl have been known to be able to hurt him.[5][10]
- Regeneration
- Resurrection: Even if killed, Grundy's curse will cause him to eventually come back from the dead.[11]
Abilities
- Gardening: Grundy works as groundkeeper at Gotham Academy.[12]
Other Characteristics
- Diminished Intellect: One thing that unites most of his incarnations is his low intelligence, when speaking he spends most of the time repeating his iconic rhyme like a litany and when he actually wishes to communicate he expresses himself in short sentences with a poor grammar.
Notes
- Solomon Grundy was created by Alfred Bester and Paul Reinman, first appearing in All-American Comics #61. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Solomon Grundy first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Harley Quinn (Volume 2) #18 by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Chad Hardin.
Related
- 129 Appearances of Cyrus Gold (Prime Earth)
- 55 Images featuring Cyrus Gold (Prime Earth)
- Quotations by or about Cyrus Gold (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Cyrus Gold (Prime Earth)
Footnotes
- ↑ Justice Society of America (Volume 4) #10
- ↑ Red Hood and the Outlaws (Volume 2) #12
- ↑ DC's Saved by the Belle Reve #1
- ↑ Batman/Superman (Volume 2) #15
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Batman (Volume 3) #2
- ↑ Red Hood and the Outlaws (Volume 2) #12
- ↑ Task Force Z #10
- ↑ Justice League Dark (Volume 2) #15
- ↑ Red Hood and the Outlaws (Volume 2) #12
- ↑ Batman (Volume 3) #75
- ↑ Batman/Superman (Volume 2) #15
- ↑ DC's Saved by the Belle Reve #1
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