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- ... I am Man Of Grey! I am Grundy!
- — Solomon Grundy src
Solomon Grundy is the Avatar of the Grey.
History
Death & Beginnings
In life Solomon was just a simple poor man who worked his fingers to the bone in order to support his anxious wife Pinney and newborn child. In 1898, he worked at the local butcher shop while constantly under the watchful eye of his morally dubious boss, Henry Pittance. One day his wife ran out of the office of his employer after what had appeared to be a molestation incident as evident by her screaming, though he quickly fell back in line when Henry ordered it.
Yet hours later Pinney had returned standing atop a conveyor belt with a knife at her throat, soon after committing suicide and rolling into the murky swamp water after apologizing to her husband out of regret and disgrace. Solomon's boss ordered him to pick up the trash immediately afterwards, but by then the devastation had already sunken in. Having suffered a catastrophic crisis of conscious due to his beloved's passing Solomon quickly grabbed his own cutting knife and stormed back into the slaughterhouse.
Quickly massacring his boss and several other employees in rapid succession Solomon finally committed suicide, while chanting the christening lullaby he would often sing to his infant progeny up until the end. Yet something would not let him expire. Either the sound of Solomon's crying offspring ended up reviving him or death was the catalyst necessary for something to revitalize him, regardless as to what triggered the change one thing was clear as day; Grundy lived.[1]
First encounter with the Wonders
Shortly after Alan Scott was given the power of the Green Lantern by The Green, Grundy emerged and attacked Washington, D.C., draining the life from everything he and his tendrils have touched along the way. This brought him into direct confrontation with Jay Garrick (the Flash), Kendra Saunders (Hawkgirl), and Al Pratt (the Atom), who fought the creature while the Sandmen evacuated the President from the Oval Office. Alan Scott soon joined the fray, and eventually discovered Grundy's weakness by dragging him to the Moon, where there would be no life to drain.
Return to Earth
Grundy eventually managed to get off the moon, returned to Earth, and continued trying to kill Green Lantern.[1]
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Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Avatar of Decay: This is due to being the focal point channeling the deteriorative aspect called The Grey, an opposing force towards the life sustaining botanic earthly energies of The Green. Solomon's lifeless corpse has been reanimated into an unstoppable monstrosity of eldritch origin.[2] The Grey itself stated that once unleashed Grundy is unstoppable and even it could not stop him once unleashed on the planet.[3]
- Chlorokinesis: Grundy can generate and control an infestating type of withered root-like plant.[4]
- Energy Absorption: Grundy's vines can encase other superhumans and absorb their power to augment the rate at which he can spread death around him.[3] He can also consume organic life to furtherly fuel his powers.[5]
- Expedient Withering: Grundy's mere presence can create desolation and death.[4]
- Fatal Touch: Grundy can cause organic material to rot with a touch.[1]
- Superhuman Durability: While not truly invulnerable Grundy's body is made of dead matter and due to his nature as Avatar of Decay is able to endure vast damage and keep fighting.[4] He can survive a planetary reentry mostly unharmed but high yield explosives can destroy his body while a large vehicle crashing into him at high speed will fail to deal any damage.[1]
- Regeneration: Grundy can regenerate destroyed body parts almost instantly.[4]
- Resurrection: Grundy's regenerative abilities make him virtually unkillable as he can recover from having his body almost completely destroyed.[1]
- Superhuman Strength: Grundy has incredible levels of superhuman strength, being able to easily match Green Lantern.[4] His strength allows him to easily lift and hurl cars and busses.[1]
- Necromancy: As the Avatar of Decay Grundy can reanimate the dead to fight for him.[6]
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 Earth 2 #3 by James Robinson and Nicola Scott.
Trivia
- Solomon Grundy is also known as Grundy and Man of Grey.
Related
- 27 Appearances of Solomon Grundy (Earth 2)
- 5 Images featuring Solomon Grundy (Earth 2)
- 2 Quotations by or about Solomon Grundy (Earth 2)
- Character Gallery: Solomon Grundy (Earth 2)
Footnotes
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