Who is grundy from batman

It was eventually revealed that Gold actually took his own life, however, and would be cursed to remain Grundy forever because of his selfishness. Rather than gaining his undeath and immortality from the inherent magic of Slaughter Swamp, he was empowered by an elemental force known as The Grey, which opposed The Green, the force protected by the avatar Swamp Thing.

To defeat the forces of The Grey, Alan Scott was forced to exile Grundy to the Moon where his connection to the elemental energies of Earth would be severed. Solomon Grundy. Powers and Abilities. Essential Storylines and History. The Golden, Silver, and Bronze Ages Grundy was introduced as a repeated adversary of the Golden Age Green Lantern, Alan Scott, who struggled against him thanks to his universal invulnerability which rendered the magic of Scott's Green Lantern ring all but useless.

Team Affiliations. Appearances in Other Media. Related Comic Issues. Sir Grundy appears to be identical in physical appearance to our own Solomon Grundy with the exception of a trimmed mustache and a small goatee. In keeping with his educated personality, Sir Grundy dresses himself as a 19th-century Englishman would, and speaks accordingly. His super strength and invulnerability made him a formidable hero, until Ultraman rendered him inert on a Saturday. Batman was able to stop Grundy.

He participated in the final strike against the Secret Six. Ragdoll II encountered Grundy in a doorway. However, Ragdoll II asked Grundy to see his real face. Ragdoll's scarred face related to Grundy, and Grundy went on to turn against the Secret Society. The aftermath of that battle was inconclusive, but Grundy evidently survived, as he was last seen in a murky swamp in JSA Classified.

In it, he was convinced by Icicle to help Wizard, who was in trouble. What their new motives are and what role Grundy will play are unclear. It is known that Grundy hid out for a time in the Arrowcave, the long abandoned former headquarters of the Emerald Archer, Green Arrow. While searching for artifacts of his former life, Oliver and his former ward, Roy "Arsenal" Harper, stumble onto Grundy's new hideout.

Ollie notes that this version seems much more violent, and manages to kill him by choking him with the string to his broken bow. In Green Arrow vol. Chrissie Cavendish, a S. Labs employee, who claims she is the great, great granddaughter of the man the monster spawned from, to find and cure him. Her cure, however, warps her into a monster much worse than Grundy. Ollie subdues the new monster, and leaves Grundy to be. It is not known if Grundy is still using this building. In Infinite Crisis 7, Solomon Grundy was seen fighting against the Blood Pack in the Battle of Metropolis, until he was vaporized by Superboy-Prime's heat vision, which apparently killed the Blood Pack and destroyed Grundy's current incarnation.

Solomon Grundy returned in the Justice League of America series. He is depicted as intelligent and sophisticated seemingly serving as the brains behind a complex operation to willingly transfer Professor Ivo's immortality to Grundy.

The story is on-going. In Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers series, the Witch-People of Limbo Town who are descended from the immortal Melmoth bury their dead, and later dig them up, at which point they become animate and are used as slave labour.

Although accounts of his origins differ, the tale is fairly consistent that he was a Gotham City gentleman of ill repute who came to his death in Slaughter Swamp , and resurrected some years later as a horrible creature. Stories of his origins include:. Solomon Grundy consistently haunts Gotham City , and has been known to take residence in the Gotham sewer system.

In the early years, his primary enemy was Alan Scott , the original Green Lantern , though he also fought Batman as well. Green Arrow. Grundy's appearances were not limited to Gotham, however. He fought Superman several times in Metropolis. For a time, a new innocent, child-like Grundy lurked in the sewers of Opal City , where he was befriended by Starman Jack Knight , who affectionately referred to him as Solly.

This left Grundy in critical condition. In return for his sacrifice as well as trying to stop the old Grundy from reemerging , Jack and Ted Knight and Alan Scott enlisted the aid of the Floronic Man , who like Grundy was a creature of The Green , to try and save his life. Woodrue was accompanied by Batman, and had them all eat seeds, allowing them to enter the consciousness of Grundy in order to pull out the Solly aspect of Grundy's personality, rather than one of Grundy's evil versions.

Unfortunately the bad aspects of Grundy were too overwhelming and the Solly version couldn't be saved. When the heroes returned to the normal world, Grundy disappeared. Grundy's next appearance saw the return of his malicious persona, where he was found by Jack Knight on a strange blue planet, apparently having landed there when he was cast into orbit by Alan Scott and Dr.

Fate in the 40's. The crash on the planet killed him, apparently allowing him to resurrect with a different body on Earth. This suggests that Grundy's consciousness may be able to inhabit multiple bodies, though only one at a time.

This new Grundy had a much higher intelligence than normal, but claimed to have no knowledge of Jack Knight or his previous exploits on earth since he was cast into orbit. This version of Grundy was summarily destroyed. Mikaal Tomas was the next to battle Grundy. This Grundy displayed an average intelligence and was once again malicious.

While Bruce keeps the Hulk level, Grundy is trying to prevent Cyrus from taking over and wreaking havoc. It should be noted that this most recent Grundy personality is completely unique. When Cyrus takes over, he is able to speak in complete sentences and constructs thoughts that seem way outside the realm of Grundy's limited mind.

While Grundy has certainly appeared rageful in the past, this new level of intelligence is unfounded. Every other time that Grundy has appeared with average or above intelligence, he has been controlled by another powerful force from the DC Universe. With this reemergence of Cyrus Gold, a new slew of avenues have opened for Solomon Grundy. This shows that he is no longer restricted as a pawn in other villains' schemes, but could become one of the Dark Knight's greatest threats.

With the raw strength of Solomon Grundy and the enhanced intelligence and criminal intellect that Gold possesses, Grundy has become an enhanced threat to Gotham.

Brennan Fielder is a video game and comic writer based in Kentucky.