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The Very Nature Of Solomon Grundy Revealed (Again (Spoilers))

Published Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:58:09 -0600

Last updated Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:10:38 -0600

Originally in DC Comics, Solomon Grundy was the late 19th-century wealthy merchant Cyrus Gold, who is murdered and his body is disposed of in Slaughter Swamp, near Gotham City. Fifty years later, in the Green Lantern strip in All-American Comics #61 in 1941, his corpse is reanimated as a huge shambling figure (composed partly of the swamp matter that has accumulated around the body over the decades) with almost no memory of its past life.

New Origins For Solomon Grundy And Gotham in Arkham City (Spoilers) — All-American Comics #61

The Post-Crisis version of Solomon Grundy saw his resurrection as an attempt by the Parliament Of Trees to create a Plant Elemental but failed. Other versions showed that Cyrus Gold was a miserly paedophile killed by an enraged mob. It is later revealed in the Blackest Night that he committed suicide, calling the Solomon Grundy curse upon him. bIn the recent Arkham City: The Order Of The World, it is revealed that Solomon Grundy goes much further back…

New Origins For Solomon Grundy And Gotham in Arkham City — Arkham City: The Order Of The World #3

Recently, Solomon Grundy has gone back to an earlier look, but Selena created a mindless clone of Solomon Grundy from a DNA sample in Supergirl Vol 7 #12. Or at least that is how this scene was interpreted.

She grew this Solomon Grundy from a hair. But no DNA mentioned. What if she literally grew him… from a hair? Because in today's Justice League Annual 2022, Jon Kent gets to look inside Solomon Grundy with X-Ray vision.

He is entirely made of vegetable matter like Swamp Thing. Could his origins be back to being a Plant Elemental again?

JUSTICE LEAGUE 2022 ANNUAL #1 CVR A SANFORD GREENE
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Sanford Greene
The return of Wonder Woman! Wait, what's that? Also, the return of…OMAC! Jack Kirby's greatest creation, the One-Man Army Corps, returns to the DC universe just in time to team up with the reunited Justice League to stop secret forces of evil from gathering! Join Eisner Award winner Sanford Greene as he brings the legacy of the League to life leading into Justice League vs. the Legion of Super-Heroes!
Retail: $5.99 In-Store Date: 02/08/2022

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