Solomon Grundy

Description

Name: Cyrus Gold

Alias: Solomon Grundy

Apparent Age: Indeterminate

Species: Reanimated Human / Supernatural Undead

Origin: Slaughter Swamp, near Gotham City

Occupation: None / Occasional Criminal Enforcer

Universe: DC

Abilities: Immense superhuman strength, extreme durability, regeneration, resurrection, supernatural endurance, resistance to pain, limited vulnerability to conventional weapons

Solomon Grundy is an enormous undead creature born from the remains of Cyrus Gold, a man whose death in Slaughter Swamp should have been the end of his story.

Instead, something brought him back.

The creature that emerged generations later possessed only fragmented memories of the man he had once been. Pale, corpse-like skin, enormous physical proportions, white hair, darkened eyes, and clothing reduced to remnants give Grundy the appearance of something dragged directly from the grave.

His name came from the old nursery rhyme:

“Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday...”

Grundy possesses staggering physical strength. He can tear through reinforced structures, overturn heavy vehicles, withstand tremendous punishment, and physically challenge some of Earth's strongest metahumans.

Destroying his body does not necessarily destroy Grundy.

Again and again, Slaughter Swamp brings him back.

The disturbing complication is that each resurrection can produce a slightly different Grundy. One incarnation may be nearly mindless and violently territorial. Another may speak clearly, remember portions of Cyrus Gold's life, or display surprising gentleness.

Nobody—including Grundy—knows who will emerge next.