Soloman Grundy has been referred to a lot in the popular culture in relation with Batman, Superman and
Solomon Grundy
different novels etc. Its a fictional character made popular as a supervillain in most of the stories.
The name “Solomon Grundy” is believed to have derived from the English food Salmagundi, which was integrated into the English language from the French in the 17th century, and is a salad of cooked meats, lettuce, anchovies and eggs, with other condiments. The name of the salad was corrupted in the 18th century to Solomon Gundy, particularly in the United States.
It was basically a 9th century children’s nursery rhyme, and was presented by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps in 1842. The poem is essentially a riddle in which the life of Solomon Grundy appears to take place in the process of a single week, the answer being that each day’s events represent the seven ages of man.
Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday.
That was the end of
Solomon Grundy.
Later Solomon Grundy came out as a fictional character published by DC Comics, a large, strong zombie supervillain bearing a resemblance to Frankenstein’s monster. He is an enemy of Green Lantern, Batman and Superman. He first appeared in All-American Comics #61 (October 1944).
Grundy possessed superhuman strength and invulnerability. He didn’t need any form of sustenance, such as food or air, to survive, and he didn’t physically age. Grundy could absorb certain forms of energy, such as radiation and magic. Each time Grundy died he was invariably resurrected. Each resurrection altered Grundy’s mental and physical state. These various forms of Grundy reflected different aspects of Cyrus Gold’s personality. Grundy’s most common form was savagely brutal yet mentally childlike.
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