origin was revealed in a flashback. Grundy was a slaughterhouse worker in 1898, his wife Pinney Grundy was raped by his callous foreman Henry Pittance and she killed herself on the job. When Henry made the workers feed the body to the crocodiles, Grundy snapped, killed Henry, and everyone else in the slaughterhouse, then committed suicide while reciting the "Solomon Grundy" nursery rhyme he would often sing to his infant son. Apparently, something happened immediately afterwards. In the present, Solomon Grundy somehow returned to Earth, went on a decaying rampage, and fought members of the World Army where he was briefly dissolved. He then reformed his body and continued to go after Alan Scott. When it came to his next encounter with Solomon Grundy, Alan was reunited with Sam Zhao who has become an avatar for the White. Following their brief fight with Solomon Grundy, the Parliaments ended their feud where they instructed Alan, Sam, Grundy, the Clear's avatar Azathoth, and the Red's Yolanda Montez to work together to combat the invasion from Apokolips. When Apokolips starts to approach Earth 2, the Parliaments advise their representatives to join forces and fight this threat. While in Earth's orbit, Solomon Grundy, Azathoth, and Sam Zhao sacrifice their lives so that Alan Scott can receive their combined Parliament abilities to stop Apokolips from destroying Earth 2. In other media Television Live-action Solomon Grundy appears in Legends of the Superheroes, portrayed by Mickey Morton. This version is a member of the Legion of Doom. Solomon Grundy makes a cameo appearance in the Smallville episode "Prophecy", portrayed by John DeSantis. This version is a member of Toyman's Marionette Ventures. Cyrus Gold appears in the second season of Arrow, portrayed by Graham Shiels. This version is an acolyte of Sebastian Blood's Church of Blood who was injected with Mirakuru serum in an attempt to replicate the process that granted Slade Wilson his abilities, gaining superhuman strength and endurance in the process. After attacking Queen Consolidated's Applied Sciences division to steal a centrifuge for Blood's plans, Gold eventually battles the Arrow, who kills him. Solomon Grundy appears in Gotham, portrayed by Drew Powell. This version was born Cyrus Gold and is initially known as Butch Gilzean, a mob enforcer working for Fish Mooney. Throughout the first three seasons, he is employed by Oswald Cobblepot, Tabitha Galavan, and Barbara Kean until Kean kills Gilzean during the season three