I imagine the reason Solomon Grundy showed up in The Long Halloween is because Alan Scott’s primary base of operations was Gotham city, and in Post-Crisis continuity he is considered to be Gotham‘s first superhero. If you get the trade paperback of Batman: The Man Who Laughs by Ed Brubaker there is a story collected in it called “Made of Wood” where Batman teams up with Alan Scott and at the end you find out that Green Lantern was Thomas Wayne’s childhood hero, so although he won’t admit it, the whole experience is very exciting for Bruce
There is a great episode of the 2004 The Batman cartoon called Grundy's Night that I've always enjoyed. There's a bit of a twist ending, but it's still a wonderful entry for Grundy.
I decided to look at train accidents in 1940 knowing how much Finger likes, refrence materials. There were two in America in 1940 pre Scott's debut. One in Alamo Texas and one in Little falls New york on Aprill 19th. There was the Doodlebug trainwreck which took place just after the issue on July 31st. None of them involved bridges that I could tell.
Given that my introduction to Solomon Grundy was Super Friends I had assumed he was a Superman villain for years. No idea if any of it's correct but I remember him & Superman fighting in those cartoons. It was so implanted that I thought, while cool, it was weird to see him in Arkham City. And now I know he's an old GL villain & everyone was wrong.
Great job as always, it's really interesting to hear the inspirations behind these characters. As for Solomon Grundy i never appreciated the idea of considering him a Batman villain: as pointed out in this video too at the end of the day the reason he is considered a Batman's villain is due more of his appearances in The Long Halloween, Dark Victory and Arkham City and that's pretty much it. Besides if i want to read a story about Batman fighting an animalistic brute with a tragic backstory that lives in the sewers i can always pick a comic with Killer Croc. Solomon Grundy works best when he wanders around the DC universe, fighting all kinds of heroes. I guess Grundy simply suffers the same fate of villains like Killer Frost or Chemo: villains that have become way more popular than their respective heroes therefore are put against everyone.
That’s an interesting perspective! Given that the average life expectancy in the late 19th century was in the 40s, and earlier in the century was in the late 30s, the interpretation as decades seems quite ambitious! The average life expectancy reached 70 in the 1960s, so that interpretation would make a lot of sense to children of the mid 20th century.
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I imagine the reason Solomon Grundy showed up in The Long Halloween is because Alan Scott’s primary base of operations was Gotham city, and in Post-Crisis continuity he is considered to be Gotham‘s first superhero. If you get the trade paperback of Batman: The Man Who Laughs by Ed Brubaker there is a story collected in it called “Made of Wood” where Batman teams up with Alan Scott and at the end you find out that Green Lantern was Thomas Wayne’s childhood hero, so although he won’t admit it, the whole experience is very exciting for Bruce
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There is a great episode of the 2004 The Batman cartoon called Grundy's Night that I've always enjoyed. There's a bit of a twist ending, but it's still a wonderful entry for Grundy.
I decided to look at train accidents in 1940 knowing how much Finger likes, refrence materials. There were two in America in 1940 pre Scott's debut. One in Alamo Texas and one in Little falls New york on Aprill 19th. There was the Doodlebug trainwreck which took place just after the issue on July 31st. None of them involved bridges that I could tell.
Given that my introduction to Solomon Grundy was Super Friends I had assumed he was a Superman villain for years. No idea if any of it's correct but I remember him & Superman fighting in those cartoons. It was so implanted that I thought, while cool, it was weird to see him in Arkham City. And now I know he's an old GL villain & everyone was wrong.
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Great job as always, it's really interesting to hear the inspirations behind these characters.
As for Solomon Grundy i never appreciated the idea of considering him a Batman villain: as pointed out in this video too at the end of the day the reason he is considered a Batman's villain is due more of his appearances in The Long Halloween, Dark Victory and Arkham City and that's pretty much it.
Besides if i want to read a story about Batman fighting an animalistic brute with a tragic backstory that lives in the sewers i can always pick a comic with Killer Croc.
Solomon Grundy works best when he wanders around the DC universe, fighting all kinds of heroes.
I guess Grundy simply suffers the same fate of villains like Killer Frost or Chemo: villains that have become way more popular than their respective heroes therefore are put against everyone.
Haven't read a lot with him, but I believe James Robinson's Starman did him pretty well.
OMG. The Solomon Grundys ORIGINAL nursery rhyme was about the DECADES of his LIFE. Sheesh. Millennials..! Phhfftt..! WORSE analogy EVER..!!!!!
That’s an interesting perspective! Given that the average life expectancy in the late 19th century was in the 40s, and earlier in the century was in the late 30s, the interpretation as decades seems quite ambitious! The average life expectancy reached 70 in the 1960s, so that interpretation would make a lot of sense to children of the mid 20th century.