Who is “Solomon Grundy” from Supermans Song?
Solomon Grundy and Superman collided in Superman issues 301, 319, and 320. Grundy, “The Marshland Monster,” was a very large, very dim-witted, zombie-type creature who came from an alternate dimension in order to find other people (he was lonely, poor thing). As all good monsters know, to make friends, you must pummel Superman, and so he did. Finally Superman ended up leaving Grundy on the moon, which meant that he was again left with no people, and no oxygen as well… Roberts claims that he bought one of the aforementioned comics on the way home from a physical examination in Grade 7, and when later writing the song, he chose Grundy because it rhymed (well, almost) with “money” and none of the other super-villains did.
