The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1316 Solomon Grendie and Poison Ivy

Solomon Grandi is a terrifying, zombie-like creature whose origins are still unclear even to the Justice League.

Most people only know that he has an inseparable relationship with the story of "Solomon's Seven Days".

Monday, birth. Tuesday, baptism. Wednesday, marriage. Thursday, illness. Friday, serious illness. Saturday, death. Sunday, burial.

This classic nursery rhyme alludes to the impermanence of life and also symbolizes reincarnation.

And Solomon Grendi, just like this nursery rhyme, is immortal, or perhaps he is constantly reborn.

No matter how Solomon Grendi is killed, he will be resurrected after a period of time, and the cycle of birth and burial will repeat itself.

Solomon Grendie's ability to resurrect, combined with his formidable fighting prowess, has made him one of the Justice League's most troublesome enemies.

According to statistics, the Justice League has defeated Solomon Grenadi five times. It is because of these experiences that the Justice League has discovered something very important.

Solomon Grandi's strength fluctuates; whenever he is killed and resurrected, his strength is always different from his previous life.

Sometimes he becomes very powerful, so powerful that even Superman cannot defeat him alone, while at other times Superman can easily defeat him.

Such a huge fluctuation in power naturally attracted everyone's attention. Although no one has yet been able to figure out the underlying principles, the Justice League quickly devised a countermeasure.

That means not to kill Solomon Grundy easily, after all, he has a record of strength exceeding that of Superman, and no one knows where Solomon Grundy's limit is.

Of course, there are also records of Solomon Grandi becoming very weak, but such changes are currently uncontrollable, and no one knows whether the next time he is resurrected, he will break through the current upper limit of strength.

Nobody likes to gamble, so the plan was approved as soon as it was proposed.

However, no matter how careful the Justice League is, Solomon Grendi is still out of control. He has repeatedly gone berserk or been manipulated by others to cause widespread destruction.

This led to the League sometimes having to kill Solomon Grandi, resulting in those five kills.

The Justice League assessed Solomon Grendy's current strength and concluded that Superman could defeat him in a one-on-one fight, after some time.

Even so, in Roy's opinion, the most difficult person to deal with was not this big, dumb zombie, but the seemingly delicate and beautiful woman sitting on his shoulder.

Poison Ivy is truly a legendary figure. She has many abilities, but her most famous one is her control over plants.

Poison Ivy can control any plant; she can even grant plants abilities they don't possess on their own. I've heard she was involved in a major incident before.

Although she was imprisoned for a period of time, it's easy to imagine that she wasn't kept in the cell for very long.

It's not hard to guess why Poison Ivy would come to save the Joker. She and Harley Quinn are best friends who are willing to sacrifice for each other.

As for why Solomon Grandi is in this group, it must be related to Poison Ivy.

Poison Ivy can secrete a hallucinogenic toxin that is so potent that even someone as strong as Superman cannot resist it.

Although Solomon Grendi is described as something like a zombie, he is actually a kind of living being, so it is normal for him to be controlled by psychotoxins.

Moreover, Solomon Grandi's intelligence was mostly low, and at its highest, it never exceeded the average IQ of an eight- or nine-year-old child.

Therefore, controlling Solomon Grandi is a very simple matter; with a good mind, one can command him to do things with just a few words.

"Hurry up, big guy! My little sweetheart is waiting for me to save him!"

Harley Quinn was giving enthusiastic instructions, but Solomon Grundy completely ignored her until Poison Ivy spoke up. "Speed ​​up, my dear."

"Monday is born!"

Solomon Grandi roared and then sped up, taking a few large strides to reach the clown's side.

"Sweetheart!" Harley Quinn scrambled off Solomon Grendie's shoulders and rushed to the Joker's side to remove his blindfold and mask.

"You've suffered, sweetheart, that damn bat!"

"Harley Quinn! My darling, I knew you wouldn't let me down."

The Joker grinned, his originally pale face now flushed red from the beating he received from Batman.

"My escape was supposed to be a big spectacle, but some clever little devil tried to kill me and managed to get rid of the police!"

"Who is it?! Someone actually wants to kill my sweetheart! You're so harmless, how could anyone have such a terrible thought?!"

“Alright, Harley,” the Joker suddenly said softly. “Isn’t this funny? Finally, an interesting one has appeared among those well-behaved Boy Scouts.”

"It's not easy to find such a fun person, so of course I want to play with him. If possible, it would be best to capture him alive."

“Of course, no problem.” Harley Quinn nodded. “Big guy!”

"Untie the clown first," Poison Ivy ordered.

"Baptized on Tuesday."

Solomon stretched out his two large hands and pulled hard, tearing the tough bindings and chains in half as easily as paper.

"Thanks, oh." The clown started moving around as soon as he landed. "My body is really sore."

"Please, darling, help me!"

Harley Quinn moved closer to Poison Ivy, hugged the latter's arm, and shook it affectionately.

"Harley, we agreed that I was just here to help you rescue the Joker."

Poison Ivy said helplessly, "You know I don't want to run into that lunatic in the tights. Last time he hired lumberjacks to cut down five or six trees in Gotham Park!"

Poison Ivy grew angrier as she spoke, though at the same time, a hint of fear was also evident in her eyes.

Harley Quinn loves the Joker and is also quite crazy, but she also cherishes her friendship with Poison Ivy and doesn't want to put her best friend in a difficult position.

“Then…can you make this big guy listen to me?” Harley Quinn pouted.

"Harley~" Poison Ivy sighed, feeling utterly helpless with her best friend.

"Alright, I'll inject him with more psychoactive drugs. Although it will drive him a bit crazy, he will definitely obey your orders in this situation."

As Poison Ivy spoke, she once again leaned close to Solomon Grandi's face and gently blew a wisp of yellow gas towards him.

(End of this chapter)