Legion of Doom Team Member

Gorilla Grodd
Information
Real name:	Grodd
Species:	Gorilla
Home Planet:	Earth
Universe:	Earth-1A
Hair:	brown
Base:	formerly, Gorilla City Hall of Doom
Affiliations:	Legion of Doom
Rogue of:	Flash
Voiced by:	Stanley Ralph Ross

Grodd is a gorilla supervillain. He's an enemy of The Flash and he's a member of the Legion of Doom.

Contents 1 Legion of Doom Team Member 2 Earth-1A History 3 Background History 4 Powers and Abilities 5 Legion of Doom Team Members 6 Episode Appearances 7 Notes 8 External Links 9 Appearances in Other Media 10 References

Earth-1A HistoryEdit

Grodd came from Gorilla City in Africa, which is a city inhabited by super-intelligent apes. When he joined the Legion of Doom, he was banished to live outside of the city, in man's world.

Background HistoryEdit

On the parallel-universe of Earth-One, little is know of Grodd's upbringing. We do know that he is a hyper-intelligent, telepathic gorilla.

As an adult, the tension between Solovar had become great. Solovar was the King and leader of this super-intelligent race of simians.

Shortly before Grodd was banished from Gorilla City, Solovar was captured by humans in Central City. He posed as an ordinary ape in order to keep Gorilla City a secret. Grodd followed him to Central City, because he believed that Solovar would be at his most vulnerable, and would be easily overtaken, so he could learn the secrets of Solovar's ability telepathically control the minds of others (force-of-mind powers). With this knowledge Grodd wanted to command the simian armies and take over the world. Grodd is able to steal the ability and return to Gorilla City.

Solovar telepathically contacts Barry Allen, who as the Flash, helps the gorilla leader escape. Barry becomes the first human to learn of the city’s existence and its location.

The two travel to Africa where in Gorilla City, Grodd has just taken over the army. Flash manages to battle Grodd and by spinning around Grodd really fast, manages to knock Grodd out and remove the knowledge of force-of-mind from his memories. Flash then turns Grodd over to Solovar for punishment, and promises not to reveal the secret of Gorilla City.

This led to a rivalry between Grodd and the Flash, as well as an alliance between the Flash and Solovar.^[1]

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

• Super Gorilla-Strength and Agility
• Enhanced Senses
• Genius-Level Intellect: has the knowledge of technology beyond the development of human civilization
• Telepathic and Telekinetic Abilities (not displayed in series)

Legion of Doom Team MembersEdit

Episode AppearancesEdit

Challenge of the SuperFriends (1978): Wanted: The SuperFriends Invasion of the Fearians The World's Deadliest Game The Time Trap Trial of the SuperFriends Monolith of Evil The Giants of Doom Secret Origins of the SuperFriends Revenge on Gorilla City Swamp of the Living Dead Conquerors of the Future The Final Challenge Fairy Tale of Doom Doomsday SuperFriends: Rest In Peace History of Doom Revenge of Doom 1983 Shorts: Two Gleeks Are Deadlier Than One

NotesEdit

• Gorilla Grodd first appeared in Flash, Vol. 1 #106^[2] (May, 1959).
• He was created by writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino.

External LinksEdit

• For more on Gorilla Grodd see article at Wikipedia
• See the Gorilla Grodd Disambiguation Page at DC Database

Appearances in Other MediaEdit

Coming Soon!!

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Continuity is from Earth-One, and found in Flash, Vol. 1 #106 which was published in May, 1959.
2. ↑ Go to the DC Database for more on Flash, Vol. 1 #106 (May, 1959)