Grodd had traveled to the Late Cretaceous " to wipe out all traces of human evolution from the time stream" (despite the fact that, at this point in time, the ancestors of humanity would be his own ancestors as well). One of the attempts occurs in Son of Ambush Bug #5 (November 1986). He has made no fewer than eighteen attempts to eliminate all traces of humanity from the face of the Earth. During the course of this incident, Beryl informs the team that Grodd ranks number three on the latest "Global Most Wanted". Grodd grounds their city and neutralizes many of their members. He ravaged the African city of Kinshasa, literally eating many hostages, so the Corps would take their floating city to it. Grodd attacks the International Ultramarine Corps, ravaging. Hunter would often think about how Grodd used him as a plaything in that fight while talking it over with the Flash. He is responsible for crippling the Flash's friend Hunter Zolomon, resulting in his transformation into the villainous Zoom when Hunter tries to change the event so it never happened. Despite his use of foes such as Mongul, Solomon Grundy, Lady Shiva, and Nightshade, Superman and Batman are able to deduce the mind behind the attacks, and quickly dispose of Grodd. Grodd is also seen in the Superman/Batman arc "Public Enemies" ( Superman/Batman #1 – #7) controlling numerous villains and heroes in order to take down Superman and Batman for the prize of 1 billion dollars offered by then U.S. He has since recovered, and a failed attempt to set up a base in Florida leads to his capture and incarceration in Iron Heights. In the course of this, Grodd absorbs too much neural energy from his fellow apes, leaving him with the intelligence of a normal gorilla. One of Grodd’s widest-ranging schemes was to arrange Solovar's assassination and manipulate Gorilla City into war against humanity, with the aid of a "shadow cabinet" of prominent gorillas called Simian Scarlet. When Siren switches alliances during the battle and aids Tempest in escaping, the Tartarus members go their separate ways and the group disbands. This is because Omen had purposely chosen members who would not work well together. During the rescue attempt, Tartarus battles the Titans, but collapses upon itself due to each member having a different agenda. Tempest later leads a rescue mission to save Omen from Savage. Their schemes are thwarted when the Titans intervene, and Tartarus retreats. Savage seeks to create a serum that will grant immortality. Grodd joins Tartarus on their mission to synthesize the immortal blood of the H.I.V.E. Savage sweetens the offer with promises of power and immortality. Savage approaches Grodd, offering him membership in this new anti-Titans group, Tartarus. Grodd's plans are defeated by the Flash with the assistance of the Pied Piper, Vixen, and Rex the Wonder Dog.Īt one point, the immortal villain Vandal Savage kidnaps Titans member Omen and uses her to form the perfect team of adversaries for the Teen Titans. He hopes to endanger the lives of all the humans, but this plan backfires because some of the pets are too loyal. In a confrontation with Wally West, Grodd increases the brain power of most of the animals in Central City. The villain manages to return again and again to plague the Flash and his allies. Solovar telepathically contacts Barry Allen to warn him of the evil gorilla's plans, and Grodd is defeated. Grodd forces one of the explorers to kill the alien, and takes over Gorilla City, planning to conquer the world next. The gorillas live in peace until their home is discovered by prying explorers. Taking the alien as their leader, the gorillas construct a super advanced home named Gorilla City. Grodd and fellow gorilla Solovar also develop telepathic and telekinetic powers. At one time he was nothing more than an average ape, but after an alien spacecraft ( retconned from a radioactive meteor, the same one that empowered Hector Hammond) crashes in his African home, Grodd and his troupe are imbued with super-intelligence by the ship's pilot. Gorilla Grodd is a hyper-intelligent telepathic gorilla with the power to control the minds of others. IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains Of All Time List ranked Grodd as #35. He debuted in Flash v.1 #106 (April–May 1959), and was created by writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino. Gorilla Grodd is a supervillain appearing in DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of The Flash.
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