to become the new ruler of Central City, however, he was brutally defeated by King Shark, a reformed enemy of the Flash. Seeking revenge, Grodd escaped from A.R.G.U.S. After being freed, Grodd joined Damien Darhk and Nora Darhk in seeking the release of the demon Mallus to rule the timeline, but was defeated by the Legends of Tomorrow numerous times. His plan failed and the gorilla remained on Earth-1, while still posing a great threat to both Flash and humanity. Craving to return home, Grodd plots against the city's leader Solovar, eventually usurping him and leading the gorilla army against Earth-1. After this plan is foiled by the Flash as well, Grodd is cast through a breach to Earth-2, where he arrives in Gorilla City. After being used by Eobard Thawne to fight the Flash, Grodd starts stealing chemicals with which he intends to create more sentient gorillas. After the explosion of the particle accelerator, Grodd became the only known animal meta-human and gained the power of intelligence and mind-control. Labs, Grodd forms a strong relationship with both Harrison Wells and Caitlyn Snow. Initially a gorilla experimented on by S.T.A.R. He also serves as a supporting antagonist in Season 3 of DC's Legends of Tomorrow. He first appears as a major antagonist in The Flash, serving as a supporting antagonist in Seasons 1, 3 and 5, a minor antagonist in Season 2, a minor character in Season 6 and a supporting character in Season 9. Grodd is a major antagonist in the Arrowverse. Soon, you will only know my will-the will of Grodd! Even on Wonder Woman! Eventually the law had to be laid down: no more than one DC cover that had a gorilla on it a month (except, of course for the occasional 'gorilla month', where every title had to have a gorilla on its cover).~ Grodd to General Wade Eiling, and his most famous quote. and every time we tried it, it sold fantastically well, with sales shooting sky high! In due time every editor wanted to use a gorilla on the cover. We decided that the magazine sold well because the gorilla was acting like a human being. "They wanted to know how such a thing could possibly happen and what could be done it. "It must have been that this idea – a gorilla who was once a man, pleading with his girlfriend to help him out of this horrendous situation – appealed to our readers," Schwartz revealed at the time. If the trend can be traced back to a specific point, it might be 1951's Strange Adventures #8, which featured cover art of a gorilla holding a note to a horrified public about how he was really the victim of a "terrible scientific experiment." As DC editor Julius Schwartz explained in his 2000 biography Man of Two Worlds: My Life in Science Fiction and Comics, the implied story behind the gorilla's predicament fascinated readers, and ended up boosting sales for the book significantly. While we know that the Peacemaker gorilla is unique from those existing incarnations, its arrival in the show does carry the torch of one of the earliest trends within DC - that it would add gorillas to the covers of its comics to increase sales. The scene is undeniably violent and surprising, and is sure to make some fans draw comparisons to the existing gorillas in DC lore, including Gorilla Grodd and Ultra-Humanite. The gorilla, which was possessed by a Butterfly, nearly attacked Peacemaker, only to be sawed in the chest with a chainsaw and killed by John Economos (Steve Agee). The attempt to take the facility down quickly grew into a bloody and deadly affair - one that was only escalated with the arrival of a gorilla, who was hinted as having escaped the local zoo in Episode 4. The episode saw Peacemaker and the rest of his team continuing to investigate Project Butterfly, and discovering the distribution center for the Butterflies' food source. Spoilers for Episode 5 of Peacemaker, "Monkey Dory", below! Only look if you want to know! Episode 5 of the series upped the ante even more while also, in a roundabout way, paying tribute to one of DC's earliest tropes. Over the course of the series' run thus far, there has been a fascinating blender of DC Comics lore - combining the existing comic canon of Christopher Smith / Peacemaker (John Cena) with the new conspiracy of Project Butterfly and some weird references and homages to the pages of DC Comics. The fifth episode of DC's Peacemaker found its way onto HBO Max on Thursday, providing a take on the DC Comics universe that fans have to see to believe.
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