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After the Bat-Household despatched him to jail as revenge for capturing Nightwing within the head, KGBeast has a brand new likelihood to show himself as a serious menace
Warning: SPOILERS for Nightwing #99Above even the likes of The Joker and Bane, one Batman villain has been a persistent thorn in Nightwing’s aspect for the previous few years: Anatoli Knyazev, higher referred to as KGBeast. Regardless of displaying up each few months, nonetheless, it has been some time since The Beast has carried out Nightwing any true hurt. Now, after getting defeated by nearly each hero within the Bat-Household, KGBeast is being given another attempt to solidify himself as considered one of Nightwing’s most brutal enemies.
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KGBeast’s largest act in opposition to Nightwing occurred in Tom King and Tony S. Daniel’s Batman #55. Within the concern, The Beast shot Nightwing within the head on a mission from Bane to “break the Bat” by destroying him psychologically. In consequence, Dick Grayson loses his reminiscence for a time, adopting the persona of cab driver Ric Grayson. Since regaining his reminiscence, Nightwing, his associates and different Bat-Relations have gotten revenge on KGBeast a number of instances over, with a number of of them going out of their option to train The Beast a lesson.
Now in jail, it seems KGBeast has yet one more likelihood to say himself as considered one of Nightwing’s best villains. Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo and Geraldo Borges’ Nightwing #99 ends with a determine approaching Knyazev in jail and providing The Beast a task in a brand new plot in opposition to the previous Boy Wonder: “Anatoli. The KGBeast. Be prepared. An opportunity for revenge is coming.”
KGBeast Has Grow to be Nightwing’s Nemesis
The provide carries with it a sinister tone that KGBeast appears to have misplaced in latest appearances. Whereas his preliminary act of capturing Nightwing shook up the DC Universe by drastically altering considered one of its largest characters, Knyazev has since been performed as one thing of a joke moderately than a real menace. In his quite a few appearances since Batman #55, it appears DC is utilizing The Beast to be in on the joke of followers hating the Ric Grayson period, having a number of heroes beat him mercilessly since he is the one at fault for the character change. This modified KGBeast from a real menace to extra of a meta punching bag. Nightwing #99’s look of The Beast ditches this conceit fully, hinting on the return of Anatoli because the true menace he was when he was employed to shoot Nightwing within the first place. It is a temporary tease, however the lone panel depicts Knyazev mendacity in wait, his face lined in shadows, intent on getting revenge on the superhero who turned KGBeast from an murderer to a punchline. No matter this mission is, it is an opportunity to raise The Beast from a Batman D-lister to a Nightwing nemesis.
By way of his quite a few appearances in Nightwing and Nightwing-adjacent comics, DC made KGBeast a recurring foe for Dick Grayson, a reminder of the time the primary Robin misplaced his whole identification. Regardless of getting put by means of the ringer in latest fights, KGBeast’s newest panel hints at a brutal return for considered one of Nightwing’s most private enemies.
Nightwing #99 is on the market from DC Comics now.