I'm ashamed to say that I've never read this storyline. In my defense, I'm not a Batman fan and I will buy anything that Starlin draws but not everything he writes. I'm looking forward to reading your review.

Basically, he wanted to put the end of the talk of SDI, Strategic Defense Initiative - better known to us as STAR WARS of which President Reagan one of the 10 people that he wanted to put to death. I consider him more a terrorist aiming to protect Soviets intentions to rule the world until Batman has something to say about it.

I only know Batman 417 and 419 well enough to get something to say about this 4 Part story involving KGBeast and his evil ways to kill important people in the United States alone. I find him very difficult to deal with and I think that he killed more than 10 individuals in his quest to put the end of SDI.

So, let's begin with Batman 417 ... of which his own government is working ways to get better relationship with USA sent Knyazev on a mission to kill 10 of the top ranking US officials to put the end of SDI Program. These include top scientists, civilian administrators, key military figures, and important politicians, the last of whom being then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan, scheduled to visit Gotham City.





Despite Batman's best efforts, the KGBeast eliminated nearly all of his targets. He (KGBeast) single handling his ruthlessness by poisoning an entire banquet, killing over 100 people, just to make sure that his target would die. This story has a grindstone appeal that was so ruthless and demanding that I just have a hard time describing it.

Later on, in this crazy and ruthless tale it was highlighted in the fact that beyond comprehension that I just can't imagine what is going on here.

In Batman 419 the Unthinkable happen ... KGBeast was almost trapped by Batman himself and it was so unbelievable that he literally took an axe .... Batman snared the KGBeast's left wrist with the Batrope. Rather than be captured, the Beast grabbed a nearby axe and chopped off the restrained hand showcasing in the two panels below. It was unthinkable.







My own mind, it was beyond craziness and that's why I consider him a very difficult villain to overcome and all that. I just find Batman 419 so shocking and some of the fans of this series consider it a very low point in Batman's career as a crimefighter that trying his best to stop him.

One of these days, I'm going to try to re-read this four issues of Batman and get a better understanding of it.

That's why I consider KGBeast one of most unpredictable villain in Batman's long history.

Just sat and read all four issues, and I agree with Jugger about how ruthless and violent the Beast was. I guess I had forgotten that pretty much everyone that encounter the Beast ended up dead. Even cutting a squad of GCPD down with a fire axe. In which he used that same axe that Jugger posted to chop off his hand. Even Robin took out the Beast's kamikaze assistant on an attempt to kill someone. A lot of violence, and some in pretty gruesome ways for a comic coded book. Something I guess I take for granted having started comics in the 90's when that was the way to sell comics. Whether they were coded or not.

The Aparo art, of course, is top notch. But he is like "the" Batman artist for me, despite his work not even being close to the first I'd seen reading Batman comics. So no complaints in the art department.

And as the story goes, I'd have a complaint, unless I am misinterpreting. But the ending, what comes of the Beast, after four issues of death and destruction from a killer with skills rivaling or surpassing the Batman, it's a great WTF moment, and I am really surprised I completely forgot about it. It's a very weak ending that really does take some sting out of the Beast as a character and the building up of the plot and the overwhelming toll it takes on Batman.

But I will agree with the forward in the TPB that "before Bane there was the KGBeast". There is a lot of Bane in the KGBeast, as inspiration it feels like. But I think KGBeast still somehow, though maybe forgotten, had more of an impact on Batman in those four issues. And he didn't have near the help that Bane did in dragging down Batman.

It makes me wonder if I will see Deacon Blackfire on this list. I always think of him as the first to "break" the Bat. Though The Cult and Ten Nights of the Beast both by Starlin in 1988, make it hard to figure which came first. But The Cult was a stronger story in my opinion than TNotB.

@juggernaut

Your write up was great. The scans got me pumped to read it. So I brought it to work to read on my lunch hour before I posted because I too couldn't remember much about it but the similarities to Bane. That way everything was fresh on my mind because they don't stay in my head very long. :-)

By the way I'm enjoying your list. Thanks for taking the time to do it.

Sadistic Lady - Mia Sara













What this four part You Tube and you can she can be a handful for a heroine by the Name of Huntress. I really missed this show and more coming tomorrow about Harley Quinn in Batman, The Animated Series.

Mia Sara was excellent in this show and I kind of like her costume a bit - a bit more modern and more adult-like as well.

Suicide Squad - Harley Quinn





I just having a hard time accepting this movie and I just saw this movie at a friend place a month ago and I wanted to check out Jay Leto as the Joker and her as well. I was disappointed in Jay Leto performance and I was given a lukewarm performance by Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and she was the best actor/actress in this dismal movie that I consider below average in my own personal judgment.

I think the costume is too bizarre and too colorful in my own personal taste.

I tried my best to enjoy it but this movie wasn't my cup of tea and I just wanted to add my thoughts in the last minute and sorry all the fans here that like Suicide Squad and I just don't buy it at all.

This movie out of 5 stars ... gets a barely a 2 at best. I would give it a 1 if wasn't for the performance of Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn.


Note: I'm moving onto Number 34 next on my list and I'll start that either Sunday and/or Monday.