KGBeast

KGBeast
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Batman #417 (March 1988)
Created by	Jim Starlin Jim Aparo
In-story information
Alter ego	Anatoli Knyazev
Team affiliations	KGB Black Lantern Corps
Notable aliases	The Beast
Abilities	Enhanced physique due to cybernetic enhancement and extreme KGB conditioning Extraordinary hand-to-hand combatant Master of weapons and explosives Prosthetic gun in place of left hand

KGBeast (Anatoli Knyazev) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in DC Comics. Created by Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo, the character first appeared in Batman #417 (March 1988) as an adversary of Batman.

KGBeast's civilian identity appeared in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, in which he was portrayed by Callan Mulvey, and as a recurring character in the second and fifth seasons of Arrow, in which he was played by David Nykl.

KGBeast first appeared in Batman #417 (March 1988) and was created by Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo.

Anatoli Knyazev (Russian: Анато́лий Кня́зев, Anatoliy Knyazev), code-named "The Beast", and known to the C.I.A. as the "KGBeast" was trained as an assassin by "The Hammer," a top secret cell of the KGB. In addition to being the master of several martial arts, his strength was cybernetically enhanced, and he had also mastered the use of every deadly weapon known. At the time of his first appearance, he was rumored to have killed at least 200 people, including Anwar El Sadat.

The Beast made his first appearance in the storyline, "Ten Nights of The Beast" Batman #417 (March 1988), which was later reprinted as a trade paperback of the same name. It was written by Jim Starlin and drawn by Jim Aparo and Mike DeCarlo.

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