Detective Comics #682 p 22 splash

Has there ever been a goofier Batman villain than KGBeast? Here he is threatening to blow up Gotham with a nuclear bomb the size of baseball in one hand and his cumbersome, cybernetic gun taking the place of his other hand.

I am happy to have a piece by Nolan who I consider one of the definitive Batman villain artists. Inked here by the reliable and prolific Hanna. If I can't get one of Bane by Nolan, KGBeast will do.

The Beast is a relic of a time in the 80s when Russia was considered our enemy and the world was on the brink of nuclear war. Boy, am I glad we have gotten past all that ... well, maybe the Beast is more relevant than I thought.