KGBeast is one of the goofier members of Batmans otherwise glittering rogues gallery. A big, beefy Russian tooled up with several metric tonnes of armour and weaponry, hes as much a product of the eighties for his excess as his pandering to Cold War paranoia. A KGB weapon who, for some reason, spent most of his time fighting Batman. Eventually destined to become one of the few villains the Caped Crusader was forced to kill (at least for a little while), their first encounter was more evenly matched. Or at least, it ended with Batman winning, despite the KGBeast wearing layers of metal armour and wielding enough ammo to win a small war. Batman famously doesnt use guns, except for when he does, so he relies mainly on his own gadgets and kung-fu skills during the encounter. Even so, theres only so much punching can do against a Communist RoboCop. You dont see monks fighting knights in shining armour, do you? No, knights fight dragons. Batman is not a dragon.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
