All-Star Batman: KG Beast Will Come Back

Scott Snyder has future plans for KG Beast, including beyond All-Star Batman

Along the road to the cure for Two-Face in All-Star Batman, the Dark Knight has had to fight just about everyone in the world it seems. But one of the most persistent pursuers throughout the arc was KG Beast.

KG Beast is a slightly more obscure Batman villain, but one of his deadliest. And that is taken to a new level in All-Star Batman. But Scott Snyder has plans for KG Beast well beyond this first arc, as he revealed in a recent interview with CBR:

"I was searching for a character that could be hunting Batman and Two-Face on the road, and my first impulse was Killer Croc. But I have had this story in my mind for a long time, and when I knew that Killer Croc was going to be in “Suicide Squad,” he became kind of ubiquitous. I was like, who am I not thinking of? If this series is really about bringing back some of my favorite villains from the past, who am I not thing of?And then I remembered “Batman: Ten Nights of the Beast” and I was like, where is KGBeast? Suddenly, it just hit me; if I could think of a way to make him new, he would be just perfect for the arc. Because ultimately, what Two-Face is saying is that at the end of the day, we’re just a collection of our desires and impulses, and we mask that with what you were saying, which is a smiley, happy face. But beneath it, we are this nebulous thing of needs and desires and selfish impulses.KGBeast is a character that fought and killed for country, and killed out of need because he was forced to do it. The thing with him is, what if he just realizes that he loves to kill, and that’s it. He’s like the id on the road. He’s like Two-Face’s proof. He is Exhibit A of what Two-Face is saying, which is, “I have admitted who I am. I have made an island where I am going to hunt people in a maze for years. And I love that. I am happy as the Beast.” And to give him a nice flair, to have him re-enhanced by the U.S. government after the U.S.S.R. fell just worked because it gave him all new weapons and new strength. I was so excited when I came up with all of that for him, just this idea that he wanted to be this chaotic, terrible, killing force on the road. I knew he was going to be on the best parts of “All Star Batman.” And I am so pleased that people have responded to him so positively. I was surprised, but also very excited. And yes, we’ll see him again. I have an idea on how to bring him back in the arc after the next arc. Editorial liked him so much that they wanted me to put him in every arc, in every issue, hunting Batman throughout in the background of the story. But I just felt that he would overpower it. It would be too much of a distraction and take away from the other villains. But yes, I am definitely bringing him back in this series and also, I think, the event that I am doing with Greg Capullo."

Next: Scott Snyder Talks Redefining Two-Face

Be sure to check out the resolution to the first arc of Scott Snyder’s All-Star Batman with issue #5, out this Wednesday, December 28th!