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Contains spoilers forBatgirls # 9 !
While theJokermay effectively be Gotham ’s answer to the devil , the Clown Prince of Crime is currently go the macrocosm on a military mission of his own , leave the baddie who shotNightwingas the Bat - Family ’s most hated opponent . The assay assassination of Nightwing quickly became one of his most controversial stories when he lose his memories and adopted thealternate indistinguishability of Ric Grayson , rejecting the Bat - Family and forsake his former life sentence . Now , near two years after Dick regained his memory board , the Bat - Family is still taking revenge on the villain responsible for for his combat injury .
When Bane determine out to " break the Bat " by ruin Bruce Wayne emotionally , he hired the topnotch - bravo Anatoli Knyazev , also know as KGBeast or simply the Beast , to fritter Nightwing in the head inBatman # 55 . This launched an arc in theNightwingsolo serial that live on from October 2018’sNightwing # 50to September 2020’sNightwing # 74 , and ' killed ' the Dick Grayson fans know and loved . Ric Grayson operated as a cab driver for some time in theNightwingsolo serial , though finally returned to life as a vigilantewithout dramatize the Nightwing name . Ric Grayson ’s tenure in the DC existence was a turbulent time for the character , with the cabbie getting involved with a whole gang of ' Nightwings , ' the Court of Owls and even Joker himself before restoring his memory .
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Batgirls # 9- written by Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad and drawn by Neil Googe - proceed a practice of DC ’s heroes taking retaliation on KGBeast . The issue see the span ofSpoiler and Orphan , assisted by Oracletaking out his equipment , beating up KGBeast and leaving him for law enforcement . Though KGBeast thought he was the one tracking the Batgirls , he is quickly vote out by the group , with Cassandra Cain stating , " This is for Nightwing ! " as she land the final nose candy in yet another stop on the scoundrel ’s lengthy punishment enlistment .
The Batgirls clearly hold a grudge against Anatoli , as they actively seek him out in what yarn burble describe as a night of play for the gang . This is far from the first time an ally of Nightwing ’s has gotten retaliation on KGBeast for his nearly fateful headshot . Quickly after the event stretch out in Gotham , Batman traverse the Beast to Russia and shoot down him in a shockingly brutal face-off , exit him for dead in the snow . This is easily the most personal act of requital assume against Knyazev , asBatman not only truly hat KGBeast , but his rage and depressive disorder at the time drove him about as airless to murder as he ’s ever been . Several other phallus of the Bat - Family relished beating down KGBeast since Ric Grayson ’s launching , including Wally West ’s Flash , Damian Wayne ’s Robin and of course Nightwing himself .
At this tip , there are few Nightwing - conterminous heroes who have n’t taken down KGBeast , usually in a one - sided beating that ’s clearly punishment rather than a fair fight . KGBeast is a pernicious killer , but he made a immense mistake shoot Nightwing , as he now has the Bat - Family ’s furious tending in a means only Joker and Bane ever have before . With theBat - Family still getting retaliation on Anatoli four years after he shotNightwing , it seems like the Beast will remain their young punching bag at least untilJokermakes his next swelled move .
Batgirls # 9is available now from DC Comics .
