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Freedom Beast
Freedom Beast by Chas Truog
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceAnimal Man #13 (July 1989)
Created byGrant Morrison
In-story information
Full nameDominic Mndawe
SpeciesMetahuman
Team affiliationsGlobal Guardians
Justice League
Abilities
  • Super strength
  • Healing factor
  • Animal control and fusion

Freedom Beast (Dominic Mndawe) is a fictional comic book character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.[1]

The character made his live-action debut in the fourth season of the HBO Max series Titans, portrayed by Nyambi Nyambi.

Fictional character biography

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Freedom Beast is an activist who was arrested for opposing apartheid. However, he is rescued by Animal Man and B'wana Beast (Mike Maxwell), Mndawe's predecessor and future mentor.[1] Maxwell gives Mndawe his elixir and helmet and appoints him as his successor.[2][3]

Freedom Beast appears in the Day of Vengeance Infinite Crisis special, in which he is possessed by Rage, one of the Seven Deadly Sins.[4] He is also seen at the gathering of mystics at Stonehenge.[5]

Freedom Beast reappeared as South Africa's representative in the reformed Global Guardians.[6] He and his teammates are brainwashed by the Faceless Hunter and used as weapons against Hal Jordan. The Global Guardians were eventually freed, and Freedom Beast returned with them.[7]

In Final Crisis, Freedom Beast battles Gorilla Grodd in Gorilla City.[8]

In Justice League: Cry for Justice, Freedom Beast is killed by minions of Prometheus, and Congorilla resigns from the Justice League to find a successor.[9][10][11][12] However, he is resurrected in The New 52 continuity reboot.[13][14]

Powers and abilities

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Freedom Beast drinks an elixir that gives him superhuman strength, speed, hunting and tracking abilities. He also wears an ancient helmet that allows him to communicate with animals and merge them to form Chimeras.

In other media

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Freedom Beast appears in the Titans episode "Dude, Where's My Gar?", portrayed by Nyambi Nyambi.[15] This version lost his sister and her children to a disease made by scientists who were associates of Chief.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Beatty, Scott (2008), "Freedom Beast", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 130, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC 213309017
  2. ^ Animal Man #13. DC Comics.
  3. ^ Animal Man #47. DC Comics.
  4. ^ Greenberger, Robert (2008), "Global Guardians", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 138, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC 213309017
  5. ^ Infinite Crisis #6. DC Comics.
  6. ^ Green Lantern vol. 4 #11 and 14–17. DC Comics.
  7. ^ Checkmate v2 #24 and #29–31. DC Comics.
  8. ^ Final Crisis #4. DC Comics.
  9. ^ Justice League: Cry for Justice #1. DC Comics.
  10. ^ Justice League: Cry for Justice #7. DC Comics.
  11. ^ Justice League of America #60. DC Comics.
  12. ^ Justice League International #1. DC Comics.
  13. ^ Midnighter #8. DC Comics.
  14. ^ Justice League of America Vol. 5 #11. DC Comics.
  15. ^ Cullen, Ian (April 21, 2023). "In Review: Titans (S4 -EP9) Dude, Where's My Gar?". Sci-Fi Pulse. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
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