He passes the helmet and elixir to a South African activist named Dominic Mndawe, who assumes the name Freedom Beast, instead of B'wana Beast. Animal Man #13ī'wana Beast decides to retire and performs a ceremony to find a successor. Maxwell fails to save Djuba, and gets infected with the disease himself, before being saved by Animal Man. In Animal Man, Maxwell journeys to America to save his gorilla partner Djuba, who has been tested and infected with an experimental form of anthrax. He, however, is not elaborated on and was not explained why he was rejected. His latest appearance was in a montage of heroes shown in the U.N in the reboot of Justice League International, showing that he has been revived. In the ensuing battle, he is killed by Buck Samson who now calls himself Metaman. He passed on his helmet and elixir to a South African activist named Dominic Mndawe (now called Freedom Beast).ī'wana Beast's last appearance was being possessed by an evil force called the Antagon, which transformed him into the villain called the Shining Man. In Animal Man, Maxwell decides to retire and tries to find someone to become the new B'wana Beast. Character Evolution Silver Ageī'wana Beast first appeared in Showcase 66-67 where his partner Djuba and him fought against Hamid Ali and the Red Ape. Creationī'wana Beast was created in 1967 by Bob Haney and Mike Sekowsky. Agreeing these new powers must be used for the good of all Africa, Maxwell created the identity of B'wana Beast, and became the Dark Continent's super troubleshooter. He also discovered that the helmet enabled him to control the actions of all other animals. Through the helmet, Maxwell was able to read the ape's mind and discovered its name was Djuba. While drinking rainwater that had been filtered through the cavern's mineral laden walls, Maxwell suddenly found he was growing larger, stronger and more ferocious, and was able to subdue the attacking red ape with ease.Īcknowledging Maxwell as its master, the red ape retrieved an ancient helmet from the depths of the cave and placed it on Maxwell's head. When the private aircraft carrying Maxwell and Kenboya to Zambesi was struck by lightning and crashed atop mount Kilimanjaro, the two injured men took refuge in the cavern home of a mutant red ape. After graduating from college with highest honors, Mike Maxwell declined his millionaire father's offer to join the family business and instead decided to join his college roommate, Rupert Kenboya, in Africa becoming a game warden and head of the Zambesi nation's new animal preserves.
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