Freedom Beast
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Freedom Beast (Dominic Mndawe) is a fictional comic book character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.<ref name="dc-ency">Template:Citation</ref>
The character made his live-action debut in the fourth season of the HBO Max series Titans, portrayed by Nyambi Nyambi.
Fictional character biographyEdit
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.<ref name="dc-ency"/> Maxwell gives Mndawe his elixir and helmet and appoints him as his successor.<ref>Animal Man #13. DC Comics.</ref><ref>Animal Man #47. DC Comics.</ref>
Freedom Beast appears in the Day of Vengeance Infinite Crisis special, in which he is possessed by Rage, one of the Seven Deadly Sins.<ref name="dc-glob">Template:Citation</ref> He is also seen at the gathering of mystics at Stonehenge.<ref>Infinite Crisis #6. DC Comics.</ref>
Freedom Beast reappeared as South Africa's representative in the reformed Global Guardians.<ref>Green Lantern vol. 4 #11 and 14–17. DC Comics.</ref> 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.<ref>Checkmate v2 #24 and #29–31. DC Comics.</ref>
In Final Crisis, Freedom Beast battles Gorilla Grodd in Gorilla City.<ref>Final Crisis #4. DC Comics.</ref>
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.<ref>Justice League: Cry for Justice #1. DC Comics.</ref><ref>Justice League: Cry for Justice #7. DC Comics.</ref><ref>Justice League of America #60. DC Comics.</ref><ref>Justice League International #1. DC Comics.</ref> However, he is resurrected in The New 52 continuity reboot.<ref>Midnighter #8. DC Comics.</ref><ref>Justice League of America Vol. 5 #11. DC Comics.</ref>
Powers and abilitiesEdit
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 mediaEdit
Freedom Beast appears in the Titans episode "Dude, Where's My Gar?", portrayed by Nyambi Nyambi.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This version lost his sister and her children to a disease made by scientists associated with the Chief.