Search Comics, Titles, Creators & More
Browse
View Titles by Publisher or Series
New Comics
View the Weekly Releases
League of Comic Geeks - Home ×
  • Log in Sign up
  • Search
  • My Pull List
  • My Comics
Discover
  • Browse
  • New Comics
  • Stores
    • Browse Stores
    • Retailer Tools
  • Community
    • My Feed
    • Community Posts
    • Comic Discussions
    • Comic Reviews
    • Community Lists
    • Contributions
Log in Sign up
  • My Profile Navigation
DC Comics   ·   Released Mar 1st, 1988

Batman #417

  • Overview
  • Contributions
    Submit Corrections Submit New Variant Cover Contribution History
92
34 of 37 Liked It
4 Avg. Rating
Pull It
Have It
Read It
Want It

TEN NIGHTS OF THE BEAST! PART 1

The super assassin known as The KGBeast has come to Gotham City. Agent "Andrei Yevtushenko" of the KGB arrives at Gotham to issue a dire warning. While Mikhail Gorbachev cleaned up a lot of the Russian government, a dangerous top-secret extremist KGB cell that had just been dismantled, "The Hammer," managed to send its top assassin on one last unapproved mission. Codename "The Beast," nicknamed "The KGBeast" by the FBI, an unstoppable killing machine, has come to Gotham City to kill nine people crucial to the American Strategic Defense Initiative (the "Star Wars Program"). He is working with the aid of a Shi'ite terrorist, "Nabih Salari". Yevtushenko was sent by the Soviet government to warn them because the Russians do not want an international incident.  The team established to stop the KGBeast consists of Gotham's own Police Commissioner Gordon, CIA Agent Ralph Bundy, FBI Agent Keith Parker, all of the men respectively at each of their disposal, and unannounced as of yet, the Batman himself.  Gordon is surprised to hear that the KGBeast has already killed two of the people on his hitlist, deaths which the GCPD had investigated and found to be accidental. SDI Senior Administrator "Michael Roberts" appeared to have had a fatal heart attack in his sleep. Scientist "Terry Cavanaugh" was decapitated on motorcycle by a wire strung across the highway between two telephone poles at neck height (this was believed to be a teenage prank gone horribly wrong).  Batman leaves to warn the third man on the list, a "Jason Greene," but arriving at his work place finds him being thrown off the roof by the KGBeast in mid-swing. Batman is forced to let go of the Batrope to catch Greene, and fall down the side of the building with nothing but tumbling, the features of the building itself, and whatever cushion he can find at the bottom to help ease his descent. At the bottom, Batman finds Greene's neck is broken, which he assumes probably happened before the KGBeast threw him. Later, laser technician "Dennis Kane" is electrocuted in his workplace by Nabih Salari disguised as a janitor.  Although Keith Parker finds it reprehensible to work with vigilantes, Ralph Bundy is much more used to dealing with shady characters for the greater good, and he, Gordon, Batman and Robin have their own meeting in the park. Batman tells Robin that in a city where he has a million places to hide, the only way to catch the Beast is to make him come to them.

Format
Comic
Page Count
32 pages
Cover Price
$0.75
Batman #417
PrevSeries Next
377
235
155

Other Covers

Add
Batman #417 Argentinean Cover
Batman #417 Canadian Price Variant
Batman #417 Newsstand Edition

Creators

Jim Starlin
Writer
Jim Starlin
Jim Aparo
Penciller
Jim Aparo
Mike DeCarlo
Inker
Mike DeCarlo
Adrienne Roy
Colorist
Adrienne Roy
Letterer
Agustin Mas
Mike Zeck
Cover Artist
Mike Zeck
Dennis O'Neil
Editor
Dennis O'Neil
Dick Giordano
Executive Editor
Dick Giordano

Characters

Batman
Bruce Wayne
Batman
Prime Earth
Commissioner Gordon
James Gordon
Commissioner Gordon
Prime Earth
KGBeast
Anatoli Knyazev
KGBeast
Prime Earth
Nabih Salari
Prime Earth
Ralph Bundy
Prime Earth
Robin
Jason Todd
Robin
Prime Earth

Key Events

First Appearance (Pre-Flashpoint)
Anatoli Knyazev as KGBeast Prime Earth

Collected In

  • Batman: Ten Nights of the Beast TP
    Batman: Ten Nights of the Beast TP
    Batman: Ten Nights of the Beast (1988)
  • Batman: The Caped Crusader Vol. 1 TP
    Batman: The Caped Crusader Vol. 1 TP
    Batman: The Caped Crusader

Community Reviews

Me
Write a Review

Community Discussion

Me
Start a Discussion
You must be logged in to write a review for this comic.

More From Batman (1940 - 2011)

Previous
Batman #713
Aug 17th, 2011
Batman #713
Batman #712
Jul 20th, 2011
Batman #712
Batman #711
Jun 15th, 2011
Batman #711
Batman #710
May 18th, 2011
Batman #710
Batman #709
Apr 20th, 2011
Batman #709
Batman #708
Mar 16th, 2011
Batman #708
Batman #707
Feb 16th, 2011
Batman #707
Batman #706
Jan 19th, 2011
Batman #706
Batman Annual #28
Dec 22nd, 2010
Batman Annual #28
Batman #705
Dec 15th, 2010
Batman #705
Batman #704
Nov 17th, 2010
Batman #704
Batman #703
Sep 9th, 2010
Batman #703
Batman #702
Aug 25th, 2010
Batman #702
Batman #701
Jul 14th, 2010
Batman #701
Batman #700
Jun 9th, 2010
Batman #700
Batman #699
May 12th, 2010
Batman #699
Batman #698
Apr 14th, 2010
Batman #698
Batman #697
Mar 17th, 2010
Batman #697
Batman #696
Feb 17th, 2010
Batman #696
Batman #695
Jan 13th, 2010
Batman #695
Next

Log In

Already have an account with the League of Comic Geeks? Let's get you back to tracking and discussing your comics!

Forgot your password? Reset it.
Don't have an Account? Join Free!