Freedom Beast
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Freedom Beast is a fictional comic book character in the DC Universe.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
A South African by birth, Freedom Beast was born Dominic Mndawe. His first appearance was in Animal Man #13. That issue takes place during the rule of apartheid in South Africa; Dominic was under arrest for taking pictures of racially motivated acts of violence being committed by white Afrikaner policemen. In a cell, Dominic was about to be killed by his captors when he was rescued by Animal Man and B'wana Beast (Mike Maxwell), Mndawe's predecessor and future mentor.
After the rescue, Maxwell gave Mndawe the elixir and helmet that confer powers on their owner. Those powers include mind control and the very unusual power of fusing two or more animals into one hybrid beast under the control of Freedom Beast.
Animal Man and Freedom Beast then prevented the massacre of a group of peaceful demonstrators by Afrikaner police. Animal Man returned to the USA, while Maxwell and Freedom Beast stayed in South Africa.
[edit] Current Status
- See also: Infinite Crisis
Freedom Beast's most recent appearances were in the Day of Vengeance Infinite Crisis Special, where he was possessed by Rage, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and Green Lantern #11, where he was introduced as one of the members of the new Global Guardians. He has also made several cameo appeareances in the Justice League Unlimited comic book.
