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40. The Siege of Starro! Part 2

Guest Stars – Teaser: B’wana Beast; Episode: The Metal Men (Tin, Iron, Lead, Gold, Mercury, Platinum), Vixen, B’wana Beast, Aquaman, Booster Gold, like a bunch more dudes.

We open with a recap of last week’s episode, followed by a flashback to B’wana Beast’s origin. And narration about his own struggles in trying to be a hero.

Back in the present, The Faceless Hunter has hooked B’wana up to a big machine in his ship and is siphoning off his powers. He uses them to merge together all the Starros into a huge Starro kaiju. Batman and the rest of earth’s heroes fight it, but all seems lost, until Batman gets to the spaceship and beats up The Hunter.

B’wana uses all his power to disperse the Starro monster. It’s too much to handle, and B’wana Beast is destroyed as he tells Batman to tell his wife he loves her. In the final moments, B’wana’s narration explains that no matter what happened, he was a hero, and he’d do it all over again in a heartbeat.

I’ll be honest. This one demolished my soul. I forgot about how it ended, and it was a real heartbreaker. Especially since the preceding two episodes had done a great job of endearing B’wana Beast to the audience and making him a beloved part of the cast of characters.

Verdict: Perfect.

And there we go, a bunch of really great episodes. And the turning point in the show. From here on out, things get darker. Red Tornado is dead, B’wana Beast is dead. This is the down slope. Come back next time when we get some long-awaited characters, another really sad episode, and the famous banned episode.