Beast

Hank McCoy was once a man, though he was always different. Blessed from birth with phenomenal strength and agility, his childhood schoolmates assigned him the cruel appellation "Beast." When circumstances led to his appearance becoming truly animalistic, his nickname became a literal description, and he embraced it as a codename for use when working with his teammates on the AVENGERS and X-MEN. He has made a home for himself as a teacher and scientific expert at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. As a result of tortures – tortures that resulted in an occasional unstable intelligence, along with his current leonine appearance – inflicted on him by APOCALYPSE and Cassandra Nova, he has become the master of his more truly bestial side, making him highly resistant to mental control.

HEIGHT: 5'11"
WEIGHT: 402 lbs.
REAL NAME: Dr. Henry P. McCoy

IDENTITY: Public
ALIAS: Mutate #666
AFFILIATION: X-MEN

POWERS:

• Superhuman strength, agility, endurance, speed
• Highly skilled acrobat
• Enhanced senses