How strong is the Beast? In his profile it says he has superhuman strenght but how strong is he? How much can he lift? He is strong enough to handle himself against She-Hulk but that still doesn't prove anything. Just How strong is the Beast?

I compare Beasts strength to that of like a Gorilla, maybe higher. But he could hang with She-Hulk.

Handling himself with She-Hulk would have to more about agility because he's nowhere near her strength or durability. Not sure on his strength though. Think he's well below Spider-Man.

Beast is able to lift 2 tons under optimal conditions.

"Beast is able to lift 2 tons under optimal conditions.
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Beast's human form was around class 1-2 tons

"fesak said:

"Beast is able to lift 2 tons under optimal conditions.
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That sounds a bit low.

"Beast's human form was around class 1-2 tons

Beast's Simian form was around class 10-15

In Beast current form he is around class 20-25

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"the creator said:

"fesak said:

"Beast is able to lift 2 tons under optimal conditions.
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That sounds a bit low.

I also think that sounds a bit low, but that's what the handbook says.


Vance Astro said:

"Beast's human form was around class 1-2 tons

Beast's Simian form was around class 10-15

In Beast current form he is around class 20-25

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I would like to know where these numbers comes from."

Marvel abandoned the class something-something system years ago in favor of the 1-7 power grid, so it sounds a bit outdated.
Anyway, the only information i've been able to find comes from the X-Men 2004 handbook, where it states 2 tons.
He supposedly has a revised entry in the All-New OHOTMU A-Z Hardcover #1, but i don't have it.

"Marvel abandoned the class something-something system years ago in favor of the 1-7 power grid, so it sounds a bit outdated.
Anyway, the only information i've been able to find comes from the X-Men 2004 handbook, where it states 2 tons.
He supposedly has a revised entry in the All-New OHOTMU A-Z Hardcover #1, but i don't have it.
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The handbook writers said that old system was abandoned for the new one when they started the new wave of handbooks. Some of the handbooks are written in character by someone (Battle Damage report, Monster Files, Mystic Arcana), so that might be an explanation why the class system is used, ie. Tony Stark uses it. Those handbooks usually differ from the regular ones too in that there are no stats an such things.

But anyway i admit i was wrong. Which handbook is that scan from?

"The handbook writers said that old system was abandoned for the new one when they started the new wave of handbooks. Some of the handbooks are written in character by someone (Battle Damage report, Monster Files, Mystic Arcana), so that might be an explanation why the class system is used, ie. Tony Stark uses it. Those handbooks usually differ from the regular ones too in that there are no stats an such things.

But anyway i admit i was wrong. Which handbook is that scan from?
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You know this how threads should be.

A pleasent discussion that involves explanations that are thoughful.

Wish other ones were like this.

So, i've checked the Beast entries in all handbooks i have, and this is what i found out:

OHOTMU (1983) #2 - (Simian Beast) - 2000pounds (0,9 tons)
OHOTMU Deluxe #1 - (Simian Beast) - 1 ton
OHOTMU Master Edition #14 - (Simian Beast) Class 10 (2-10 ton range)
Marvel Encyclopedia - no mention
Marvel Encyclopedia: X-Men - no mention
OHOTMU Ultimate X-Men/Ultimates (Ultimate Beast) - no mention
The 198 files - no mention
House of M Handbook (HoM Beast) - 2 Tons
OHOTMU X-Men 2004 (Feline Beast) - 2 tons

Cant find the one that says 10 tons. Most of these put him in the 2 ton range.

"You know this how threads should be.

A pleasent discussion that involves explanations that are thoughful.

Wish other ones were like this."

"fesak said:

"Beast is able to lift 2 tons under optimal conditions.
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That sounds a bit low.

"the creator said:

"fesak said:

"Beast is able to lift 2 tons under optimal conditions.
"

That sounds a bit low.

You try lifting two tonnes!!


The most amazing feat I know of Beast's in terms of strength is that he lifted a tree made of solid gold during the Dark Phoenix Saga. You've got to be pretty strong to do that.
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The most amazing feat I know of Beast's in terms of strength is that he lifted a tree made of solid gold during the Dark Phoenix Saga. You've got to be pretty strong to do that.
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"The Beast has always possessed some degree of superhuman strength, the limits of which have varied at times due to subsequent mutation. During his teens, he was able to lift approximately 1 ton. After mutating into his simian form, and after this mutation eventually stabelized, his strength was increased to the point where he could lift about 10 tons, which was sufficient to smash through a brick wall with a single punch and to tie an iron barbell into a knot. He has experienced a further increase in his physical strength after mutation into his current feline/lionesque form, though the exact amount of weight he can lift isn't known. It is known, however, that he can lift more than 25 tons"

http://en.marveldatabase.com/Henry_McCoy_%28Earth-616%29

Wasn't it 30?

"Wasn't it 30?"

the strongest  i have known beast was when  apocalypse infected  beast with a virus that increased his strength  but reduced his intellect whenever used.  however this was  changed  by an infectia induced conversion back to his simian form.

In this link are some corrections that were made to the OHOTMU 2004 the first one refers to Beast´s strenght 

It is 10 tons.

30 tons.