A founding member of the X-Men, Dr. Hank McCoy is a mutant possessing animal-like strength and agility. Despite being covered in blue fur and resembling a ferocious beast, Hank possesses an astounding intellect and a superb wit. He is currently a key member of X-Force.
So what exactly is he supposed to be iv seen his features look canine,feline, and crosses between the two and some i cant explain and ones where he basically looks like a blue yeti what do you guys think he is?
Cat-like form during Morrison's run after his "secondary mutation". The classic "Beast" look.
He's had quite a few different looks over the years. I prefer the classic look personally. He's still a mutant but due to outside circumstances, secondary mutations, etc his look has changed from time to time.
Well there was his human form then his simian form(classic beast, human hybrid) then his second mutation made him more feline(really hate the mutation, doesn't make sense with prior mutation)
His appearance has changed over the years so it depends on which time frame you refer to. The short answer is that beast is a mutant. What he resembles has changed over time.
" Original human/ape form. Cat-like form during Morrison's run after his "secondary mutation". The classic ape/Gorilla "Beast" look. He's had quite a few different looks over the years. I prefer the classic look personally. He's still a mutant but due to outside circumstances, secondary mutations, etc his look has changed from time to time. "
fixed. He's retroactively evolving. Cassandra Nova suggested he may devolve into a worm eventually
" Cassandra Nova suggested he may devolve into a worm eventually "
How unlike a woman to say something cutting & derogatory... I don't think that she was aiming for accuracy, but for something that would last longer & eat away at his long-term self-confidence (which was already fading at that point after that public break up with Trish over the 'bestiality' comment & fake gay rumours ;).
" @xerox-kitty:@Thunderscream:no I think she was suggesting that the 2nd mutation wouldn't be his last. A 3rd mutation is unlikely though. "
I slightly agree... but at the same time go back to what I was saying before. I felt like it was a snarky suggestion that he would continue to "evolve" or rather de-evolve into something that wasn't intellectual & also non-athletic; the antithesis of what the bounding & intellectual Beast stands for.
He is "supposed" to look like a feline now. Generally a lion as the hair on his head still grows longer like human hair. However, not all artists are as good at drawing cats as others. Beyond this the extent of his feline atributes have not been established or enforced by Marvel. The size of his ears, the length of his muzzle, length of his teeth: they all vary depending on who is drawing him.
Furthermore, depending on who is holding the pen, Beast will have different numbers of fingers. Some draw him with four fingers, others with the normal five (which is the only one that makes sense because even cats have five digits)
Anyway, regarless of what he may look like at anyone point, he is meant to look like a big cat.
Which I actually prefer, I can't understand all the people who don't like his new form. It brought so much to his caracter, was a great way to get rid of Trish, and was a device to power him up and bring him closer to the bigger guns. The only reason I imagine all the hate for his current lok must come from dog people.
"Furthermore, depending on who is holding the pen, Beast will have different numbers of fingers. Some draw him with four fingers, others with the normal five (which is the only one that makes sense because even cats have five digits)"
I remember something being said in Uncanny X-Men about him regaining the use of a posible thumb... But I had no idea when that changed or whether it was more bizarre continuity made up without explanation by Matt Fraction.
I prefer cat-Beast, and i must say i'm surprised that he's kept this form for so long since apparently many people working at marvel wants old Beast back.
"i'm surprised that he's kept this form for so long since apparently many people working at marvel wants old Beast back. "
I'm surprised too! So many things in comic boko revert to the way they were before. It's only a matter of time before every character comes back from the dead, the X-Men move back to Westchester & Beast looses his rounded gerbil/kitty looks...
I think the comic companies are very aware that dramatic changes getting reset all the time are annoying to readers, but at the same time they know that they can't make big permanent changes to beloved characters without protest from the same fans. So, the big characters that everyone loves get the eventually happy ending and always will return to their original state. Wolverine will always get his adimantium back, Cyclops will always have the hot psychic girlfriend and so on. Then we have the secondary characters who aren't hated by the fans, but who also have a limited group of devoted fans. These characters get to have the tragedies, or the dramatic changes that last, so that people will care, but not enough that they want them undone. For such reasons Vic sage will probably never get resurrected (damn it) and Beast will remain his catish self (I can only hope).
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