Henry McCoy was one of the original X-Men on earth 1298. When he joined the brand corporation he accidentally transformed himself into a green amphibious creature worst of all he lost of intellect and now had the naivety of a child.

He joined his former teammates in the Six but during the inferno he was duped by Sym and N'astirh and allied with them. The result of which was his legs became goat legs and his feet cloven hooves.

The Brute was the first member of the team to discover that Madelyne Pyror had been taken over by the Goblyn Queen after he saw her kill Man-Spider. The Goblyn Queen framed Brute for the murder. Madelyne forced him to ask for his own execution and when he died she resurrected him and forced him to join her.

The Brute managed to fight off the Goblyn Queen's influence with help of Scotty Summers and rejoined Havok and fought against the Goblyn Queen.

During a battle with Professor X Brute was help with a telepathic blast that temporarily restored his intellect. As his restored intellect was only temporary he devised a hologram with all of his intellect that he hoped would develop a cure for a cure for Gambit and Bloodstorm's Vampirism and Iceman inability to turn back to human as well as sending Havok back to his home reality. In the case of Bloodstorm, Gambit and Iceman he was successful. The Hologram was unable to figure out a way to permanently restore Brute's intellect.

Brute survived the final battle with the Beyonder/Goblyn Queen.