NAME: DR. HENRY McCOY
AFFILIATION: MUIR ISLAND MUTANT RESEARCH CENTER
PREVIOUS AFFILIATION: X-MEN, X-FACTOR, DEFENDERS, AVENGERS
RELATIVES: NORTON McCOY(FATHER), EDNA McCOY(MOTHER)
HENRY WAS BORN WITH OVER SIZED HANDS AND FEET, BUT STILL LOOKED MOSTLY HUMAN. HE WAS AN EXCELLENT STUDENT ALL THROUGH SCHOOL, AND A FOOTBALL STANDOUT IN HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS ASKED BY PROFESSOR XAVIER TO JOIN THE SCHOOL FOR GIFTED YOUNGSTERS. HE JOINED, AND RE-AQQUIRED THE NAME "BEAST", WHICH HAD BEEN HIS FOOTBALL NICKNAME. HE GRADUATED THE SCHOOL AND STARTED WORK FOR THE BRAND CORPORATION. HE DEVELOPED A SERUM THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS APPEARANCE SO HE COULD STOP ENEMY AGENTS, BUT THEF LASTING EFFECTS WERE THE BLUE FUR AND FANGS. HE JOINED THE AVENGERS, BUT WHEN THE DARK PHOENIX STRUCK, HE REJOINED THE X-MEN. HE REVERTED TO HIS HUMAN STATE, BUT AFTER THE TOUCH OF PESTILANCE, EVERY TIME HE GOT STRONGER, HE BECAME LESS SMART. HE SAVED HIS FRIEND ICEMAN'S LIFE BY TAKING INFECTA'S KISS INSTEAD OF BOBBY, BUT THAT REVERTED HIM BACK TO HIS FURRY STATE. HE WAS WITH X-FACTOR UNTIL THEY REFORMED THE X-MEN. SHORTLY BEFORE THE ONSLAUGHT WAR, BEAST WAS LURED AND CAPTURED BY DARK BEAST, HIS AGE OF APOCALYPSE COUNTERPART. HANK MAY NEVER HAVE ESCAPED, BUT LUCKILY HIS WATER JUG BUSTED, REVEALING A TRAP DOOR. FILTERED WITH NEW ENERGY, HE BROKE THE SHAKALS AND ESCAPED. HE HAS SINCE LEFT THE X-MEN ONCE AGAIN, TO FIND A CURE FOR THE LEGACY VIRUS.
