Height: 5'7"
Weight: 250 lbs.
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blue

Henry McCoy knows full well the dangers facing mutants in the new millennium. His huge hands and feet are obvious signs of his mutation, too often making him the object of fear and hate. Fleeing an abusive home, Hank made his way to New York in time to witness on television the first culling of mutants in Los Angeles.

Caught in the middle of a barroom brawl, he was asked at gunpoint to vacate the premises. Subsequently, Hank was invited to join Professor Charles Xavier's X-Men--and help to stop the coming war between humans and mutants.

Aside from his slightly derogatory code name, Hank took to the role far quicker than fellow new recruits Colossus and Storm. Bearing a cheerful attitude and genius-level intelligence that contrasts with his brutish appearance, the Beast is a star pupil at the Xavier Institute.