Beast (Henry McCoy)

Henry Philip McCoy, also known as Henry McCoy, Hank McCoy and Beast, is a character from the Marvel Comics series.
==Charactah Account==
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 helping run the Jean Grey School, while also serving with the Avengers.
Henry McCoy wondered why he wasn't one of the "lucky ones." If he had to remain a mutant, why did he have a power that made him look and sometimes feel like a beast? He continued to struggle for the acceptance of others. As a man of arts and letters and the sciences, Beast was very much the Renaissance man, and while his peers in the intellectual community knew this, they still considered him very much a mutant. He even knew what it was like to be jilted by the proverbial Beauty, his recent fear of human emotion had caused him to turn away from longtime lover Trish Tilby, who had finally seemed to find the error in her ways as far as attitude towards his secondary mutation.
Despite his ongoing battle with the demons of loneliness and rejection, he was an inveterate prankster and wit, and besides his brutish exterior, Beast was the most literate and eloquent of the X-Men, possessing a million-dollar vocabulary. Henry was every bit a human being plagued by duality: man/beast; genius/sports star; gentle giant/feral aggressor. Equal parts biochemist and activist, Beast focused on the X-Men's goals of building better relationships between man and mutant. In immersing himself in this campaign, Beast held hope that in the world he and the other X-Men dream of, he'll finally be known more for the genius within than for the creature outside. 
==Appearance==
===Comics===
*Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man
*All New Exiles Vs. X-Men
*Alpha Flight
*Amazing Adventures
*Amazing Spider-Man
*Amazing Spider-Man Annual
*Amazing X-Men
*Ant-Man's Big Christmas
*Avengers
*Avengers Annual
*Avengers Two: Wonder Man & Beast
*Avengers West Coast
*Avengers: The Crossing
*Be X-tra Safe with the X-Men
*Beast
*Beauty and the Beast
*Bishop
*Black Panther
*Bug
*Cable
*Captain America
*Captain Marvel
*Champions
*Classic X-Men
*Code of Honor
*Contest of Champions II
*Damage Control
*Daredevil
*Dark Angel
*Dazzler
*DC Versus Marvel
*Death of Captain Marvel
*Death's Head II
*Defenders
*Die-Cut
*Doctor Strange
*Domination Factor: Avengers
*Excalibur
*Excalibur XX Crossing
*Fallen Angels
*Fantastic Four
*Fantastic Four Annual
*Force Works
*Foxfire
*Gambit
*Gambit Annual
*Generation X
*Ghost Rider
*Hell's Angel
*Hellcat
*Iceman
*Incredible Hulk
*Incredible Hulk Annual
*Infinity Crusade
*Infinity War
*Iron Man
*Iron Man Annual
*Journey into Mystery
*Marc Spector: Moon Knight
*Marvel Age Annual
*Marvel Comics Presents
*Marvel Comics Super Special
*Marvel Fanfare
*Marvel Holiday Special
*Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe
*Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions
*Marvel Super-Heroes Vol 2 10
*Marvel Team-Up
*Marvel Treasury Edition
*Marvel Two-In-One Annual
*Marvel Versus DC
*Marvel's Voices: Pride
*Marvel: Heroes & Legends
*Marvels
*Mephisto Vs
*Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger
*New Avengers
*New Defenders
*New Mutants
*New Warriors
*New Warriors Annual
*Phoenix Resurrection: Aftermath
*Phoenix Resurrection: Genesis
*Phoenix Resurrection: Revelations
*Power Man and Iron Fist
*Power Pack
*Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner
*Professor Xavier and the X-Men
*Psylocke and Archangel Crimson Dawn
*Quicksilver
*Rom
*Rune
*Rune/Silver Surfer
*Sabretooth Special
*Saga of the Sub-Mariner
*Secret Wars
*Silver Sable and the Wild Pack
*Silver Surfer
*Siren
*Spectacular Spider-Man
*Spider-Man
*Spider-Man Team-Up
*Spider-Man Unlimited
*Spider-Man: The Mutant Agenda
*Star Trek/X-Men
*Storm
*Strange Tales
*Sub-Mariner
*Super-Villain Team-Up
*Tales of Suspense
*Tales of the Marvels: Wonder Years
*Tales to Astonish
*Thor
*Thor Annual
*Thor Corps
*Uncanny Origins
*Uncanny X-Men
*Uncanny X-Men Annual
*Unlimited Access
*Untold Tales of Spider-Man
*Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual
*Warlock and the Infinity Watch
*Web of Spider-Man
*West Coast Avengers Annual
*What If?
*Wolverine
*Wolverine Annual
*Wonder Man
*Wonder Man Annual
*X-Factor
*X-Factor Annual
*X-Factor: Prisoner of Love
*X-Force
*X-Man
*X-Men
*X-Men and Doctor Doom Annual
*X-Men Annual
*X-Men Collector's Edition
*X-Men Prime
*X-Men Unlimited
*X-Men vs. the Brood
*X-Men/Alpha Flight
*X-Men: Alpha
*X-Men: Children of the Atom
*X-Men: Clan Destine
*X-Men: Declassified
*X-Men: Spotlight on...Starjammers
*X-Men: The Hidden Years
*X-Men: The Wedding Album
*X-Men: Time Gliders
*X-Terminators
*Youngblood/X-Force
==Trivia==
*Beast's original furry transformation was an idea that originated from Roy Thomas, with input from Stan Lee, in an effort to make the character more visibly striking. He also became more werewolf-like to capitalize on the success of Werewolf by Night.
*Beast was once captured by S.H.I.E.L.D and imprisoned in "The Cage". His prisoner number was: 412076.
*Hank identified himself as an agnostic. Despite this, he has prayed to God on occasion and affirmed his belief. He ultimately expressed strong belief in God's existence during a conversation with Spider-Man, who, during the conversation had declared his atheistic beliefs.
*Hank played obstacle chess with Nightcrawler frequently.
*Beast has had at least 1143 websites devoted to him.
*Beast favors Chamomile tea.
*Beast has been a MacArthur Fellows Program recipient, a Nobel Prize winner, and a nine-time recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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==External Links==
*Henry McCoy (Earth-616) at Marvel Database
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