Beef

Bursting onto the scene in the pages of The Uncanny X-Men #281 in 1991 — a landmark Copper Age debut courtesy of the superstar creative team of Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio — Beef is a Marvel character whose world is steeped in the rich, mutant-populated corners of the X-Men universe. With appearances spread across New Mutants, Generation X, and Generation X '97, he's woven into some of the most beloved corners of Marvel's mutant mythology, sharing pages with memorable figures like Catseye, Tarot, and Marie-Ange Colbert. Sixteen catalog appearances across more than three decades, including a key collector issue, make Beef a rewarding discovery for fans who love digging into the deeper cuts of the X-Men's extended world — the kind of character who rewards the dedicated reader.