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Hank McCoy

2,248 appearances Β· Silver Age Β· 1963–2026 Β· 110 key issues
Who is Hank McCoy?

Born with abnormally large hands and feet, Henry Philip McCoy was a mutant gifted with superhuman strength and agility from birth. His exceptional intellect earned him a place among Charles Xavier's first class of X-Men, where he began his lifelong journey as both hero and scientist.

Few Marvel characters have endured with such remarkable staying power as Hank McCoy β€” a founding X-Man who stepped onto the page in the very first issue of The X-Men in 1963, born from the legendary creative partnership of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby at the dawn of the Silver Age. Over more than six decades, he has remained a cornerstone of the X-Men's world, logging nearly 1,900 catalog appearances across The X-Men, The Uncanny X-Men, and beyond, sharing countless adventures with fellow icons like Cyclops, Wolverine, and Iceman. With 110 key-issue appearances to his name, collectors have long recognized that where Hank McCoy shows up, history tends to get made. If you're building a serious X-Men collection, this is a character whose thread runs through virtually the entire tapestry of Marvel's mutant saga.

Identity

Real name. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy

Powers. Superhuman strength, agility, and dexterity; ape-like physiology; later mutated into blue furred/feline form; genius-level intellect and scientific brilliance.

Teams & affiliations
X-MenAvengersX-Factor
β˜… First appearance
The X-Men #1
Sep 1963

Trivia

  • Beast wasn't always the blue-furry powerhouse collectors know today β€” his striking appearance is the direct result of a self-experimentation gone wrong, when an early serum-driven transformation permanently locked in what became his iconic mutation.marvel.fandom.com
  • Chris Claremont has written more of Hank McCoy's comics than any other writer in our catalog β€” 109 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1963–2022

The X-Men #1 β˜… 1963
The X-Men #1
The X-Men #40 β˜… 1968
The X-Men #40
Giant-Size X-Men #1 β˜… 1975
Giant-Size X-Men #1
The Avengers Annual #7 β˜… 1977
The Avengers Annual #7
The Avengers Annual #10 β˜… 1981
The Avengers Annual #10
Fantastic Four #286 β˜… 1986
Fantastic Four #286
X-Men Annual #14 β˜… 1990
X-Men Annual #14
X-Men Chronicles #1 β˜… 1995
X-Men Chronicles #1
X-Men: Children of the Atom #4 β˜… 2000
X-Men: Children of the Atom #4
Astonishing X-Men #4 β˜… 2004
Astonishing X-Men #4
Wolverine & the X-Men #1 β˜… 2011
Wolverine & the X-Men #1
Age of Ultron #10 β˜… 2013
Age of Ultron #10
X-Men: Blue #2 2017
X-Men: Blue #2
Fantastic Four Anniversary Tribute #1 2022
Fantastic Four Anniversary Tribute #1

Appearances (2,101–2,248 of 2,248, oldest first)

Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)
#12
Marvel Origins (2023)
Giant-Size X-Men: Second Genesis Revisited (2025)
Psylocke (2024)
Magik (2025)
X-Men: Xavier's Secret (2025)
#1
Laura Kinney: Wolverine (2025)
Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years (2025)
Uncanny X-Men by Gail Simone (2025)
#1
Phoenix (2024)
#8
The Amazing Spider-Man (2022)
Cosmic X-Men Omnibus (2025)
Marvel: May 1965 Omnibus (2025)
X-Manhunt Omega (2025)
#1
Storm (2024)
Giant-Size Marvel Omnibus (2025)
New X-Men Modern Era Epic Collection (2024)
#2
Exceptional X-Men (2024)
Giant-Size X-Men (2025)
#1
Venom: Original Sin (2025)
#1
One World Under Doom (2025)
Runaways (2025)
Death of the Silver Surfer (2025)
#1
Ultimate Wolverine (2025)
Ultimate X-Men (2024)
All-New X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus (2025)
Marvel Heroes (2025)
#4
X-Men: Blue & Gold - Mutant Genesis Omnibus (2025)
Wolverine: Old Man Logan [Marvel Premier Collection] (2025)
Predator Kills the Marvel Universe (2025)
#2
Uncanny X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus (2025)
Amazing X-Men (2025)
Unbreakable X-Men (2025)
Marvel Zombies: Red Band (2025)
#2
All-New Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2025)
Expatriate X-Men (2025)
X-Men '97 No. 1 Halloween Trick-or-Read 2025 (2025)
X-Men: Book of Revelation (2025)
Laura Kinney: Sabretooth (2025)
Cyclops (2026)
Ultimate X-Men Epic Collection (2025)
#2
X-Men United (2026)
#1
Iceman: Omega (2026)
#1
Astonishing X-Men (2006)
EdiΓ§Γ΅es GEP (1968)
The Avengers (2003)
#13
Marvel SΓ©rie I (2012)
#15
Marvel Superhelden (1981)
De Verdedigers (1980)
De spectaculaire Spider-Man [De spektakulaire Spiderman] (1979)
HIP Comics (1966)
HIP Classics (1969)