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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 (151–300 of 2,248, oldest first)

Rampaging Hulk (1977)
#2
Super-Villain Team-Up (1975)
#14
The Avengers Annual (1967)
The Champions (1975)
#16
Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976)
Ms. Marvel (1977)
#16
Marvel Team-Up (1972)
#69
What If? (1977)
#9
Doctor Strange (1974)
#29
The Comics Journal (1977)
Captain America (1968)
The Fantastic Four (1979)
#1
Marvel Triple Action (1972)
#46
Hulk Comic (1979)
Black Panther (1977)
Marvel Two-in-One (1974)
Strange (1970)
Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (1979)
Gamma la bombe qui a créé Hulk (1979)
#8
L'Inattendu (1975)
#22
Iron Man (1980)
Hembeck 1980 [Hembeck Series] (1980)
#2
Daredevil (1964)
SpΓ©cial Strange (1975)
Marvel Super Action (1977)
#21
Hembeck: The Best of Dateline: @!!?# [Hembeck Series] (1980)
#1
Tales to Astonish (1979)
#14
Rom (1979)
The Uncanny X-Men (1981)
Spidey (1979)
Mustang (1966)
The Incredible Hulk (1968)
The Defenders (1972)
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964)
#15
Fantastic Four (1979)
#26
Marvel Fanfare (1982)
#1
Titans (1976)
#39
Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions (1982)