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Hank McCoy

2,248 appearances · Silver Age · 1963–2026 · 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 — 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
★ First appearance
The X-Men #1
Sep 1963

Trivia

  • Beast wasn't always the blue-furry powerhouse collectors know today — 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 — 109 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years — 1963–2022

The X-Men #1 1963
The X-Men #1
The X-Men #40 1968
The X-Men #40
Giant-Size X-Men #1 1975
Giant-Size X-Men #1
The Avengers Annual #7 1977
The Avengers Annual #7
The Avengers Annual #10 1981
The Avengers Annual #10
Fantastic Four #286 1986
Fantastic Four #286
X-Men Annual #14 1990
X-Men Annual #14
X-Men Chronicles #1 1995
X-Men Chronicles #1
X-Men: Children of the Atom #4 2000
X-Men: Children of the Atom #4
Astonishing X-Men #4 2004
Astonishing X-Men #4
Wolverine & the X-Men #1 2011
Wolverine & the X-Men #1
Age of Ultron #10 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 (451–600 of 2,248, oldest first)

Power Pack (1984)
Marvel Age Annual (1985)
Marvel Super-Heroes Omnibus (1987)
Ombrax-Saga (1986)
Thor (1966)
Mephisto vs. ... (1987)
#2
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985)
Spécial Strange (1975)
The New Mutants (1983)
Superaventuras Marvel (1982)
Strange (1970)
Fallen Angels (1987)
#3
X-Factor Annual (1986)
Captain America (1968)
Classic X-Men (1986)
Fantastic Four (1961)
Comics Scene (1987)
The Avengers Annual (1967)
Strange Tales (1987)
#18
X-Terminators (1988)
The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger (1988)
The Incredible Hulk (1968)
Silver Surfer Annual (1988)
#2
The West Coast Avengers Annual (1986)
#4
Thor Annual (1966)
#14
Fantastic Four Annual (1963)
The Avengers (1963)
The Uncanny X-Men (1981)
Web of Spider-Man Annual (1985)
#5
Marvel Comics Presents (1988)
X-Men, Les étranges (1989)
Captain America [War and Remembrance] (1990)
X-Factor: Prisoner of Love (1990)
Daredevil: Marked for Death (1990)
Silver Surfer (1987)
Namor, the Sub-Mariner (1990)
#3
X-Men Annual (1970)
Marvel Illustrated: Swimsuit Issue (1991)
#1
Marvel Holiday Special (1991)
#1
The New Mutants Annual (1984)
#7
The Avengers: The Korvac Saga (1991)
Un Récit Complet Marvel (1989)
#29
What If...? (1989)
#23
Nova (1989)
The New Warriors Annual (1991)
#1
The Infinity Gauntlet (1991)
Marvel Super-Heroes (1990)
#6
The New Warriors (1990)
#13
The Very Best of Marvel Comics (1991)