Secrets of the Unknown #47
In "The Ambassador from Earth," Beast steps away from the X-Men after a violent encounter with a mutant-hating mob, trading his lab coat for a wrestling ring. When a new mutant named Unus—whose power makes him untouchable—comes seeking Magneto’s Brotherhood, the X-Men face a battle unlike any before. With Jack Kirby’s dynamic art and Stan Lee’s sharp storytelling, this issue explores isolation, identity, and the cost of power, all under Dick Giordano’s striking cover.
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After being attacked by a mutant hating crowd, Beast gets fed up and quits the X-Men. He becomes a professional wrestler but meets Unus, a mutant who cannot be touched. Unus is trying to join Magneto's Brotherhood so he takes on the X-Men. The X-Men barely fend him off and find Beast has constructed a machine that will actually increase Unus' powers. The X-Men try to prevent Hank from using the machine, but, once Unus has been zapped, he finds that he cannot even eat without the food being repelled out of his hands. Beast returns him to normal and Unus promises to will steer clear of Magneto.
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