Hank seems to love Christmas. He gets into the festive spirit whether it's romantic, gift giving, visiting his parents, or playing Santa. This isn't super introspective, but it does play into Hank's personality. He has a very social side to him and Christmas allows him to indulge in that. The Merry X-Men Holiday Special, 2018. Here are two Christmas X-Men pin ups. X-Men #165. Beast plays Santa in X-Men #165. I think this speaks to his natural jovial nature, when he's not

The most recent pseudo-pairing for Hank is with Jen Starkey (aka Animalia). I really DISLIKE this pairing. It just seems way too off-kilter for me, so I want to look at Jen Starkey and profile her, while also giving everyone the run-down on these two. Jennifer Starkey first showed up in X-Men #4 (2024) as one of two new people with adult-onset mutation (Ben Liu being the other). The X-Men came to Jen's rescue in Detroit and brought her back to Alaska with them. In issue #6,

One of Hank's more interesting girlfriends was Vera Cantor. Vera has two phases: conservative librarian and new wave librarian. He first meets Vera in Uncanny X-Men #19 at the library where she works. Uncanny X-Men #19 Hank does see Vera a few times during Uncanny X-Men as in issues #22 Uncanny X-Men #22 He we see Hank and Bobby going out with Vera and her roommate Zelda in Uncanny X-Men #27. Uncanny X-Men #27 In Uncanny X-Men, Hank and Vera date off and on. It's rather ca

Hank McCoy was recruited by Professor Charles Xavier to be the fifth member of the original X-Men. The original five being: Cyclops, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Angel, and Beast. Upon being recruited, we found out that Hank was the oldest of the five. Hank's Stats Height 5'-11" Weight 402 lbs Abilities: Overly muscular with extra large feet and hands, dexterity of feet, highly agile, highly intelligent, very durable, can jump up to 32 feet, can run on all fours up to 40 mph for sh