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

Born This Way Hank McCoy was a mutant from birth, instead of it manifesting when he reached puberty. I covered this a little in Early Years. When he joined the X-Men, as one of the original five, he was 5'-11" and 402 lbs. His mutation ended up with him being 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 short sprints. Uncanny X-Men. Issue #5

By the time Hank was in elementary school, the principal pulled his parents aside because Hank was starting to get into trouble, taking things apart to understand them. He was the smartest kid in the school and they ended up putting him in an accelerated program. It might seem a little odd to bring up Hank's parents, but there is an important dynamic between Hank and his parents the affects his personality and his life. Norton McCoy had been working at a nuclear power plant i