Beast (Earth-2301, Mangaverse character)

BEAST
Earth-2301

Real Name: Unrevealed presumably Henry McCoy

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-2301), human mutant

Occupation: Mercenary

Group Membership: the Azure (Mystique, Nightcrawler)

Affiliations: Master Toad, Magnus, Amanda Sefton

Enemies: Yoshida's police force, X-Men (Cyclops/Scott Summers, Marvel Girl/Jean Grey, Danielle Moonstar, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Wolverine/Logan)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York City

First Appearance: Marvel Mangaverse: X-Men (March, 2002)

Powers/Abilities: Beast is a mutant that's covered in thick blue fur and crowned with large, curved horns, this version of Beast is a savage, animalistic creature who has fully embraced his feral nature. Possessing immense strength, speed, and agility, he moves and strikes with primal power and instinct rather than intellect. Beast also has two crab-like claws next to his jaw and appears to have several smaller eyes next to his large yellow eyes.

In his later appearance, Beast's appearance had changed significantly, his horns were gone, his features more refined, and he closely resembled his Earth-616 counterpart.

Height: Unrevealed (presumably 5'11" like his Earth-616 counterpart)
Weight: Unrevealed (presumably 402 lbs. like his Earth-616 counterpart)
Eyes: Yellow
Hair: Blue fur

History:

(Marvel Mangaverse: X-Men - BTS) - The feral mutant known as Beast became part of the Azure, a team of mercenary mutants recognizable by their blue skin. This group came under the service of the powerful mutant sorceress Amanda Sefton.

(Marvel Mangaverse: X-Men - BTS) - Sefton planned to channel the mutant Rogue's abilities in a ritual meant to destroy her longtime foe, the electromagnetic entity Magnus. She assigned the Azure to guard the site while she prepared the spell.

(Marvel Mangaverse: X-Men) - As expected the X-Men soon arrived to save Rogue. After Mystique blasted Cyclops in the face to signal the start of the skirmish, Beast jumped Cyclops. With the battle heating up, Storm even killed Mystique. The bloodthirsty Beast then focused his attention on Jean Grey prompting Moonstar to fire one of her "gremlin"-blasts at the creature, but when Beast simply devoured the blast Moonstar felt excruciating pain. Both Moonstar and Jean Grey were then rescued by Cyclops who killed Beast with his optic blast. Beast’s death was followed by that of Nightcrawler allowing the X-Men to confront Sefton directly.

(X-Men: Ronin#5 - BTS) - Beast and Nightcrawler somehow survived their interaction with the X-Men. Visibly changed the duo stuck together.

(X-Men: Ronin#5 (fb) - BTS) - New York was seized by anti-mutant hysteria after Emma Frost manipulated the local police into believing the X-Men were a band of marauding monsters. This deception gave Police Chief Shiro Yoshida the justification he needed to escalate his campaign against mutantkind, deploying scanners throughout the city to identify anyone carrying the mutant gene. Although the arrests were framed as routine questioning, in reality, mutants were being hunted, captured, and incarcerated en masse.

(X-Men: Ronin#5) - Beast and Nightcrawler were among the mutants targeted by Yoshida's police force. Though both were skilled and battle-hardened, allowing them to fend off the attackers with ease, many other mutants across the city weren't as fortunate.

(X-Men: Ronin#5 (fb) - BTS) - Many mutants, including Beast and Nightcrawler sought refuge, and descended into the sewers and joined Master Toad's resistance, a haven not just for survival, but for those who still believed in Xavier's dream, even in a world that had rejected it.

(X-Men: Ronin#5) - When Wolverine and Jean returned to Toad's underground they were shocked at the amount of mutants rescued. Beast was present when Wolverine made a powerful speech, telling the mutants that they would offer sanctuary but that at one point they had to strike back as one joined force, he continued they were a masterless clan, freedom fighter, rebels, RONIN!

Comments: Created by C.B. Cebulski, Jeff Matsuda, A.J. Jothikumar, and Andy Owens.

Other mutants who sought refuge with Master Toad included Aurora, Cannonball, Chamber, Husk, Jubilee, Northstar and Wolfsbane. In addition some cameo's can be seen such during the larger crowd scenes such as Abe from the game Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee.

Profile by MarvellousLuke

CLARIFICATIONS:
Beast has some connections to

Beast, the original that this character was based on--Giant-Size X-Men#1
Henry McCoy, of Earth-311--1602 I#2
Beast, of Earth-763--Exiles III#1
Beast, of Earth-904--What If? II#12
Beast, of Earth-905--What If? II#13
Beast, of Earth-913--What If? II#23
Beast, of Earth-956--What If? II#74
Beast, of Earth-1031--X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 - "X-Men: Reborn"
Beast, of Earth-1038--X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 - "X-Men: The Retro Men"
Beast, of Earth-5113--Defenders III#4
Beast, of Earth-8107--Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends cartoon episode "The Origin of the Iceman"
Beast, of Earth-8320--What If? I#37/2
Beast, of Earth-9112--What If? II#32
Beast, of Earth-9670--What If? II#87
Beast, of Earth-21993--What If? II#46
Beast, of Earth-50810--Mega Morphs I#1
Beast, of Earth-57780--Spidey Super Stories I#43/3
Beast, of Earth-80219--What If? I#19
Beast, of Earth-81727--What If? I#27
Beast, of Earth-82136--All-New X-Men I#25
Beast, of Earth-92100--What If? II#42
Beast, of Earth-93070--What If? II#51
Beast, of Earth-94040--What If? II#60/1
Beast, of Earth-94041--What If? II#60/2
Beast, of Earth-94042--What If? II#60/3
Beast, of Earth-94319--Spider-Man Magazine I#9
Beast, of Earth-97193--What If? II#93 - BTS
Beast, of Earth-105709--What If? II#9
Brutus, of Eurth--Avataars: Covenant of the Shield I#2
or any other alternate "Nightcrawler"

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Marvel Mangaverse: X-Men, p12, pan4 (main image)
Marvel Mangaverse: X-Men, p13, pan5 (attacking Cyclops)
Marvel Mangaverse: X-Men, p16, pan6 (death)
X-Men: Ronin#5, p7, pan3 (opposing Yoshida's police force)

Appearances:
Marvel Mangaverse: X-Men (March, 2002) - C.B. Cebulski (writer), Jeff Matsuda, A.J. Jothikumar (pencillers), Andy Owens (inks), Brian Smith (editor)
X-Men: Ronin#5 (July, 2003) - J. Torres (writer), Makoto Nakatsuka (pencils, inks), C.B. Cebulski, Stephanie Moore (editors)

First Posted: 10/12/2025
Last Updated: 10/12/2025

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