Dark Beast

Dark Beast
Dark Beast Art by Aaron Lopresti
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	X-Men Alpha (1995)
Created by	Scott Lobdell Roger Cruz (based upon the original character by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby)
In-story information
Alter ego	Henry Philip McCoy
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Dark X-Men The 198 Morlocks Gene Nation X-Men Genoshan Excalibur Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Onslaught's Dark Descendants Horsemen of Apocalypse
Notable aliases	Beast, Black Beast, Doc McCoy, McCoy
Abilities	Superhuman dexterity, agility, flexibility, strength, speed, reflexes/reactions, coordination, balance, endurance, senses, and intelligence Sharp fangs, claws, pointed ears, gray fur coat

Dark Beast (Henry Philip McCoy), sometimes known as the Black Beast, is a Marvel Comics supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as an alternate reality evil version of the X-Men's Beast.

In the Age of Apocalypse reality, McCoy was a mad scientist who implemented cruel experiments under the tyrant Apocalypse. He was one of a handful of characters to escape the Age of Apocalypse reality to the regular Marvel Universe, where he has continued his unethical experiments.

Dark Beast first appeared in X-Men: Alpha and was created by Scott Lobdell and Roger Cruz.

In the alternate dimension he came from, Hank McCoy was a mad scientist and geneticist working for Mister Sinister in his breeding pens, intent on breeding more powerful mutants according to Apocalypse's "survival of the fittest" ideology. However, while Sinister was methodical and rational in his experiments, McCoy (as ruthless as his mentor) sadistically delighted in causing pain to his lab subjects and in the cruelty of his experiments, which is why he was nicknamed the Beast both by prisoners and Sinister's Elite Mutant Force. McCoy also experimented on himself in order to further his mutation and gained his ape-like bestial appearance. Any mutant that he deemed unworthy was turned into a component of a genetic stew that was used to create Apocalypse's army of Infinites.