I like The Beast fine as a member of The X-Men, but my favorite stories featuring him are from his solo adventures, his time with The Avengers or his team-up with characters like Spider-Man or Wonder Man. Heck, I think he is a strong enough character to anchor a team-up title of his own like Spidey or The Thing.
I too preferred Hank in his blue furry Avengers days.
ReplyDeleteMe, too, Martin. I remember one team-up he had with Spidey in which Hank wound up with all the fan girls! Prompting the web-slinger to angrily ask himself:
ReplyDelete"Why couldn't I have been bitten by a radioactive blue Wookiee?"
P.S. (@Ross): isn't that Rufus Quackenbush driving the cab? The Groucho Marx analog from one of Marvel's DHOKF Annuals?
It's Captain Jeffery Spaulding, the African Explorer, from "Animal Crackers".
ReplyDeleteActually, Paul, he's half-right. Rufus T. Hackstabber was a Groucho analog who aided Shang-Chi in MASTER OF KUNG FU volume 1/#52.
ReplyDeleteI honestly always like Beast from his time with the Defenders. It wasn't all that long if I remember correctly, but the writers were able to integrate his natural smarts with a leadership role, which made for a very compelling character.
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