X-Men's Beast Has Become A Villain Compared To The Hero Fans Loved
This article contains spoilers for X-Men '92: House of XCII #1.
The X-Men comics have turned Beast into a villain compared to the hero he used to be in Marvel Comics. Beast may have been one of the original X-Men, but he's proven to be one of the most ethically questionable. His scientific insight means he tends to take matters into his own hands, but sadly he doesn't have especially good judgment. "Henry McCoy is always doing whatever he wants whenever he wants," SHIELD boss Maria Hill fumed in one comic. "People always complain about Wolverine… but Wolverine holds to a code. He's a samurai with a code. A messed up code, but a code nonetheless."
Recent comics have confirmed Beast is the most dangerous of the X-Men. The X-Men have unwisely placed Beast in charge of X-Force, the mutant equivalent of the CIA, and he prefers to operate without any supervision. This allows him to go to extreme lengths to protect the mutant nation of Krakoa, even going so far as to attempt genocide against races he believes threaten the safety of his island home. Beast believes the ends justify the means, and as a result there is nothing he will not do. Unfortunately it's already clear this approach is backfiring, because frankly he's creating more problems for Krakoa than he is finding solutions — although he lacks the self-awareness to realize as much.
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X-Men '92: House of XCII reminds fans just how much Beast has changed. The story is a retelling of Jonathan Hickman's House of Xminiseries, set in a timeline where that arc happened to the X-Men of the classic '90s animated series. That means the Beast in this comic is very different, a cheerful and ebullient
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