unofficial HANDbook of the marvel universe: beast

[worldofagwu]

here's my drawing of the beast out of the xmen - yet another character greated by stan lee & jack kirby - but this version is from the makeover gerry conway & tom sutton gave him in the early 1970s

( dunno if anyone else was involved w/his recreation as a " marvel monster " - roy thomas? - johnny romita? ) ( - steve englehart did the lions share

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McCoy (beast major)

[stickismyfriend]

the 'Beast Man' strip that Wally Wood did in early issues of Witzend (1966 on) has something to do with what they did with the Beast in the 70s. I think Sutton was the link there.

That issue of Avengers with the beast dealing with that inane apparition (something to do with The Corruptor?) is one of the greatest comics Marvel ever published - due mainly to Steve Gerber's brilliant script

Avengers 178

[erkinpeaviss]

Was it the Manipulator?

BTW, I am enjoying all these Beastly drawings.

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EP

Re: Avengers 178

[worldofagwu]

i make you right re: the manipulator - did he ever appear again ( in any of gerber's other gomics ), i wonder...? ( - surely no one else wld have the nerve to take him on )

ta for yr kind words re: breastly drawings

burn...convulse

[stickismyfriend]

glad at least SOMEBODY can remember it right!

thankyou for the compliment btw

told you I had a McCoy in the works

[stickismyfriend]

king of the barefoot beats

[worldofagwu]

- he's a bit of a beautiful bouncing bonny beast himself, innee...? ( - not that i'm in a position to griticize )

his uniform = nice & loose fitting which is how i like to see it - but is he chewing? ( - "take ten demerits, mister mccoy" sez professor x )

Re: king of the barefoot beats

[stickismyfriend]

the aim was to make him big wihout him lookig like Fred Dukes in an X-suit - like you say, the loose sleeves and trousers help almost as muck as the overlong arms.

chewing - I can't do that Werner Roth thing with the muscles at the side of the mouth (do you know what I mean?) when the head is so small

the link with Wood's Beast Man is just an opinion of mine - Wood was freelancing for Marvel around 1970 though - perhaps he pitched his character as a 10-page feature

Re: king of the barefoot beats

[worldofagwu]

talking of fred j dukes - griswell predicts...!: a bonny blob in the nearish future ( the marvel HANDbook entry after next, i think )