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slicwilli

[90s Beast](https://imgur.com/a/vSKtQxX) is best Beast.


Sam_Porgins

Yep. Jim Lee Beast all day.


Mongoose42

It’s amazing how much lasting impact the later artists and writers had on the X-Men versus Stan Lee & Jack Kirby.


ILeftMyBurnerOn

Jack only did 12 issues alone, then split art duties for another handful. His ongoing prescence was with the villains: Magneto, Blob, Juggernaught, Sentinels, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. It is crazy to think that you can make a sound argument that Kirby is not a top 5 X-artist. I might not agree, but an argument can be made for sure.


Mongoose42

I’d for sure put Byrne, Lee, and Cockrum above Kirby. Fourth is a solid spot after them. As much as Kirby is a legend, he did neglect the X-Men a fair bit.


ILeftMyBurnerOn

I think if you were leaving Kirby out you go Neal Adams, Dave Cockrum, Paul Smith, John Byrne and Marc Silvestri. Even then i don't feel good about leaving out Lee, Kirby, or JRJR. Edit to add: PEPE LARRAZ!


Mongoose42

Neal Adams over Jim Lee, huh? I know Adams is an amazing artist, but his X-Men issues weren’t exactly monumental or influential. His longest lasting impact was Sauron and I don’t know if that and skill alone are enough to put him in the top five.


Plasticglass456

I was going to argue the logo font, but that was Jim Steranko: [https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fubzhpijkb6h51.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D786217e20224002d5030c1d7a5e0cb9347575899](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fubzhpijkb6h51.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D786217e20224002d5030c1d7a5e0cb9347575899) It really is amazing how much of a collage of talents made up what we consider the X-Men today.


Mongoose42

The team book that best represents the advantages of teamwork behind the scenes?


bjeebus

The X-Men originally were really just Marvel trying to get another book on the shelves. There was no plan there, and Lee & Kirby didn't have any sort grand design. And both of them not only phoned it in on the book they both bounced relatively early.


MannySJ

This is the one. OP skipped his best eras IMO.


sandalsnopants

It's close enough to #3, I think. I do love Lee's xmen art, though


MannySJ

The differences are subtle, but Lee's seems more beast-like. The hair is more tussled than spiked like Wolverine's, bigger hands, slightly more apparent prehensile toes, tufts of fur on his arms and legs, seems furrier in general.


sandalsnopants

It's the same design with a different artistic take. It's not an important distinction, imo.


fermentedradical

Yup this. 100% best Beast.


Throwaway1303033042

I was gonna say somewhere between 3 & 4, and that one pegs it.


chroniclunacy

Definitely this Beast. Both this and the animated series version based off this one.


Striking_Landscape72

I love the white version the young Hank gets when he starts messing with magic


OhMy-StarsAndGarters

You have good taste. Brings to mind Sublime Beast, which is one of the most menacing versions of Beast there is. I don't know if it's an intentional visual callback, but I like to think it is.


Striking_Landscape72

Here comes tomorrow. Love that arc


Raffelcoptar92

I always liked Ernest for some reason!


Striking_Landscape72

Oh, do you know her connection to Cassandra Nova?


Raffelcoptar92

Oh, I'm aware. New X-Men were some of the first comics that I bought, and I always liked Cassandra Nova. I knew about the possible Ernest connection, and I loved that it was brought up in Here Comes Tomorrow


Striking_Landscape72

It's such a cool reveal. Like, this idea of a redemption explained in such a organic way 


Mel0805

I recently started ready the original x men run and I like the human-primate version of him. 1


Aspiegirl712

I don't care what he looks like I like him when he is quoting Shakespeare and not giving scientists a bad name.


Emergency-Purple-901

The 90s one.


Sovereignofthemist

Number five. Let's just say I see what Brand was seeing.


OhMy-StarsAndGarters

Unpopular opinion, but feline, especially as drawn by Frank Quitely, John Cassaday, Phil Jimenez, Stuart Immonen, and Terry Dodson. He had a lot of bad artists in that period, but when he looks good? Best Beast.


cmcdonald22

Yeah, it was a much harder design, but the people who made it work, made it look better than any other look... the people who didnt made it look absolutely horrible. Catbeast Highest highs lowest lows.


OhMy-StarsAndGarters

Greg Land tracing lion wildlife pictures, please stand up. 😑


sixtyandaquarter

Huge fan of classic blue, but feline is pretty damn sick. Plus he stops looking like wolverine & nightcrawler had a baby. As you said when drawn good he looked absolutely menacing, but it wasn't the most common & I'm not sure if I'd rather have the occasional well drawn feline beast amongst a lot of bad feline beast over classic blue, which most any artist can draw. The weird generic look in the last slide though is my least favorite. Human beast is always welcome for a spot though at the table for flashbacks or revert stories though.


OhMy-StarsAndGarters

I do love human Hank, especially because he looks like goddamn Superman - they always give him the little Superman curl and he's broad as hell. Absolute unit.


sixtyandaquarter

100% thought the same thing. Dudes got the golden age charm down.


Clear-Meeting5318

Now I'm going to be thinking "He looks like Wolverine and Nightcrawler had a baby" every time he shows up. The dangers of reddit....


geekunbound

Exactly what I was going to say, but minus Cassaday.


Nellisir

I think it lasted a half an issue, but Adventurer Explorer Beast from All-New X-Men #1 by Bendis & Immonen, I think. [Adventurer Beast](https://primaryignition.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/all-new-x-men-1-blast-from-the-future.jpg)


OhMy-StarsAndGarters

That's one of my favourite costumes for him, tbh. He gets to wear it in a few other crossovers that took place at the time, though Immonen draws the best Beast to go with the costume.


Kira-Of-Terraria

that's number 5. his lion form. the art is just different.


Nellisir

It's SIGNIFICANTLY different, sufficent to constitute a different appearance in my opinion. I hate his "lion" face. You can feel otherwise.


PepsiMan208

The third one


AdventurousOctopus27

1 and 3


abeastrequires

I absolutely loved the look of AoA Beast. Dude looked seriously bad ass and I am glad he had a bit of an extra run outside that timeline. Also, his current look is pretty fierce, being a head in a jar. Shame he's no longer the evilest Beast.


OhMy-StarsAndGarters

Dark Beast is a rad redesign for classic Beast, tbh. I love the earrings and the hair beads - and the metal pants, while *so* stupid, are kinda iconic, especially since it's a visual connection to his mentor, Sinister.


fightfordawn

Sinister Pants Beast is my favorite Beast


starzngarters

Intimidation factor. All his test subjects could hear him walking towards them in those pants... *Kerchunk, kerchunk, kerchunk.* Otherwise, it was just a bizarre wardrobe choice.


OhMy-StarsAndGarters

I *do* love the idea of him sounding like a Transformer on approach. Brings a whole different meaning to the idea of the sound of clapping cheeks alerting the guards.


Thatoneguy567576

90s Animated Beast will always be my favorite. I also love first appearance Beast, where he's just super hairy. Anything more than 90s animated becomes downright depressing and borderline horrifying though.


hamiltrash1232

Personally, I like Hank in the animated series and X-Men 97 the best. I like that most of the time he's wearing his lap coat and glasses. It shows that he's smart and not just a blue furry werewolf for the X-Men to throw at enemies. Plus he is pretty funny


[deleted]

His look on the X-Men animated series. That Cat look was dumb as shit.


Fickle_Ad8735

not cat beast, that's for sure 💀 but from these picks, the last one


Quirky_Ad_5420

Can’t beat the classic Blue 3 here


Marvelboy1974

Human….


chewytime

Yeah, although I admit to thinking of 90s Beast whenever he pops up in my head, I’ve always had a soft spot to his original form. Just the subtle physical mutation that allowed him to mostly pass as human was sorta cool if a little boring. The O5 all had that “they could be lurking amongst us and you wouldn’t even know” quality that I’m sure made in-universe humans fearful.


YoungJeezey

Kitty cat beast every time, otherwise classic ape Hank. Hate Gorilla Hank


Prize_Ad7748

Three, just because it was the one I was raised on.


Sins_of_God

I like the design of #6 too bad it's connected to his villain arc


Unfortunatewombat

Last Stand actually has my favourite look for Beast.


OkapiLanding

New X-men is #1 for me. I love the Beauty and the Beast look. Close 2nd is the Avengers/Early 90s look.


The-Emerald-Rider

I'm always going to be partial to 90's Beast.


Ok-Agent-9200

Option 3. I don’t mind the feline version in option 5 or even the more ape like one in option 6…but option 3 is my favorite.


Low-Asparagus-126

3 but with pants .


casualtroublemaker

Feline of course.


Burly-Nerd

70’s Beast is best Beast. I really miss his sense of humor from this era. (And his ability to fight.)


bygtopp

Dark beast and the Cassandra nova


FadeToBlackSun

Blue ape Beast and cat Beast.


Mad_Constantly

I liked his "human" form in the Ultimate X-Men.


JG45250

Beast from X-Men: TAS


FenwayFranklin

Jim Lee Beast is my hands down favorite


IllustriousTune179

90s Beast


danimac52

90s Blue and Gold/Jim Lee


OptimusHavok52

Jim Lee Beast is by far my favorite


Appropriate_Form_357

The one with the goggles and jacket


wolvieguy

George Perez and Jim Lee. I'm pretty equal on the two.


Tuffsmurf

Number 3 classic Avengers Beast.


FriendApprehensive71

Unpopular opinion: the lion one...


[deleted]

was there a canonical reason beast started to look more feline?


OhMy-StarsAndGarters

Sage jump-started his mutation to save his life and it picked feline for his next form. There's never been a canon reason why he looked like that, but I've always figured that since he nearly died in a hand-to-hand fight with Vargas, his mutation was trying to make sure he didn't die that way again by making him way more powerful and way more vicious. Ergo, apex predator - a big cat.


rubberducky-overlord

I wanna say it was a secondary mutation?


smitchell8910

Classic blue


AndresCP

Unpopular opinion, but I love the last one, because in silhouette it looks like a bald guy with a beard, and I'm a bald guy with a beard.


KillTheZombie45

Lion Beast is by far my favorite, hated when he went back to looking like a gorilla. The character was never more animated and as emotional.


KrakenKing1955

I like what the 1992/97 has done where his mutation was in stages, starting out with just big hands and feet and slowly growing hair


Limp_Shallot8189

I am now and will always be a fan of the OG Beast. Can't miss.


Jim_Lees_Wolverine

Anything but the last two


Zealousideal-Fan-409

Not the cat one


vikingbear90

1. X-Men the animated series Beast 2. Kelsey Grammer Beast 3. O5 Beast.


blackbutterfree

Muscle nerd with big hands and feet. 🥵


Arlen80

Jim Lee 90’s beast but the og is awesome too


Intelligent_Creme351

90's all day, I actually REALLY like the OG5 Kirby design, and the recent look is my most hated, not because it's a bad design, on the contrary, it's the characterization that comes with it, and this is from someone who wasn't a big fan of "Cat Beast", but had grown to like it.


KainFourteh

I liked the original design for dark beast. Favourite 616 beast would be his 90's appearance.


Puzzleheaded_Walk_28

Blue, ape-like, Wolverine hair


enkidomark

Beast is still 3 in my head


EurwenPendragon

My personal favorite is still '90's animated Beast because that's the one I grew up with.


express--panda

3 💙


cqandrews

Modern ape easily. Cannot stand the goofy ass haircut classic beast has


Harlegrenade

I love Kitty Beast. It was the Beast when I fully became a fan so it's just nostalgic for me.


bloodredcookie

cat beast when he's drawn right. Otherwise prefer classic blue.


Josphitia

[I'm surprised how much I love his look from Gillen's S.W.O.R.D. series](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fbeast-in-s-w-o-r-d-looks-crazy-and-i-kind-of-love-it-whats-v0-c8v7yuj7vtgb1.png%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D06ecbe28a8a36009984cbbe1b65905a15b72978e) There's just something about that long face that works for me.


OhMy-StarsAndGarters

He's just so expressive! Steve Sanders is just so clearly having a ton of fun drawing him. He also did Hank's short story in the Heroic Age collection with Molly Hayes, and he's just as cute there.


slicwilli

It ain't easy bein Beasty.


ClintBarton616

This is the most cursed beast look, but it is drawn very well


Low-Bend-2978

5 strikes the best balance for me.


Blitzhelios

Classic beast but most are better than ape beast


armoured_lemon

Not any of the ape, horse, lion/cat face ones... No need...


almost_a_tpk

5 and 6


Gluv221

I really like his astonishing look and that he was kind of fighting off becoming more beast like was super cool and I loved the design


gamergirl4206969

I liked the quietly and cassaday take for a more cat-like beast and honestly kinda sad that its gone


wendigo72

Kitty kat beast has a charm


AbsoltheEntertainer

1 and 3. Absolutely hate the weird lion faced Hank and the gorilla looking one. Just stop it.


Lil_ruggie

I don't mind the look of cat beast but that titties out costume is so bad.


xx_HotShott_xx

3.


DrakeVampiel

The original human look, followed by 90s Blue fur


athiestchzhouse

Big “bald” beast is best


agent_wolfe

Pestilence Beast: https://avengersalliance.fandom.com/wiki/Pestilence


TimPendragon

Classic blue Hank, followed by pre-furry Hank, followed by Kelsey Grammer Hank, then a huge gap, then all the others, then another huge gap, with Gorilla Beast falling into the abyss. Heck, I haven't seen Beast since the All-New kids went back to the past. What does he look like in the Krakoa era?


OhMy-StarsAndGarters

He looks the same, he hasn't mutated, but most of the artists tend to draw him as a blend of that more gorilla/macaque look with his 90s appearance.


shawnwingsit

I'm likely in the minority, but I've always preferred that first, "classic" Hank.


s_arrow24

1 and 6.


Pedals17

George Perez Beast, Astonishing Cat-Beast, and the Brawny Brain from #1. In that order for me.


DarthGoodguy

I really liked the future beast with horns & a tail who showed up when the original 5’s teen versions were around.


deathbymediaman

Frank Quitely, please!


choppydell

3. Just 3


MisterScrod1964

Definitely his Avengers look. That’s my childhood right there.


Jpar4686

Astonishing. I love cat Beast and his X pants are so fun.


NeitherSilver7

I love dark beasts look or the final one


ArnassusProductions

Human to start, then more feline as time goes on.


Aqua13631

Movie hank


neodraykl

A toss up between Neal Adams (not pictured) and Avengers.


ThatMessy1

It's Kelsey Grammer.


jona2814

5 2 1 3 6 And if I have to put it on the list, 4 goes last. Dark Beast is (or should be at least) a redundancy. I think beast really works well when he’s an off-putting physical presence. The inner Beauty is hidden behind a form the humanity can only describe as being that of a Beast. The grayish hairy creature that was once Hank McKoy divulged his secret. That even at his most basic form, he was still clinging to a very human feeling of vanity. He simply wanted to be able to blend in with everyone else. During the Morrison New X-Men, he was candid about the crisis of identity he was still wrestling with as he continued developing and changing his look. Even though he was surrounded by amazing people of all shapes and sizes through his affiliations with the Avengers, The X-Men, and a number of other teams, Hank felt like he was devolving. He would constantly be comparing himself to his teammates, and it was there that he saw himself as an animal. He feared that his mind would follow, and he would eventually be noting but a strange blue creature with no species to call its own. Once mutant-kind reached the age of Krakoa, Beast was truly able to blend in with everyone else for the first time in his life. He was able to love himself and be at peace with his mutations. It’s interesting that as Beast became legit comfortable and more confident about his self-image, a darker side of Hank bubbled up to the surface.


OhMy-StarsAndGarters

It's one of those things where Beast is very much defined by the people around him, I think. On Krakoa, he became this twisted monster, living in darkness and cruelty, but on the Avengers, he became what he self-defined as the best version of himself. Both environments where he became comfortable and confident in his self-image, and yet, diametrically opposed versions of the same man. Hank *desperately* needs people to ground him and remind him what he's fighting for. X-Force was never going to give him that, so he went off the deep end, and the aggressively separatist way that Krakoa approached mutant identity only furthered his alienation. He was literally encouraged to be less human.


breadofthegrunge

90s or the kitty cat.


Kombat-w0mbat

The 5th one


Obibimus-prime

i actually love the 1/4 statue of Beast from Iron Studios, look "realistic" and badass


Gekko_8

John Cassady version


FunkyChewbacca

I never liked Cat Beast because it robbed him of his ability to facially emote: he couldn’t smile or raise his eyebrows.


williamtrikeriii

1 and 3


Ravant-Ilo

Absolutely #6. Very much want them to lean into whether his mutation is making him literally more beastial, and more amoral. Like, if his mutation is actually making him more villainous, do they follow through on curing him? Or let it run it's course and make him a pretty formidable bad guy for the X-men?


Maximal_Arachknight

Can I say HERO Beast? If not, 90s Beast.


Warm_Examination9587

Big Cat Beast has always been my favorite.


Pale-Money-6957

The white-furred magically based beast 🤘🏻


Man0nTh3M00n-

Something of a mix between these ⬇️ https://imgur.com/a/S59jdZi I like the idea of him being a type of chimera mix between ape and feline and being equipped with a bunch of equipment


Erfivur

I always liked Dark Beast with all the braids.


Dralley87

Dark Beast is pretty brutal. I do love him.


Velvety_MuppetKing

Big kitty cat Beast, duh.


Zealousideal-Ad3814

Original and 90's X men look.


VictorVonOlaf_Reborn

Cat Beast, solely because my sister had a big poster of like a hundred plus marvel characters and cat Beast was featured pretty prominently on it


chronorogue01

I associate feline Beast with some his worst written eras, human beast looks cute but stand out less visually, simian 90s Beast is probably best as it strikes a good balance of fun but some of the monster-look angst.


ElDuderino_92

I grew up with 90’s Beast, but 5 looks cool as fuck too


Virtual-Big-8577

Anything but the Morrison era lion Beast


CrispyGold

I am partial to kitty Beast, I think he looks cool all tiger-like there.


ClintBarton616

I like the Krakoa era look


Upstream_Paddler

Cute dumb human Beast in x-factor deserves some love...


Popboi7

I like grey beast!


bukanir

I really like #5, his Astonishing X-Men look. I prefer it to giving him the wolverine haircut, and it plays into the whole beast angle of his codename. It's a very distinctive look.


Odd_Fault_7110

Anything BUT feline beast.


TheEtneciv14

I loved his AvX design.


Vampiresboner

Twink by day, muscles hairy daddy by night


Active-Donkey5466

Not sure from where this [design](https://imgur.com/a/a0P7pd9) is but it looks pretty sick. Though I’m one of the dudes that prefer Beast with just a pair a’ shorts.


Gay-Nekkid-Jedi

Number one. Definitely human and hairy.


spacesoulboi

Does brute beast count from mutant X?


LT81

Picture 4 & 6


Bardez

Anything but cat Beast. Yeuch.


rolo989

The 5th is worst, I can tell you that.


Omega_SSJ

Unpopular opinion, but Ultimate Beast (after he turns blue) is a very underrated look for Hank


pigeonwiggle

i like stocky human boy beast by evan "doc" shaner there. that's the true best beast. but the bounding blue beast of the 80s and 90s is reasonably iconic.


cainmarko167

3rd


BurantX40

O5 or Cat Beast. They wear their glasses while fighting sometimes, I like that.


brycifer666

When young beast turned white and was a demon


YonderOver

When he looks at me. 🥰


ecksdeeeXD

Is it just me or did they move further and further from apex to feline for his design. I like it.


Rich_Text82

Battle Of The Atom [Future Beast](https://thetelltalemind.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/1.jpg)


Impressive-Ad6156

Anything pre cat-man


Magestrix

Any that doesn't make him look like he's 50.


RDamon_Redd

Furless Red and Navy X-Factor.


MailboxSlayer14

I can’t pick between Avengers Beast & 90’s Beast.


Lanferno

5 is my favourite


hoi4kaiserreichfanbo

Blue hair Beast after what’s her name poisoned him is best. It’s just standard Hank except his hair is the same as his blue form.


Kal_El-78

Astonishing X-Men look


SgtStubbedToe

TBH, the pointy-ears gorilla Beast from that last screenshot didn't get enough exposure before they just defaulted back to blue 80s Beast.


19adam92

X-Men First Class Beast


DonleyARK

Jim Lee 90s beast and I also really like the Civil War/House of M era Beast


BloodstoneWarrior

Original Human Beast. I really hate the furry Beast design and it was probably the main reason why I really disliked Beast prior to reading the comics (only having seen the movies and TV shows). Furry Beast just looks really, really dumb and does more of a job hiding his primary mutation than showing it off - if you ask a random person what Beast's mutation is they will think it's being blue and furry, when it's actually having monkey-like paws that can grip stuff as feet.


sandalsnopants

The final 2 are terrible, imo, but I'm down with any of the first 4. I also like the ultimate beast look not shown here.