Marvel rolls back the clock nearly 40 years by bringing back the Beast of 1985
The only way to stop a bad Beast may in fact be a good Beast
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In the words of Sage, “The best way to stop Beast… is Beast.”
But how does this long-fated twist go down, and what does it mean for Beast going forward? We’ll break it all down right now.
Spoilers ahead for X-Force #48 (Image credit: Marvel Comics)
The catch is, there’s only one remaining copy of Hank’s psyche available to imprint on the clone - and it’s from way, way,wayback in Beast’s timeline. In fact, the issue even specifies exactly when, in real world terms.
The version of Beast that’s imprinted onto the clone is from “circa New Defenders #142,” which means, in real world terms, that the newly cloned Beast only has the character’s memories up to around 1985 - after he served on the Avengers, but before he joined the other original X-Men in 1986’s X-Factor #1.
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