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WGA 04 kd) “| | AMAZING AD Wr I tle LOD GEONING BEAST! J ia ™ THEY WON'T CATCH ME-- I'M SAE! BUT THEY'LL NEVER STOP HUNTING ME-~ TRYING TO K/L ME. Q B THE HUMANS HATED ME WHEN I WAS ONLY A MUTANT =~ THEY MUST BE TERRIFIED OF ME NOW. CLOUDS HOVER CLOSE IN THE MIONIGHT SKY. Bl THEY TREMBLE, POMBLE- b} AND BREAK, SPILLING THEIR LIFEBL: 000 OF \ PURPLE RAN UPON THE PEOPLE ae) IN living or dead perso coincidental. Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press. Inc... Sparta. I Poa Bee ae TNEM=~-THE GUARDS SEARCH =~ AND HE 1S CALLED IN: 625 MADISON AVENUE. NEW 1p, all rights reserved 625 Madison names, characters, persons, ay exist is purely “MUTANTS! SURE, THAT'S WHAT WE X-MEN WERE, AND MANKIND DESPISED US FOR OUR SUPERIORITY, BECAUSE WE WERE --THE LINKNOWNE “STILL WE WERE LIKE A HAPPY TAMILY. “AT EIRST IT WENT GREAT: OV-- £1KED LINDA, 70 ASSIST ME. “A SNAP DECISION=-70 DISGUISE MYSELF BY (TANT LORM TERM) MUTATING MY ALREAPY-JALTANT TEMPOR- te 7 F LAYED OR, JEKYLL. I DRAW! p CAME 70 TH/S THINK TANK IN MY ALTER &G0 70 STUDY THE CHEMICAL CAUSES OF MY FATE--AMUTATION, "BUT THEN, EARLIER TONIGHT, ¢ FINALLY FOUND THE FORMULA Ze ace. LOOKING FOR--THE ONE CAUSING MUTATIONS =~ PROFESSOR XAVIER! I DON'T KNOW, JEAN-~IT'S BEEN ACTING STRANGELY OF LATE. THROUGH céREaRO*, HE'S THE ONLY ONE OF US you've WT WE SHALL 5&6, ALLOWED 70 ZEAVE. WHAT IF JEAN, THERE IS SOMETHING'S HAPPENED TO HIM? A Ve mnase FOR! 7 CONCENTRATE. i ADD POWERS TO MINE AND THE MACHINE'S. I'M WOT YOUR X-MAN, PROFESSOR-~ REMEMBER, AFTER YOUR FORAY INTO LAS VEGAS, THE HUMANS BECAME SO ARENZ/ED. THAT WE HAVE HAD TO STAYIN AIDING HERE EVER SINCE. roy Ale REMEMBER THE PROFS MUTANT- FINOING THAT PROBE-- GETTING STRONGER, 17'S =-PROFESSOR X! HE'S AN EXPERT ON MUTATION. MAYBE I COULD ANSWER HIM--GO TO NOL TH AN EXPERT, Too! 164 FIX "HANK CAN COPE, AS HE ALWAYS DONE. LE HE WANTS SOLITUDE, HE SHALL MAVE 172" at CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGE ANSWER! I CAN'T, THEY MUST WANT ME FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER NOW, ANO I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE WHAT HUMANS| 00 TO ANYONE WHO |S-- NOW, JUST A S&EQNE, HANK-- NONE OF THIS DOWN-IN- THE-MOUTH STUFF. Prove cor 4708 10 0O--BUILDING 4 NEW LIFE! YOU HAVE TO KEEP LIVING! AND YOU CAN SOIT. ) I'LL HAVE TO COVER UP.,, TILL HAVE TO D/SGU/SE MYSELF/ SURES TILL HAVE TO LOOK LIKE HANK MCCOY, IN ORDER TO GET TO MY LAB AND FIND A CORE... IT'LL BE THE CRAZIEST, A/SK/EST ] GAME T EVER PLAYED, AND IF I (MAKE JUST OWE SEEM TO HAVE LEFT z «AND A COSTUME SHOP: MY LIBRARY CARD , ! SS SUPPLIES THE SUPPLIES, IN My OTHER SUIT. . 5 HOPE NOBODY WEEDS THESE MAKE-UP MANUALS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF IS--A LIST OF THE MATERIALS 4 % by LL NEED... Jy ‘ go FUNNY--I DON'T ° S FEEL LIKE USING ANY MORE. IF IT rE SEI NOW THAN I DID AS AN X-MAN. Ware RicuT, HANK--you'RE LOCKED IN YOUR APARTMENT--YOU'VE MLENCE FALLS 1 HANK ICO 'S ROOMS, MUCH LiKE THE ANGRY RAIN OUTSIDE, =-7O MOLD A WAX FACE RESEM- | @LING ONE ONCE WORN BY A | Nv. HOURS SLIDE INTO ETERNITY, AS ONE LONE MAN FEVERISHLY USES ALL THE SKULL. ANO AGILITY OF HIS WEW HANOS-- ey Ox BREAKS, AS FAILURE ARTER FAILURE “LEADS, (N THE Elid, TO SUCCESS! ONE FACE GO00 ENOUGH TO BE FROZEN IN RUBBERw. AND>-LET'S SEE-~WHEN "M DRESSED, THE ONLY OTHER SKIN SHOWING WILL BE MY MANOS. SO--ANOTHER SET OF MOLDS-~ A ID HANK MeCOY LOOKS AT-- UMANK 1ACCO¥ = . I--O/0 11/ IT'S WAX, AND --MORE LATEX AND MAKE-UP ~~ --AND Y ONLY TROUBLE 4S, ALL THOSE HOURS OF HAH! TM GOING THRU THE URE colle, VM. STRAIN HAVE JUST MADE ME LOOK MORE WHOLE PROCESS OF EVOLUTION-- ao GROTESQUE, ALL OF IT WON'T BE WORTH FROM THE DAWN OF MAN TO aLack SLAB A HOOT IF I CAN'T FORCE MYSELF TO TODAY. \T'S AS IF L WERE TO HELP ME HOME. STAND UPRIGHT, TO eet THIS ANIMAL STARRING IN "ZOO1. ” sf CROW (H > WNNAH = -- BODY-- WON'T BEND-- STRAIGHT--ANY MORE. LITTLE-- | ~ Venee alee, wirw THE REMOVAL OF MASK AND BRACE, HAWK MeCOY GRATEFULLY TUMBLES (NTO HIS LONG-FORGOTTEN BED. ONE LOUSY MOMENT OF £GO--A NEED TO PROVE MY THEORY--TO GO WHERE NO MAN ?E--GOO HELP ME! I DON" AGAIN ‘KNOW WHY I DRANK THAT FORMULA“ BUT WOW re Ae IT/ WOW I CAN GO TO MY £4B--FIND A WAY TO MAKE MYSELF REALLY HUMAN AGAINS WHERE (5. A SAYING: “TOMORROW 1S THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE," FOR WANK AGCOY, 17 IS:LITERALLY, Ese I TELL You, IT CALLED ITSELF THE \ JUST ANOTHER GOVERNMENT GOOD MORNING, MR, SEAST“ ALL GRAY McCOY, WE M/SSED AND £U/2RY-=AND COVER UP. DID YOU ACTUALLY YOU YESTERDAY-- IT LAUGHED OFF SEE THIS--BEAST.? GULLETS/ KNOCKED . GOT A CoLD,? V CMON, TOM--F THINK IT WAS SNAFU THEY'RE TRYING TO OUT THREE GUARDS- 7 & (i NC ORY AL wnares, ace ea WASN'T FEELING v4, LIKE MYSELA, HANK-~ NO CLEVER i ) WELL, WO--BUT MY Rig LITTLE V-JOKES. SECRETARY'S i BROTHER KNOWS MASQUERADE /. THIS GUY WHO. ALLOWED IN THIS NO TUME FOR TAKING BOWS, THO. I'VE GOT If] TO WORK--LIKE My LAS I'VE NEVER 1 GOT HERE-- | WORKED BEFORE, AND NO ONE - SUSPECTED, .. SHOU N'T HAVE = Aitoweavsete to eM BLOW UP THAT WAY. may STRAIN. THAT'S. ALL~-THE MENTAL ” AND PHYSICAL ~ BUT WHAT IF STRAIN! I CAN MY AMINO NS BECOMING AS DEFORMED AS My BODY? WHAT IF-- KEEP CALM/ BOLT OUT YL CAN'T You SEE I'M BUS¥.9 WHAT THE DEVIL 4 IT.? DIDN'T I TELL—OH— MR. GRANT—VISITORS? If NO, I CAN'T—BUT—NO, I>BUT—WELL, BUT OU/CKLY, PLEASE! OH WO/ HE (5 MY BOSS--I CAN'T TURN HIM DOWN. BUT WHY DOES HE HAVE To BRING ME VISITORS wow? MORNING / HOW ARE YOU, HANK? I'M GLAD You'RE WERE TODAY. BUT I'VE GOT A FEW O7HER IRONS IN THE FIRE THESE | oavs.47 = IT'S BECAUSE OF TWAT THAT I'M MERE, ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING [ua FOR NEW O/RECTIONS TO MOVE MY COMPANY IN, SO I'M CHECKING OUT OTHER TYPES OF INDUSTRIES, THIS GENETIC RESEARCH OF YOURS INTRIGUES ME. "WELL, YEAH, VIEW WOW [W/o Y BD LIKE YOU TO MEET MR. ANZHONY STARK ANO HIS FIANCEE, MISS MARIANNE RODGERS, THEY'VE COME TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR "THINK 7ANK" Dy MAKE THAT "7owy," NK. MR, GRANT TELLS "RE HIS NEWEST GENIUS, AND VD FEEL SULLY BEING FORMAL WITH YOU, OS HINA TONY IT 7S, THEN. BUT HOW COME THE W/S/T? AREN'T STARK INDUSTRIES KEEPING AMERICA’S TOP WEAPONS* INVENTOR St THAT, MY FRIEND, |S A ENOUGH? VERY GOOD QUESTION. IF TWERE OMY INVOLVED MY LIFE WOULON'T BE SO HECTIC. a WELL, ORDINARILY y '0 BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU, TONY, BUT TODAY-. MENTION THE GUAROSMAN, STUDENT RIOTS, A MUTINOUS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND H/S WEAK HEART, ALLON (RON MAN, --STAN. TONY STARK, MARIANNE RODGERS--THIS 1S £/MDA DONALOSON, MY ASSISTANT. HI. I DIDN'T MEAN TO. INTERRUPT YOU-~I JUST DROPPED By TO SEE IF HANK WANTED TO JOIN ME FOR LUNCH. WE'D BE wapay TO EXCUSE | HIM FOR SUCH J A WORTHY CAUSE, LINDA, OH WO, MR, STARK=-THAT'S LL RIGHT. WITH RUNNING My PLANTS,| THERE'S HANK MECOY THE BOY GENIUS. I HAD TOKLL THEM, OF COURSE. BUT IT'S LEFT ME THE UNFORTUNATELY UWE NO 7ME FOR TONY STARK. BUT THEN THAT BEAST- THING CAUGHT THE OTHERS. TM LUCKY HE DIDN'T. , KNOW ABOUT » ME, OR HE'D HAVE BEATEN ME [ WELL, LISTEN--WHAT THE HECK, THERE'LL BE OTHER LUNCHES. A GIRLS GOT TO EXPECT TO TAKE A BACK SEAT TO BUSINESS. IT'S IN MY NORMAN MAILER HANDBOOK FOR UNLIBERATED WOMEN. AND MISS RODGERS. HANK, WITH AN ASSISTANT LIKE 7W/A7 I DON'T SEE WHY J YOU TAKE DAYS OFF, TONY, I DON'T AWOW, EXACTLY,! HWO4, SWEETHEART-- BUT I--DON'T Z/KE HER. LISTEN, MARIANNE -~ YOU'VE GOT ME WHERE I WANT ME, DON'T START GETTING UPSET BECAUSE MY OLD PLAYBOY LINE WON'T LIE DOWN AND DIE! a TONY--WO/ T REALLY bid FEEL SOMETHING --EV/L-~ ABOUT HER/ LINDA'S NOT JUST MY ASSISTANT, AND I THINK I W/L JOIN HER FOR LUNCH, THANK YOU! ‘ FRONT I KNOW-- AND BRAND CORPORATION COULD USE A VISIT FROM--/RON MAN, DARLING, I COULDN!T Say IT IN OF HIM, BUT--YOU KNOW ABOUT MY&S@ER POWERS -- HOW THEY GIVE ME INTUITIONS, WAIT UP, LINDA! AFTER THREE WHOLE SECONDS OF SERIOUS DELIBERATION, VVE DECIDED THAT A HAMBURGER WITH YOU \S WORTH MORE THAN A TALK WITH TONY STARK AVY DAY. LET'S START ALL OVER FROM THE POINT WHERE YOU SAY: “HANK, LET'S GOTO CONCH," JUSTZOOK AT HER/ I CAN'T 7 BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A BAD BONE IN HER B00)/ G> I CAN'T--AND TWON'TS THEN © SAY, “CHAHMED, MISS DONALOSON,"” AND WE STROLL OFF INTO THE SUNSET. 7 WHY, HANK-- | YOU RAN ALL THAT WAY AFTER ME, AND YOU'RE NOT ~KEEP Y WOW, IT MAKES ME TIRED JUST. =, AND | 7H/NKING ABOUT IT, WHY DON'T BESIDES, I ONLY | WE JUST S&/2 LUNCH AND SIT SWEAT ON HERE ON THE BENCH FOR A WHILED, ALTERNATE THURSDAYS. FUNNY, \SN’T \T 2 HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AROUND, GUAROS PATROLLING ALL THE TIME~-AND STILL, WHEN TWO PEOPLE WANT W CAN I HOLD HE! WHEN MY FACE IS RUBBER?! pp CLOSER THAN I SHOULD EVER BE TO ANYONE! Bee kEuAINING DavieHT J H] | I. COULDN'T HAVE HOURS PASS--8UT NOT /\ iy B jl | STOOD THOSE S7RAPS SASILY: FOR HANK AheCOy ff ANOTHER SECOND, 17 1S. A OAY OF FRUSTRA~ AND THAT MAS) TION, AS A SOLUTION 7O MIS PROBLEMS ELUDES I HATE TO Hi) SAY IT, BUT THIS. \S WHAT I NEEDED-~ ~- THE 4RELDOM, THE POWER OF THE BEAST/ Now, DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I CAN FORCE IT OUT OF | SHAPE THAT WAY. IRON MAN-- STARK'S |PILY GUARD, HE MUST BE HERE ABOUT HOUNDED ALL MY LIFE / G000 L0RD/ SOME SORT OF THING ~~ HALF MU/MAN, HALF AM/MAL / ss, HEY, £004°-~ YOU'RE NOT GETAWAY THE FRIENDLIEST FACE FROM THE "VE EVER SEEN, BUT IF (RAND = YOU WANT TO SETTLE CORPORATION, THIS PEACEAGLY~~ AVENGER’ YOU'RE NOT THE POLICE! YOU'VE GOT NO RIGHT HERE! Z ae Y/ THERES NOTHING WHEE 10 SE77LE, IRON MAN! YOU'RE A7RESAASSER, AND TRESPASSERS TAKE THEIR LIVES IN THEIRHANDS WHO 4S. THIS GUY.?, Cees aati T COME HERE TO. “() GAVE YOU CHANCE. BUT IT'LL TAKE 4 LOT MORE THAN YOU'VE GOT TO STOP: (RON MAN! AN! iigey §=AND NOW-- B yYou’LL FEEL THE MIGHT DID I EVER TELL YOU ABOUT MY REPULSOR RAYS? T PICKED “EM UP CHEAP-~ THEY'RE ALL THE Fg, RAGE FOR DROPPING SHELVES ON BIG UGLY MONSTERS. MAYBE I CAN JUST BURY HIM-~ GET HIM TO THINK F ABOUT WHAT HE'S DOING--WHO HE'S FIGHTING. 0 MY @£00D-- POUNDING THROUGH MY TEMPLES, I'M=-I'M LOSING COW7@OL OF THE BEAST IN MY BRAIN! CAN I OFFER YOU A L/GH7, HANDSOME S THAT'S NOT GOOD. ENOUGH, IRON MAN! YOu MUST THINK YOU'RE OEALING WITH ONE A, OF YOUR PUNY SUPER VILLAINS. T'M THE BEAST! IN TW/S FIGHT, IM THE HERO--| AND YOU'RE THE ENEMYS THAT DID IT/ NO MORE HOLDING BACK’, WHATEVER HAPPENS WOW IS ON TALL~ DARK~ANO-HAIRY'S SHOULDERS. oO JUST NEEO A % FEW SECONDS TO CLEAR MY WEAD--ANO I KNOW HOW To TEM. x tr 18, OF COURSE, A RIOICU= 6OUS BATTLE, THE BEAST IS ONLY FLESH AND BLOOD=~ Vee SEAST HAS NO DEFENSE-~ EXCEPT HIS RAW, HAKED COURAGE! LONG ALTER ANY OTHER MAN WOULD HAVE GRATEFULLY FLED FROM HS PAIN INTO UNCONSCIOUS NESS~-THE BEAST STANDS! ~- WHILE THE GOCOEN AVENGER 48 FLESH, BL000, AND 4RONS HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, OR WE'LL SHOOT’, NO WARAA DONE, PEOPLE. I'VE JUST HAD ALITTLE WALTZ WITH SOMETHING CALLED THE BEAST, AND IT TOOK A LOT OF WHEATIES TO PUT HIM DOWN FOR YS. MARIANNE'S i THE COUNT. INTUITION i: MUST. HAVE FAILED HER THIS TIME, YOU CAN puT ME DowM, \ [ HOLY MOE/ THERE’: IRON MAN=- BUT YOU \ NO STOPPING IT. CAN'T PUT ME OUTS YOURE} > THE ONE WHO WON'T GET JACKSON--ON MY UP FROM 7H/S FIGHT! COMMAND -- I'LL RIP THAT. ARMOR RIGHT OFF YOUR @ACK, AND Gi THE TIGHTNESS OF ly THE TIGHTNESS OF| THE CRAMPED ROOM, THE CRAMPED ROOM, THE HARSH CRACKLING | | THE RIEFLEMEN CAN- OF HIGH-POWERED NOT MISS / BRASS- RIELE FIRE EXPLODES | | COVERED DEATH HITS AGAINST THE EARS WITH. TRUE, IN SUCH THE IMPACT OF FALLING) | NUMBERS AS 70 BOULDERS-~ DESTROY AMY MAN-~ THE SULLETS--THEY HIT HIM 2EAD CENTER! I SAW THEM! HE WOUNDS ALL IN SECONDS! I WON'T 078, IRON MANS THERE'S NO WAY TO STOP HIM / NOT UNTIL I'VE KILLED You WITH MY BARE HANDS! CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGE HOW DOES IT FEEL TO Jn] HOW DOES IT FEEL TO LIE HELPLESS UNDER THE WEIGHT OF YOURKHLLER? IN AWYONE--ANIMAL, MAN, OR (RON MAN-~THE THROAT 1S THE MOST VULNERABLE PART. WILD BEASTS ALWAYS LEAP FOR IT-- aN) vn Whiz Meco 1s ONLY A MEMORY NOW--OR PERHAPS EVEN LESS, 1M THE [stor ALL you. ¥ yy ¥ BODY HEALS ALMOST INSTANTLY! NARROW, ANIMAL MIND OF THE oe SEAST, THERE 1S —— Ba FUL YELLOW EVES STARE FIKEDLY, LIPS PULL. BACK OVER DISTORTED GUMS--AND FROM, THE DEPTHS OF A SAVAGE RED MAW COMES A SINGLE) UNUTTERABLY GUTTERAL SOUNO,,, BEAST-- STOP iT I--I BEG YOU,,. GET AWAY FROM MY PREY, HUMANSS IRON MAN IS La NO HEARTBEAT’ HE'S LEADS NO HEARTBEAT! ps YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED/ YOU MURDERED HIM / Wig y . W3 P| NOT NOTICE THEM. WA | “Sa ® IOMENTS AGO, MURDER BOILED (N HIS BRAIN--NOW HE _ SEES ONLY FLIGHT. Fi 1E LEAVES QUIVER... HE 1S GONE, JUST AS I SAW THAT HE WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL, HE SEEMED TO GO INTO A7TRANCE. HE STOOD =-THE HECK I--I REALLY DON'T AWOW, WAPPENED, IRON MAN? OFF, SCREAMING THAT HE'D KILLED HADN'T YOU BETTER GET, AFTER HIM? NO, I DON'T 7W/NK SO, I'VE SHOVED My- " ME DURING ane SELF INTO A £07 OF PEOPLE'S LIVES OVER ft = \ i if) eS IGHT, IS. P THE YEARS--MOSTLY 4R/ENDS OF MINE -- Nasi bi i us rive canned | v * i UE) GOT A HINT LATELY-~THAT SIMPLE | OF WHAT'S SUPER-DOINGS ARE sa NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER=-OR EVEN AW ANSWER. va J 1 CAN WRECK

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