#bi-beast

[mrwrinkle]

Bi beast Abomination & The Leader

[danitalkscomics]

Good people of Tumblr, I give you... The Bi-Beast

He's just a jacked naked man with 2 heads.

like no pretense, the artist was horny.

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

[merrymarvelite]

Cover of the Day: Incredible Hulk #216 (October, 1977) Art by Ernie Chan and John Costanza

[marvel-and-moor]

I just read Incredible Hulk #169, the first arrival of the Bi-Beast and I was astounded by how completely I had misunderstood this character.

I'd seen the Bi-Beast before only in cartoons and one squirrelgirl story, I think. Always as a sort of joke, a big angry monster with a funky design (Two heads stacked on top of each other) that existed mostly just for the heroes to have someone to punch.

In this issue, I learned that the Bi-Beast is an android, created by the bird people to preserve their knowledge and culture

These bird people were first introduced in Red Raven Comics in 1940, which tells the story briefly recapped here of Red Raven. He showed up a couple more times prior to this, as mentioned in the yellow note. This character went on to be a part of the Invaders (Comics published in the 70s but set during WWII).

The story of Red Raven here fails to mention that the Bird People intended on destroying humanity, and Red Raven felt it was his duty to stop them. Still, a tragedy that this whole society ended up dying out.

What shocked me, besides the ways the Bi-beast ties into this more obscure marvel history that I was already fascinated by, was how intelligent and sympathetic the heads are. Their initial reason for capturing Betty and the Hulk was loneliness -- and Betty (as the harpy) reminded them of the bird people who had created them -- and upon finding out that Banner is a scientist, they ask him for help. They only become blatantly antagonistic when MODOK shows up and lies to them, saying that Bruce is dangerous and likely to destroy the whole city.

Sure, they're kinda freaky to look at, but they're first act is to welcome Hulk and Harpy, and they only respond to Harpy's attack, and have a pleasant conversation with Bruce afterward.

I also think there is a lot that could be said and done with a Hulk Antagonist comprised of two distinct personalities, who openly converse and compromise with one another. Juxtapositions and the like ...

In Conclusion: I find the Bi-Beast fascinating -- both the backstory and characterization -- and I wish more interesting things had been done with this character

[soupsandstars]

Rick vs Bi-Beast, kinda

Super quick sketches!

[doyouknowmarvelcomiccharacter]

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Voting ended onApr 3, 2024

[comicwaren]

From X-Men Annual Vol. 4 #001, “Radiant”

Art by Andrea Di Vito and Sebastian Cheng

Written by Steve Foxe