 In other realities McCoy was not known under the name "Beast" or had mutated to the point where he was no longer intelligent but instead a savage beast.In "Marvel 1602", Beast is known as Hal McCoy and retains his original appearance of a human with lengthy arms and legs and enormous hands and feet.He is well spoken and eloquent, and a member of Carlos Javier's (Professor X) group of "witchbreeds", though he tends to not give others a chance to speak when he is talking.