Hank was working himself to crazy on the Legacy Virus, so Dark Beast had a lot of room to mess up -- and Dark Beast is a very clever sociopath who is very good at charming people.
Well, the Here Comes Tomorrow storyline was set something like 150 years in the future. Wolverine wasn't visible that different from himself in the present, but Hank (well, possessed!Hank) had turned white from age. He was still physically hale, because he could fight hand-to-hand, but it was visible aging -- his healing factor is of a lesser strength than Wolverine's, but he was pretty damned athletic for someone in his 180s...
Of course, Here Comes Tomorrow is another point in the "we do not ever want Hank McCoy to become a supervillian" chart. Dark Beast is bad enough but at least you can deal with him by giving him unlimited lab space. Sublime/The Beast was about succeed at destroying all higher lifeforms on the planet -- with 'higher' being anything other than bacteria.
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Date: 2008-06-30 12:44 am (UTC)Well, the Here Comes Tomorrow storyline was set something like 150 years in the future. Wolverine wasn't visible that different from himself in the present, but Hank (well, possessed!Hank) had turned white from age. He was still physically hale, because he could fight hand-to-hand, but it was visible aging -- his healing factor is of a lesser strength than Wolverine's, but he was pretty damned athletic for someone in his 180s...
Of course, Here Comes Tomorrow is another point in the "we do not ever want Hank McCoy to become a supervillian" chart. Dark Beast is bad enough but at least you can deal with him by giving him unlimited lab space. Sublime/The Beast was about succeed at destroying all higher lifeforms on the planet -- with 'higher' being anything other than bacteria.