I’m not going to sugarcoat it, Beak is one of the weakest superheroes I’ve ever seen in Marvel Comics. He’s very unattractive given his bird-like appearance, and because of his anatomy he can’t even fly right (which is the one thing a bird is supposed to be able to do!) Yet, somehow, he ends up being one of the most compelling and effective Marvel characters I’ve ever seen.

Beak, per his own admission, is not strong, smart, and doesn’t have any extraordinary powers (he uses a titanium baseball bat to compensate). He’s just good at making friends. During an invasion of the U-Men, looking to harvest Mutant organs (that’s a whole other story), while a group of new X-Men were out training, they all looked to Beak. For some reason Beak was the one they had follow them! And he actually did a pretty good job.

Did you know that Beak has also saved the world? Yeah, there was a prophecy saying he’d be the one to do it, and then he managed to enact a plan that stopped Dark Hyperion from destroying everything. And eventually he married his girlfriend Angel Salvatore, the two had kids together (which looked kinda weird cause Angel has insect-based powers).

After the event known as M-Day, where a majority of the Mutant population lost their powers, Beak was one of those individuals. However, in his case it was more of a blessing. While not the most handsome of individuals, it was still a drastic improvement over his previous bird-like appearance. He still remained a superhero however, using technology and the new codename Leatherwing.

Despite all the things that have happened to Beak over the years, I still can’t help but enjoy him. He’s one of my favorite X-Men, and people really need to see more of him.