User blog comment:GrnMarvl14/More from the Age of X/@comment-60868-20101203003158/@comment-61371-20101203013817

I actually like that they killed him before the storyline. I'm a huge Beast fan, but this really just adds to the depth and the consequences of this reality. In 616, Beast is fairly well accepted, after serving so openly with the Avengers and Defenders. To see a world where he looks exactly as he did as an Avenger, and yet is beaten to death...really gives you a window into a very dark world. And makes you wonder where the Avengers are (and REALLY makes me want that Age of X: Avengers one-shot).