The Red Raven: Silver Age

Insane Androids

The faux Red Raven told the young mutant that the bird-men were a warlike race that wanted to eradicate the technologically and genetically inferior mankind for their pollution and self-destructive habits before he/it placed them in suspended animation. The android then attacked the Angel, sent him adrift on the ocean, and placed him/itself into suspended animation. (again, this was X-Men Vol. 1 #44)

Not much later, Namor the Sub-Mariner sought out the Red Raven, hoping he would find an ally against the polluting surface-people. Learning that the humans found the body of the Red Raven (the artificial construct) in its cryogenic tube, Namor went to wake him. The construct was revived, but Namor found that the man he had once considered an honored comrade had gone insane. The two battled publicly before returning to the sunken Sky-Isle. It's rocky exterior belied the vast importance of the mounds cargo. After telling Namor the plight of the bird-men, the Red Raven replica attempted to revive the Avians to once more do battle on mankind. However it appeared the bird-men had been dead all along, never having the chance to wake up from their artificial sleep. Now fully mad, the Red Raven robot was set to turn his angry against the world, but as the Sub-Mariner tried to stop him, the Red Raven was apparently killed as his own home began to crumble around them. (as seen in Sub-Mariner #26)

A few months later after Bruce Banner (the Incredible Hulk) lost in battle against gamma-powered the Harpy (in reality, Betty Ross-Talbot, later Betty Ross-Banner). As the Harpy, Betty used her powerful wings to carry the defeated Hulk into the sky. Some eight miles into the sky, curious eyes watched the winged creature. (from Incredible Hulk #168)

The Bi-Beast was a creation of the bird-people, charged with double duty as protector of the floating continent, and preserver of knowledge. Though sharing one body, the two heads of the Bi-Beast have very different personalities and poses very different wisdom. The upper-skull- brother possessed the Avian races knowledge of warfare and battle, while the lower-skull-brother was the repository for the cultural history of the bird-men. After the Red Raven android seemingly "killed" the entire race, the Bi-Beast took on the responsibility of preserving the now-abandoned home of their masters.

Witnessing the winged form of the Harpy, the upper-skull-brother was reminded of the bird-men, and wanted to get a closer look. The Bi-Beast then used the Avian technology to draw the two gamma-beasts to the island. In the thin atmosphere, the Hulk reverted to his alter-ego, scientist Bruce Banner. While the Bi-Beast found the Harpy to be an intriguing curiosity, he/they put Bruce Banner to work repairing the scientific equipment left behind by his/their masters. (from Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 #169)

Banner used the equipment to cure Betty, but the evil MODOK sent AIM to invade the Island, and the Bi-Beast was forced to destroy himself and his home to stop them from stealing technology. As Betty and Bruce escaped, the Bi-Beast recorded it's knowledge into a second Bi-Beast body, that has since encountered the likes of Thor, Quasar, and the Hulk repeatedly. (as seen in Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 #215-216 and 412, Thor Vol. 1 #315-316, Quasar #14-16)