The Avengers vs The High Evolutionary! | The Evolutionary War

The High Evolutionary declares war on Earth in this eighties Annual extravaganza, and heroes across the globe must rally to stop him! Featuring the X-Men, Spider-Man, the New Mutants, the Punisher, X-Factor, the Black Panther, the Inhumans, the Eternals and the Fantastic Four! With the villainy of the Kingpin, the Hellfire Club, the Super-Skrull and Terminus! Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #marvel #guardiansofthegalaxyvolume3
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[@hobbes6392]

I remember reading Peter David’s Hulk run and in the middle of some arc Beast just shows up and is like ‘come on Hulk the Avengers need us for the EVOLUTIONARY WAR’ and then you flip to the next issue and it’s Hulk going ‘that was dumb’ and left me wondering what the hell that was

[@rhysholdaway]

You've gotta love that Peter David run.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

In today's climate, I want someone to yell at the High Evolutionary "Dude. You just awakened as a furry in the 1920's and didn't know how to handle it. There are plenty of outlets to help you 'enjoy the next step in evolution' all you want!"

[@chrisdaily2077]

I have to say. Marvel is pretty lucky with all these people from before the 1950s aren't sexist or racist. I mean could you imagine how disturbing a racist High Evolutionary could be.

[@YouCalledForTheDoc]

@@chrisdaily2077 That’s basically Sinister

[@TupocalypseShakur]

@@chrisdaily2077 I think the Mandarin still hates Japanese people

[@edwin831]

They’re basically eugenicists

[@brandonedlin2052]

The X-Men have the market on Nazi allegories pretty locked down.

[@Sicod79]

The Slug is a successful attempt to make the Kingpin feel like a comparatively thin crime lord.

[@edwardosquidawardo]

Anytime there’s a new Back Issues, my day immediately gets better

[@duckcade2855]

I legit go to sleep on Tuesday nights so excited for Back Issues 😂😂😂

[@JLD22591]

I think this is true for many of us

[@tlallihouse3126]

Same!

[@captainvimes6079]

Facts.

[@zach1425]

My store manager pissed me off then I looked down at my phone and saw this. Rescued from an afternoon of seething

[@thegloriouswizard5270]

Man. First Kang, now High Evolutionary. Avengers villains who are exceptionally lame, but are covered really well by Comic Pop. Good on ya'll ☆

[@RobotDecoy]

Waitaminit - I like Kang, too bad I already liked the comment. You got me

[@ryanmiller6103]

I dont know why but my brain broke and I couldn't stop laughing at the "I just threw a grenade and I don't know where it went" line.

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

The High Evolutionary is honestly one villain who has a chance of being really compelling but mostly wasted.

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

You should watch Guardians Vol. 3 then, because apparently High Evolutionary is legitimately really well-adapted as the villain there. Just an absolutely vile bastard.

[@Tamaki742]

​@@halfmettlealchemist8076 I just watched it, it did a great job making me hate the character.

[@lukasszalbot1636]

​@@Tamaki742 pitch meeting made a joke about that. A really good one. I think I would prefer him as the next big bad then kang. Though kang wasn't terrible but I'd prefer him.

[@Martin_TheCollector]

Thank goodness Sal continues to talk about stories I'm probably NEVER reading. Y'all manage to make anything far more entertaining than it actually is. I love it!

[@steampunk1610]

The High Evolutionary is a character I keep seeing throughout comics and everytime he appears I get more interested in the stories he's in. In summary, you have my interest!

[@Freefall347]

I used to feel the same, but nearly every appearance he has is more disappointing than the last.

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

@@Freefall347 Have you seen Guardians Vol. 3 yet? He's the main villain in that movie, and from what I've heard, he's really well-done and a legitimately intimidating/hateable villain.

[@claytonm4329]

..."and he turned into a big pink cloud of bullshit!" Spat my coffee all over my dash..

[@azaze88]

I have all these annuals and have read them, I've always liked the high evolutionary, his 60s and 70s stories are pretty interesting, he also gave Warlock the soul gem

[@bensneb360]

First Star Wars: Evolution, now Avengers: The Evolutionary War … I wonder what DC Evolution related comic we will get next week lol

[@michaelrodriguez1676]

The High Evolutionary isn't just a super-genius in power armor. Wyndham experimented on himself, causing him to develop powers on par with other heavy hitters of the MU.

[@mr.goblin6039]

Jesus Christ, I was not ready for that image of Slug killing a dude with his fat. 😂

[@ninja1man4u]

Wow I'm surprised that the high evolutionary wasn't just invented for Spider-Man unlimited the TV show

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

So glad you are covering this book. I remember reading about it back in the day, through What If? Vol 2. #1 where the Avengers lost the Evolutionary War. However, I have never read it.

[@ianbruno237]

Those big headed douche bag superheroes, lookin like a bunch of tiny uatu the watchers. I love that what if

[@YouCalledForTheDoc]

Btw, High Evolutionary has 1 appearance in a GotG adjacent book(outside of him being part of Adam Warlock’s past): Annihilation’s sequel, Conquest, where the GotG are formed by the Kree as a black ops group fighting back against the big bad. He got hired to try remaking the Kree iirc

[@lifemattersnot]

The best thing the high evolutionary ever did was Lady Verman

[@CoronetChris]

The man has impeccable taste.

[@TheGreatDevlin]

59:32 Ben retains almost no information from these episodes... But he remembered Atlantis Attacks from like 8 years ago??

[@chrismuskett6867]

So glad you mentioned the What If. Our evolved form involving craniums like lightbulbs. Classy

[@flywheelshyster]

The high evolutionary!? Omg yall just keep putting out bangers! You make my days better comic pop ♥️

[@lacrartezorok4975]

According to Comic Vine, the ALF annual 1 was part of this event.

[@dannyhoffman3635]

I remember it being said that this would never happen back in Atlantis Attacks

[@MrCeratix]

old fashioned Marvel cash-in events, hilarious in retrospect, and IDEAL Back Issues material!

[@nickrottkamp4933]

YEESSSSSSSS!!!! I’ve had every issue of Evolutionary War for about a year now and I’ve been dreading having to read it all. Now I can just absorb the story from you guys and just put it on the “read” shelf with a clear(ish) conscience

[@JLD22591]

I love the episodes like this the cover events that no one remembers other than seeing the title on the top of books in a back issues bin

[@danzigvssartre]

I'm going to be one of those annoying nerds that Sal hates and point out that High Evolutionary evolved himself into a God-like entity. Hence, his uber-powerful armor.

[@flywheelshyster]

I'm at work laughing out loud as Ethan is going on about the high evolutionary armor and I couldn't explain to my non comic fans why it's so funny

[@Montaq_]

If there's one thing we can take away from this, it's that Sal really likes saying "whips up".

[@bradnere9613]

Comment for the almighty algorithm. Also been watching for 7 years, love it.

[@scottskene8387]

Taste sounds like the Tick's Tongue Tongue 😂

[@dequanthompson6658]

I didn’t think all the stuff with clones could get any dumber but goddamn…

[@funktorial]

I really love the credits at the end, such a nice touch

[@pbjoey703]

I know I’m not alone when I say I’m excited for gotg3 but I’m really interested in what Gunn does with the villain because he seemed really badass in the trailer

[@dearlydemented19ify]

I'm so glad I smoked before pressing play.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

I find it funny how it never clicked for me that the Counter Earth in the comics and the one in Spider-man Unlimited are the same place

[@Grievousish]

I feel like the High Evolutionary would be a lot happier if he just played Spore

[@hyaena23]

I have always loved the High Evolutionary. I saw him on the first x-men comic i got [extinction agenda]. i love his design, and i always smile when he shows up 😅 its always at some random event or what not, he was great in the movie too.

[@raymondtillotson6985]

Oh, hey! Now I'll finally understand what was happening around those Spiderman and Punisher stories I have in other trades! An hour + later: Sooooo, nothing then, I guess?

[@milliondotz]

I know you're never ever gonna do this book on B.I. but I feel like I would at least attempt to ask for it. Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons was a book I picked up last year not really expecting anything from it. But it turns out it's fantastic and fun. It's kind of weird and out there. But if I'm being honest it's one of the best 3 stories from R&M that I've seen in a long while. At the very least I recommend reading it lol

[@sketcher445]

Ho-ho! You’ll never beat ME Spider-Man, for I am Equilibrioception! I always have perfect balance!

[@TevyaSmolka]

oh boy The avengers Evolutionary war this should be fun back issues episode. :)

[@Woopywomp]

Thabk you for reaffirming why ive avoided anything with the high evolutionary. The villian equivlant of a mary sue with the creative impack of animorphs.

[@justinmitchell2577]

Wow, Bobby Baldwin bumped into a couple of guys who were up to no good, and started causing trouble in the neighborhood? Seems like he got in one little fight, bet his mom got scared

[@nickprado3849]

New outro is very clean

[@mattebert8941]

“I got fur on me” 😂 idk why but ending on that was funny af

[@DaBlueJay2001]

Love the new ending credits for the book, great episode, thanks, guys!

[@Rollmono]

The High Evolutionary Motivation He doesn't want to make things perfect. He just hate things the way they are. No truer words could describe this mad man.

[@kiko1935]

Slug's men must be constantly looking for other gigs everytime they see him suffocate someone.

[@ShudderingSeagull]

I don't know what's a worse name, Herbert or The Slug

[@JamesHaney]

“You folks be good to each other, now!” 🖖♾

[@mikesetzer9379]

Love this episode! The deep dive of some forgotten Marvel characters! I had a Slug marvel card in the 90s, idk why it existed in my deck 😂 but I was 9.

[@tinfoiltyrant]

High Evolutionary: These drug users have prevented human evolution. Brain Receptors that respond to those specific substances: Am I a joke to you?

[@cladladd]

High evolutionary….. (giant rip) (coughs for an uncomfortably long time)

[@Mattkeyz1]

Sal showing off that trading card in the beginning reminded me of how I learned about all these "Seminal" events due to my older brothers card collection. It seemed like it was a big deal because it had it's own trading card!

[@jorgecaballero6215]

I used to own the Punisher's issue...and I loved it. He kills the drug lord by shooting a giant aquarium the guy own with his last.bullet and have the alligators inside it eat him. It was so 90's bad@ss!

[@creed8712]

So are the mutant hating group The Purifiers led by High Evolutionary in any way connected with the mutant hating group The Purifiers led by William Stryker? Did some part of Stryker imprint onto The evolutionary?

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

I would've expected Marvel to use this story to make more toys by giving characters evolved forms like Digimon or Pokemon.

[@WhatIsItAboutThem]

49:52 - DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH. DEFEEEENDERS.

[@kevsil616]

Lmao I was going to comment how they retconned the Jackal being his assistant after you mentioned the Mr. Sinister retcon. Thanks Sal lol

[@JoshMunroe]

16:48 Terry is a sneaky-good name for an underground-dwelling character.

[@AugustNerdinIron]

I've wanted this for so long. High Evolutionary is one of my favorite Marvel villains (no, I do not get laid often)

[@SirRobinBP]

You didn't bring up how ALF had a tie in! They hinted that Melmac may have been destroyed by Dark Phoenix

[@sergioruiz733]

That Silver Surfer annual was actually kinda cool, it at least it plays into The Kree-Skrull War II and Super Skrull and him become allies and respect another ...I know no one cares....

[@alexithyme3511]

Was Apocalypse a big deal when this event happened, he wasn't anywhere near as powerful as he became when he started in X-factor. After all, he was originally going to be the Owl, a Daredevil villan, until they changed their mind

[@mardamas1]

I love that Ben referenced being as bad as Ultimate Peter and MJ constantly breaking up and getting back together with people, and in this episode Ethan says "comeback with your shit together or not at all" is what he'd say. I'm piecemeal learning the real group 😅

[@chubbyakajc]

Its not Attuma!

[@sofaninja0552]

I'm disappointed Sal doesn't appear to be a Rick Remender fan......his stuff around 2010 especially agent venom was some of my favorite stories I was reading at the time

[@sideshow521]

Hey, I got a suggestion. (Suprise it's not a Danny Ketch story lol) talking about annual events. Be awesome if all did the x-men shatter shot 1992. This comic has alot of nostalgia. Keep up the great work y'all.

[@joeclarke7982]

The thing about the moloid evolving is very similar to what they discussed somewhat recently in xmen with cyclops wanting to eliminate all of the Brood even though there's 1 that can speak and doesn't just automatically murder everything it sees

[@Ducaso]

Everybody always asks who is the High Evolutionary, but no one is asking how is the High Evolutionary?

[@TevyaSmolka]

wow this whole high evolutionary war just sounds like a complete and utter mess similar to DC's event Armageddon 2001 which was also a complete mess as well but that's besides the point, and honestly I can see why marvel forgets this event ever happened because nobody gives a damn about this character.

[@feena339]

Subterraneaia is basically marvels version of the underdark from dnd.

[@ChristopherZubin]

Jeeze, why are strawberries never as good as they were when I was a kid? 50:30 * cackle * "Taste strikes again!" * poof *

[@cerebralcomics]

Gonna sit down for this one and enjoy me some ComicPop Back Issues humor. 😅

[@kevinlevin9651]

I can't believe Spider-Man Unlimited TV show was right about Counter Earth and AniMen

[@masonbrown3423]

a new back issues episode makes my day better. but this... welp... this is something to behold. LOL also, let's get this video up to 200k views! #BackIssues #ComicPOP (also, please clap for Sal. Because he's awesome!) 👏👏👏👏👏

[@ftfasttalkfoodreviewsyt]

I think sal enjoys grossing out ben and Ethan. Lol.

[@andrecarpenter2432]

It was a wonderful idea and the movie rules

[@karl_alan]

I just found out about lemuria the other day because it was mentioned in a godzilla movie. Had no idea about the other underwater kingdom

[@damiandawson7610]

Forgot it was Wednesday already, woop woop

[@Spiderkeyblader]

0:34 So, Marvel is basically what Disney is now, only with comics instead of movies

[@thomaswolfnburger6478]

Thanks again for the laughs !

[@Slanty_boi]

Holy shit, so this is where Spider-man: Unlimited came from!

[@darkturnwabler]

SO the high evolutionary saw a glimpse of the future and saw furries but not the zippers.

[@vitanpatel2061]

Starting the video, and i can already smell a train wreck, lol

[@dbzking02]

I remember him looking different in Spiderman Unlimited.

[@WhiteRaven696]

I'm very upset that the Evolutionary War trade still isn't available digitally.

[@michaelsted1500]

52:37 wait so does this mean that all those other Gwen clones weren’t clones and just women he kidnapped? Because didn’t he have tons of them as servants?

[@comicpop]

No

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

This is the first time I'm learning anything about High Evolutionary. Somehow he's lamer than I expected.

[@Martin_TheCollector]

LOL

[@playboicardigan]

another great ep!

[@chancylvania]

Why doesn’t black bolt just use sign language?

[@patkohler9695]

It's a good pun.

[@SkylightCiel]

I wonder if they're going to borrow the cult element for GOTG 2. It would probably work really well.

[@gabrielgray83]

I don't know what happened, but I went from hardly ever watching to getting your videos suggested to me at the top of my feed every single time I open KZbin. Apparently, the almighty algorithm favors you.

[@kevinlevin9651]

Nice only my 1st ish re-watch

[@codystork3008]

30:32 The worst artist mistake regarding New York architecture on the show since Spiderman at the Brooklyn rather than the George Washington bridge. Although it seems this time they confused Big Ben for the Empire State building

[@alexnejako777]

There is a one time team including Black Widow , Falcon, and Hulk - most of whom had not been Avengers for most of the 1980s

[@alexnejako777]

Yellowjacket was a villainess and member of the Masters of Evil but this story helps put her on a better path for a few years..

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

I always hated annuals. I always thought they should almost run like wrestling where the comics monthly issues are set up like Wrestling’s T.V. weekly shows and culminate with the annuals like the wrestling P.P.V . As opposed to the annuals being USUALLY unrelated garbage. However using the annuals as the character tie in to a big over all series is better than loosely tie-ing it in to the characters monthly book.

[@changvasejarik62]

Ever plan on doing squadron supreme or ultimates 2?