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
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!"
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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
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?
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?
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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
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?
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
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
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
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....
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.
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!) 👏👏👏👏👏
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
You've gotta love that Peter David run.
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!"
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.
@@chrisdaily2077 That’s basically Sinister
@@chrisdaily2077 I think the Mandarin still hates Japanese people
They’re basically eugenicists
The X-Men have the market on Nazi allegories pretty locked down.
The Slug is a successful attempt to make the Kingpin feel like a comparatively thin crime lord.
Anytime there’s a new Back Issues, my day immediately gets better
I legit go to sleep on Tuesday nights so excited for Back Issues 😂😂😂
I think this is true for many of us
Same!
Facts.
My store manager pissed me off then I looked down at my phone and saw this. Rescued from an afternoon of seething
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.
Man. First Kang, now High Evolutionary. Avengers villains who are exceptionally lame, but are covered really well by Comic Pop. Good on ya'll ☆
Waitaminit - I like Kang, too bad I already liked the comment. You got me
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!
I used to feel the same, but nearly every appearance he has is more disappointing than the last.
@@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.
The High Evolutionary is honestly one villain who has a chance of being really compelling but mostly wasted.
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.
@@halfmettlealchemist8076 I just watched it, it did a great job making me hate the character.
@@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.
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!
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
59:32 Ben retains almost no information from these episodes... But he remembered Atlantis Attacks from like 8 years ago??
..."and he turned into a big pink cloud of bullshit!" Spat my coffee all over my dash..
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.
Those big headed douche bag superheroes, lookin like a bunch of tiny uatu the watchers. I love that what if
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.
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
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
First Star Wars: Evolution, now Avengers: The Evolutionary War … I wonder what DC Evolution related comic we will get next week lol
Jesus Christ, I was not ready for that image of Slug killing a dude with his fat. 😂
So glad you mentioned the What If. Our evolved form involving craniums like lightbulbs. Classy
The high evolutionary!? Omg yall just keep putting out bangers! You make my days better comic pop ♥️
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
Wow I'm surprised that the high evolutionary wasn't just invented for Spider-Man unlimited the TV show
High Evolutionary: These drug users have prevented human evolution.
Brain Receptors that respond to those specific substances: Am I a joke to you?
old fashioned Marvel cash-in events, hilarious in retrospect, and IDEAL Back Issues material!
I really love the credits at the end, such a nice touch
I remember it being said that this would never happen back in Atlantis Attacks
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.
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
You didn't bring up how ALF had a tie in!
They hinted that Melmac may have been destroyed by Dark Phoenix
Comment for the almighty algorithm.
Also been watching for 7 years, love it.
The best thing the high evolutionary ever did was Lady Verman
The man has impeccable taste.
I was expecting the ultimate punchline of this to be that ALF issue that's sort of a tie in. Ethan and Ben would have lost it.
It's not in the omnibus.
They probably no longer have the rights to reprint it
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.
I didn’t think all the stuff with clones could get any dumber but goddamn…
16:48 Terry is a sneaky-good name for an underground-dwelling character.
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
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.
Love the new ending credits for the book, great episode, thanks, guys!
Taste sounds like the Tick's Tongue Tongue 😂
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
oh boy The avengers Evolutionary war this should be fun back issues episode. :)
49:52 - DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH. DEFEEEENDERS.
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!
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
Slug's men must be constantly looking for other gigs everytime they see him suffocate someone.
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?
“I got fur on me” 😂 idk why but ending on that was funny af
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?
Lmao I was going to comment how they retconned the Jackal being his assistant after you mentioned the Mr. Sinister retcon. Thanks Sal lol
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.
I feel like the High Evolutionary would be a lot happier if he just played Spore
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.
It's a good pun.
New outro is very clean
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
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!
If there's one thing we can take away from this, it's that Sal really likes saying "whips up".
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.
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
Jeeze, why are strawberries never as good as they were when I was a kid?
50:30
* cackle * "Taste strikes again!" * poof *
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?
No
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
Ever plan on doing squadron supreme or ultimates 2?
I don't know what's a worse name, Herbert or The Slug
I'm so glad I smoked before pressing play.
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
I would've expected Marvel to use this story to make more toys by giving characters evolved forms like Digimon or Pokemon.
(Around 1:10:55) Taste's true power is being able to tell if you're lying by licking your sweat!
High evolutionary….. (giant rip) (coughs for an uncomfortably long time)
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
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
Why doesn’t black bolt just use sign language?
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....
Ho-ho! You’ll never beat ME Spider-Man, for I am Equilibrioception! I always have perfect balance!
Everybody always asks who is the High Evolutionary, but no one is asking how is the High Evolutionary?
I’ll do you one better. WHY is the High Evolutionary?
Will you guys be doing the Army of darkness vs Marvel zombies for October?
Gonna sit down for this one and enjoy me some ComicPop Back Issues humor. 😅
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.
“You folks be good to each other, now!” 🖖♾
another great ep!
I've wanted this for so long. High Evolutionary is one of my favorite Marvel villains (no, I do not get laid often)
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!) 👏👏👏👏👏
33:54 Sarcasm?😅
Thanks again for the laughs !
Its not Attuma!
Subterraneaia is basically marvels version of the underdark from dnd.
0:34 So, Marvel is basically what Disney is now, only with comics instead of movies
I'm very upset that the Evolutionary War trade still isn't available digitally.
I remember him looking different in Spiderman Unlimited.
SO the high evolutionary saw a glimpse of the future and saw furries but not the zippers.
Holy shit, so this is where Spider-man: Unlimited came from!
I wonder if they're going to borrow the cult element for GOTG 2. It would probably work really well.
Forgot it was Wednesday already, woop woop
It was a wonderful idea and the movie rules
An event made of annuals... Rings a bell. Wasn't Alf Annual technically a part of it as well?
I think sal enjoys grossing out ben and Ethan. Lol.
Has Zot! Been covered on this show yet?
42:05 W Rizz and Relationship
This is the first time I'm learning anything about High Evolutionary. Somehow he's lamer than I expected.
LOL
I can't believe Spider-Man Unlimited TV show was right about Counter Earth and AniMen