Origin Herbert Wyndham was a geneticist that built a genetic accelerator in the 1930s. The accelerator had to ability to evolve any thing that was placed inside it. An outcast by his peers, Wyndham began to work with another scientist, Jonathan Drew , the father of Jessica Drew (the future Spider-Woman ) at a research center at Wundagore Mountain in the Balkans. Jessica became sick from exposure to the uranium deposits in the mountain and Wyndham injected her with an evolutionary serum that he created from spiders. This caused her to gain her powers and eventually become Spider-Woman. Wyndham then decided to use the accelerator on himself to enhance his mind. With his advanced thinking, he decided to call himself the High Evolutionary. Creation The High Evolutionary was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . He first appeared in Thor #134 released in 1966. Major Story Arcs The New Men The Knights of Wundagore The High Evolutionary continued his research and created several humanoid animals and called them the New Men . This group included Bova , who would later become the midwife for Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver . Jonathon Drew somehow became possessed with Magnus of Arthurian legend and told Wyndham that this area is where an ancient demon had been banished. Miles Warren, an assistant of Wyndham's, was kicked out after he carelessly allowed one of his experiments to escape to a nearby village. When he left he convinced many of the New Men to come with him because Wyndham does not care about them as living beings, only as experiments. The remaining New Men were trained with chivalry, the knights code, and soon became known as the Knights Of Wundagore . It was their task to defend Wundagore Mountain from the outside world. Wyndham decided that he wanted to teach his New Men of the outside world and so he captured a teacher, Jane Foster . When Thor came to rescue her he disrupted one of Wyndham's experiments which created Man-Beast . He was so powerful that it required Thor, Wyndham, and all of the New Men to defeat him. Wyndham then established Wundagore II on another planet fearing that Earth's citizens would not understand his research. Counter-Earth Counter-Earth The High Evolutionary has taken it upon himself, from time to time, to attempt to change the human race. He soon gained the ability to evolve or devolve himself or others. He then decided to create a new Earth more highly evolved and free from evil. Using the Infinity Gems and his evolutionary technology, he created Counter-Earth , which orbited the Sun on the opposite side of the Earth and was hidden out of phase with the dimension. Warlock arrived asking to live on Counter-Earth and seeing this as a possible experiment, Wyndham agreed and gave Warlock the Soul Gem . The Beyonders became interested in Counter-Earth and hired Sphinxor , a planet mover, to take it for them. Wyndham rebelled, but he could not do much because he was virtually powerless compared to the Beyonders. Depressed from the loss of his Counter-Earth he tried to commit suicide but could not because his armor protected him from anything. He then teased the Hulk hoping he would be able to destroy the armor. During this battle Wyndham's armor was damaged and devolved him into a single-celled organism. The armor later repaired itself and restored Wyndham to his previous state, this gave him a new outlook on life. Evolutionary War Wyndham's next ploy was to evolve the entire Earth so much so that it would be beyond the Beyonders. He created Gatherers , Technicians, Eliminators , Priests ( New Men ), and Purifiers . They would collect genetic information, study the data, kill those who would oppose this, oversee operations, and sterilize those with unfit genes, respectfully. The Avengers were tipped off on his operations and sent a super evolved Hercules to stop him. During battle Wyndham's inventions evolved both himself and Hercules to the point where they did not have physical forms and this caugh…
| Creators | Jack Kirby, Stan Lee |
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| Teams | 21st Century New World Order, Council of Doom, Future Foundation, Godpack |
| Aliases | Herbert Edgar Wyndham, Herbert Wyndham |