High Evolutionary is brought back to mortal form by Her’s powers. Mortal again, he tries to fi nd his creation, Counter-Earth, and discovers it being moved by cosmic movers at the behest of the Beyonders (MTIO #62-63, ’80). Following the planet, what he sees of the Beyonders drives him mad (1). He goes to Earth and has Hulk destroy his armor so that he might die (2 / Hulk #266, ’81). Pulling himself back together, his mind now lucid, he concludes that normal human evolution is insuffi cient and decides to evolve humanity into the universe’s supreme beings (3).

A recap of High Evolutionary’s history, retelling events from previous comics interspersed with new scenes, leading into the Evolutionary War. Fb2 is split between scenes from Hulk #266, ’81.