Nathaniel Essex (Earth-962)

Nathaniel Essex (of Earth-962) was the CEO of High Evolutionary, a geneticist company in competition with Stark Conglomerate. Nathaniel was the protege of Herbert Von Brandt, the man behind the super soldier serum, who, now old and decrepit, was desperately seeking immortality. Nathaniel met his gory end at the hands of Wanda Maximoff, a victim of his whom he conducted sinister experiments on (repeatedly exposing her to the Mind Crystal, which ended up granting her extraordinary abilities), who made his head explode.

Allies

 * High Evolutionary
 * Herbert Von Brandt - Mentor; deceased.
 * Samuel Sterns - Employee; imprisoned; in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s custody.

Enemies

 * Pietro Maximoff - Victim.
 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Patriots
 * Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch - Attempted victim and killer.
 * Steven Rogers / Captain America - Attempted victim.
 * Anthony Stark / Iron Man - Attempted victim.
 * David Banner - Attempted victim.

Trivia

 * This version of Nathaniel Essex is never referred to as "Mister Sinister" nor does he obtain any powers of his own (although he does attempt to gain them by exposing himself to the Mind Crystal).

Behind the Scenes

 * This version of Nathaniel Essex is physically modeled after American actor Ben Barnes.