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Adam Warlock | |
Aliases: | Him Warlock Jake Miller [1] |
Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
Notability: | Main character |
Type: | Cosmic being |
Gender: | Male |
Race: | Artificial human |
Location: | Soulworld |
Associations: | Infinity Watch |
Known relatives: | Ayesha Magus |
Status: | Alive |
First: | Fantastic Four #66 |
Adam Warlock is a fictional artificial human and cosmic being, and recurring character featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and was originally introduced as just "Him" in the pages of Fantastic Four #66 in September, 1967. He evolved into his "Warlock" identity in Marvel Premiere #1 in April, 1972.
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Adam Warlock is an artificial human being that was developed by the scientific research team known as the Enclave. Lashing out against his creators, he abandoned them and accepted guidance from the High Evolutionary, who recognized that Warlock was destined to become a being of godlike proportions. He gave him the Soul Gem and directed him towards the artificially constructed Counter-Earth where he became the champion of that entire world.
Leaving Counter-Earth, Adam Warlock encountered the Universal Church of Truth, which was led by a futuristic evil version of himself that was referred to as the Magus. During his numerous battles against the Magus and the Church, Adam befriended Pip the Troll and Gamora.
Warlock's most notable battle was against the mad Titan, Thanos, who sought the power of the Soul Gem for his own ends, which included the utter destruction of Earth's sun. Warlock teamed up with the Avengers to fight Thanos, at which time, Warlock's essence was converted into a being of energy within the gem. Through this, he was able to defeat Thanos by transforming him into a granite statue.
Thanos eventually returned, this time bent on collecting the Soul Gem as well as four other such Infinity Gems, to form the Infinity Gauntlet, which would give him ultimate power. Warlock returned to corporeal form at this time as well to battle against him, alongside many of Earth's heroes including the Avengers, the Hulk and Doctor Strange.
After several more cosmic debacles involving the Infinity Gauntlet, the Living Tribunal decreed that the device was too powerful to be left in the control of a single being. The gems were separated and given to individual guardians, which composed a team led by Adam Warlock known as the Infinity Watch.
Adam Warlock was later manipulated by Star-Lord and Mantis into joining a team of cosmic adventurers called the Guardians of the Galaxy. Warlock quit the group soon after and evolved into a new form - the Magus.
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- ↑ Infinity Gauntlet 1; Temporarily possessed the body of Jake Miller.