Adam Warlock (Marvel)
Real Name: Him
Search for 'Adam Warlock (Marvel)' on eBay
Powers: Super-human strength (ability to lift up to 50 tons when cosmically enhanced), high resiliance, endurance, fast healing, flight, emit concussive bursts of cosmic energy, able to create a cocoon to escape danger, recuperate, and gain new powers, excellent hand-to-hand combat skills.
Bio: An artificial life form created by the Enclave to be the perfect human, Adam Warlock became aware of his creators' evil plans and destroyed them. Emerging from his cocoon as a fully-grown human, he did not not have a fully developed set of morals, even seeking out Thor's love Sif as a potential mate.
Overwhelmed by Earth, Warlock eventually returned to his cocoon and departed the Earth. He eventually came into contact with the High Evolutionary, who gave Warlock his soul gem and something more important, a sense of purpose by proclaiming Warlock the savior of Counter-Earth! Using his abilities to defeat the Man-Beast and his New Men, Warlock would eventually sacrifice himself to save Counter Earth, only to return from death more powerful than before.
Soon after, Warlock came into contact with his evil future self, known as the Magus. Seeing the evil that was in himself, Warlock also realized that his soul gem acted as a sort of symbiote, granting Warlock the memories of all souls absorbed by the gem. Warlock would eventually meet Thanos, who would become his sometime-rival, sometime-ally. Warlock would eventually sacrifice himself again to stop Thanos' evil schemes, turning Thanos into a statue in the process.
Spending many years inside the soul gem, Warlock was eventually needed again and inhabited the body of a recently deceased man, reforming it into one resembling his original body. Using his experience against Thanos, Warlock led the heroes of the Univers against Thanos in his quest to reshape the Universe with the Infinity Gauntlet. With Thanos stopped, Warlock would divide the soul gems under his supervision among a group known as the Infinity Watch.
Eventually, the Infinity Watch would disband and Warlock found himself in a parallel universe known as the Ultraverse, where the energy vampire Rune sought to use the Infinity Gems to reshape the universe in his image.
Later, Warlock would be found back in the Marvel Universe in an insane asylum. Learning of a conflict threatening the universe itself, Warlock would be instrumental in mentoring the new architect of reality. Soon thereafter, Thanos gained ultimate power once again and in a fit of rage, destroyed the universe, but was convinced by Warlock to reform the universe.
Since then, Warlock learned of the Enclave's attempts to create another artificial human and he has sought out this creation.
Notes: Although created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Jim Starlin is often thought of as the "definitive" Warlock creator. Creative disagreements over the direction of the Warlock character would eventually lead to a severing of ties between Starlin and Marvel in 2004.
First Appearance: Fantastic Four (1961) #67
Other Identities: Goddess Magus (Marvel) (01 - Adam Warlock) Favorite Characters:
Adam Warlock (Marvel) is a favorite character of 38 users
View a chronological listing of this character's appearances
Issue Appearances: All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2006)
#12 - 'Ultragirl to Arnim Zola' Alpha Flight (1983)
#111 - 'Bare Bones Part 2' Annihilation Classic (2008)
HC - 'Annihilation Classic' TPB - 'Annihilation Classic' Annihilation: Conquest (2008)
#1 - 'No Way Out' #2 - 'Together Alone' #3 - 'Together Alone' #4 - 'Hopeless' #5 - 'In the Flesh' #6 - 'Last Stand' Annihilation: Conquest - Quasar (2007)
#4 - 'Destiny, Part Four' Annihilators (2011)
Avengers Forever (1998)
#9 - 'Break: Reflections Of The Conqueror' Avengers: Celestial Quest (2001)
Beavis and Butt-Head (1994)
Beavis und Butt-Head (1994)
Captain Marvel (1968)
#39 - 'The Trial Of The Watcher' Captain Marvel (1999)
#11 - 'Together Again For the First Time!' Cosmic Powers Unlimited (1995)
Curse of Rune (1995)
Cyberspace 3000 (1993)
#6#7#8 - 'The End of Tomorrow!' Der Unglaubliche Hulk Comic-Album (1979)
#5 - 'Insel der Metamorphose' Die Spinne (1980)
#18 - 'Spinne, Spinne, Auf dem Mond!' Die Spinne Comic-Taschenbuch (1979)
Docteur Strange (1979)
#21/22 - 'Moi...L`intermediaire!' Doctor Strange (1974)
#27 - 'I... The In-Betweener!' Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988)
#32 - 'Silver-Tongued Devil' #36 - 'Footnote to Infinity' Equipe Marvel (1983)
#3 - 'Araignee sur la Lune' Fantastic Four (1961)
#67 - 'When Opens the Cocoon!' #67 (Reprint) - 'When Opens the Cocoon!' #172 - 'Cry, the Bedeviled Planet!' #369 - 'With Malice Toward All!' #370 - 'Forever Evil' Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
#1 - 'Somebody's Got To Do It' #2 - 'Legacy' #3 - 'Beyond Belief' #4 - 'Damages' #5 - 'Deception' #6 - 'Death' #7 - 'No Future' #8 - 'Past Mistakes' #10 - 'Blastarred!' #13 - 'Peacemakers' #14 - 'To The Death' #15 - 'Knowhere To Run To' #17 - 'Adam Magus' #19 - 'Seconds Out' Hercules (1984)
Infinity Abyss (2002)
#1 - 'A Mad Calling!' #2 - 'Paranoids and Nihilists' #3 - 'Memory Disorders' #4 - 'Breakdown!' #5 - 'Errors in Judgment' #6 - 'Rewards & Punishment' Infinity Crusade (1993)
#1 - 'Epiphany' #2 - 'Enlightenment!' #3 - 'The Damned' #4 - 'Mortal Sins' #5 - 'Holy War!' #6 - 'Rapture' Infinity Gauntlet (1991)
#1 - 'God' #2 - 'From Bad to Worse' #3 - 'Preparations for War' #4 - 'Cosmic Battle on the Edge of the Universe!' #5 - 'Astral Conflagration' #6 - 'The Final Confrontation' Infinity War (1992)
#1 - 'Chthonic Maneuvers' #2 - 'Ethereal Revisionism' #3 - 'Nefarious Rhapsodies' #4 - 'Mortiferous Artifice' #5 - 'Psychomachia!' #6 - 'The Animus Engagement' Iron Man/Thor (2011)
#3 - 'God Complex Chapter Three' L'incroyable Hulk (1968)
#17 - 'Violence de l`autre cote du soleil!' #35 - 'Une crise sur la Contre-Terre!' #36 - 'Les perils de la planete Plurale!' #37 - 'Triomphe sur Terre-2!' L'Uomo Ragno (1987)
Marc Spector: Moon Knight (1989)
#44 - 'The End Has Just Begun' Marvel (1988)
Marvel Comics Presents (1988)
Marvel Exklusiv (1998)
#20 - 'The Infinity Gauntlet - Die Ewige Fehde!' Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
#1 - 'The Death of Captain Marvel' Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003)
Marvel Masterworks: Warlock (2007)
Marvel Premiere (1972)
#1 - 'And Men Shall Call Him... Warlock!' #2 - 'The Hounds of Helios' Marvel Swimsuit Special (1992)
#3 - 'Come to the Moon and View Heavenly Bodies Guaranteed to Send You into Orbit!' Marvel Team-Up (1972)
#55 - 'Spider, Spider on the Moon!' Marvel Two-In-One (1974)
Annual 02 - 'Death Watch!' #61 - 'The Coming of Her!' #62 - 'The Taking of Counter-Earth!' #63 - 'Suffer Not a Warlock to Live' Marvel Universe: The End (2003)
#1 - 'Predestination' #5 - 'Omnipotence' #6 - 'The Cure' Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2008)
HC vol. 13 - 'Valkyrior Steeds to Maximillian Zaran' Quasar (1989)
#27 - 'From Here to Maternity' #38 - 'Whose War Is this Anyway?' #40 - 'Null and Void' #50 - 'Horizon of Holes' #53 - 'To the Fifth Power' #54 - 'Starblast Pt. 2: Search Party' Rune (1995)
Rune/Silver Surfer (1995)
She-Hulk (2004)
#7 - 'Universal Laws: Part 1: Space Cases' #8 - 'Universal Laws: Part 2: Engagement Ring' She-Hulk (2005)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack (1992)
Silver Surfer (1987)
#36 - 'The Lesson?' #46 - '... The Soul World' #47 - 'Adam Warlock Protector of the Soulworld!' #48 - 'Confronting One's Maker' #52 - 'The Hero in Absence' #54 - 'Cages' #55 - 'The Universe According to Thanos, Part One: Genesis' #56 - 'The Universe According to Thanos, Part Two: Exodus' #58 - 'Forgiveness' #59 - 'Field of Honor' #60 - 'Finale & Prelude' #86 - 'Friends & Foes' #87 - 'Strange Affairs' #88 - 'Common Enemy' #94 - 'Down to Earth, Part 2' Silver Surfer/Warlock: Resurrection (1993)
#1 - 'The Pact (Part 1)' #2 - 'Death's Favor (Part 2)' #3 - 'Welcome To Hades (Part 3)' #4 - 'End Game (Part 4)' Spider-Man (1990)
#26 - 'With Great Responsibility.. !' Spider-Man / Thunderbolts (1999)
One-shot - 'Comic Action '99 Sonderedition' Spider-Man Halloween Special Edition (1993)
#1 - 'These Great Powers!' Starblast (1994)
#1 - 'Once In A Blue Moon' Strange Tales (1951)
#178 - 'Who is Adam Warlock? / Enter the Magus!' #179 - 'Death Ship!' #180 - 'The Judgment! / The Trial of Adam Warlock' #181 - '1000 Clowns!' Superheroes: The Heroic Visions of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell (2000)
Thanos (2003)
#1 - 'Epiphany!' #2 - 'Rebellion!' #3 - 'Alone!' #4 - 'Hunger!' #6 - 'Endgame' Thanos Sourcebook (2010)
The Avengers (1963)
Annual 07 - 'The Final Threat' TPB - 'The Greatest Battles of the Avengers' #118 - 'To the Death!' #262 - 'Many Brave Hearts...' #263 - 'What Lurks Below?' The Incredible Hulk (1968)
Annual 06 - 'Beware the Beehive!' #158 - 'Frenzy on a Far-Away World!' #176 - 'Crisis on Counter-Earth!' #177 - 'Peril of the Plural Planet!' #178 - 'Triumph on Terra-Two' #418 - 'We Are Gathered Here' The Marvel Encyclopedia (2006)
HC - 'The Marvel Encyclopedia' The New Warriors (1990)
#11 - 'Days of Present Past' #12 - 'A Betrayal of Hope' #13 - 'A World For the Winning' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983)
#14 - 'Book of the Dead and Inactive 2 : Marvel Boy to Zuras' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Master Edition (1990)
The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976)
The Thanos Imperative: Ignition (2010)
Thor (1966)
#163 - 'Where Dwell the Demons!' #164 - 'Lest Mankind Fall!' #165 - 'Him!' #166 - 'A God Berserk!' #317 - 'Chaos at Canaveral' #469 - 'Absolute Power' #470 - 'Ruins' #471 - 'Fathers and Sons' Ultraverse Unlimited (1996)
War of Kings Saga (2009)
Warlock (1972)
#1 - 'The Day of the Prophet' #2 - 'Count-Down for Counter Earth' #3 - 'The Apollo Eclipse' #4 - 'Come Sing a Searing Song of Vengeance' #5 - 'The Day of the Death Birds' #6 - 'The Brute' #7 - 'Doom-- At the Earth's Core!' #8 - 'Confrontation' #9 - 'The Infinity Effect' #10 - 'How Strange My Destiny! Part 1: The Rice! / Who is Thanos? / Enter the Redemption Principle!' #11 - 'How Strange My Destiny! Part 2: Escape Into the Inner Prison! / The Strange Death of Adam Warlock!' #12 - 'A Trollish Tale!' #13 - '...Here Dwells the Star Thief! / The Bizarre Brain of Barry Bauman' #14 - 'Homecoming!' #15 - 'Just a Series of Events' Warlock (1998)
#1#2 - 'Afterlife' #3 - 'Countdown to Destruction' #4 - 'Endgame' Warlock (2004)
#1 - 'Second Coming, part one' #2 - 'Second Coming, part two' #3 - 'Second Coming, part three' #4 - 'Second Coming, part four' Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1992)
#1 - 'Judgment' #2 - 'Gathering the Watch' #3 - 'High Evolutionary' #4 - 'They' #5 - 'Old Foes' #6 - 'Revenge of the Beast' #7 - 'The Island!' #8 - 'Interlude' #10 - 'Self-Desructive Tendencies' #11 - 'The Appeal' #12 - 'Distant Memories' #14 - 'Strange Encounters' #15 - 'Divisions' #16 - 'Abyss' #17 - 'Maxam' #18 - 'Power Play' #19 - 'True Believers' #20 - 'Pip, King of the Universe' #22 - 'Siege!' #23 - 'Clash' #24 - 'Trial' #25 - 'Raid on Asgard' #26 - 'Unlocking the Past' #27 - 'Warlock Must Die' #28 - 'Chaos at the U.N.!' #29 - 'Poison' #30 - 'The Dilemma' #31 - 'Abyss' #32 - 'Heart and Soul' #33 - 'Carnival of Souls' #34 - 'Power's Pain' #35 - 'Citizen Tyrannus' #36 - 'The Dark of Truth' #37 - 'Body...' #38 - 'Convert' #39 - 'Domitian over All' #40 - 'Things Fall Apart' #41 - 'The Past is Waiting' #42 - 'Win, Lose, Draw!' Warlock Chronicles (1993)
#1 - 'Things Past' #2 - 'Rescue' #3 - 'Dealing with the Devil' #4 - 'The Dark Mirror' #5 - 'Perspective' #6 - 'After Math' #7 - 'Guile' #8 - 'Reunion' What If? Newer Fantastic Four (2009)
What If...? (1989)
#55 - 'What If the Avengers Lost Operation Galactic Storm?' #104 - 'Finders Keepers' Wonder Man (1991)
X-Men: Phoenix Rising (2001)
Video Game Appearances: Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems (1996) Group Affiliation(s): Guardians Of The Galaxy Infinity Watch Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote "For I am the Savior, the Godslayer, the Demon, the Avenging Hand of Light... Adam Warlock!"
< Previous Character | Next Character >

Add this character to a run of issues in a title
Suggest an image for this character
View the contribution history for this character
|