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Real Name: Adam Height: 6'2'' Weight: 240 lbs. Eyes: White (no visible iris) Hair: Gold Group Affi liations: Formerly Star-Lord’s , Infi nity Watch

Power Grid Intelligence: 3 Strength: 5 : 3/7 Durability: 6 Energy Projection: 6 Fighting Skills: 2 YELLOW: TELEPORTATION KEY: http://marvel.com/universe/OHOTMU:Power_Grids Abilities/Accessories Energy Manipulation: Warlock can use metaphysical quantum energy to fl y, fi re energy blasts, create energy shields, materialize clothing, teleport, cast healing spells, seal space-time rips, absorb magic or souls to recharge himself, and overlap entire realities. Artifi cial Structure: Created to be the perfect , Warlock has superhuman strength, stamina, durability, agility and refl exes. Advanced Healing: Warlock can create a cocoon around his body in seconds, which heals him from injuries and resurrects him from apparent . Guardian of the Soul Stone: Warlock frequently possessed the Soul Stone—one of the six all-powerful Infi nity Stones. Before being destroyed and reinstated, the Soul Stone enabled him to alter a being’s core personality, manipulate souls, cast souls to the peaceful Soulworld dimension, project concussive beams and understand alien speech.

Key Issues #66 (1967): . Created by the to be the fi rst in a race of perfect meant to conquer Earth, the being called Him refuses to fulfi ll his creators’ wicked intentions and departs Earth. Marvel Premiere #1-2 (1972): Him fi nds purpose when the (Herbert Wyndham) provides him with the powerful Soul Stone and charges him with protecting the population of Counter-Earth, a duplicate planet on the opposite side of the sun; Him is renamed Adam Warlock. Annual #7 / Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 (1977): When the Mad Titan threatens the universe, Warlock joins super-beings in battling him; though his body is killed, Warlock’s soul ultimately defeats Thanos. The Infi nity #1-6 (1991) / Warlock and the Infi nity Watch #1-2 (1992): Resurrected to oppose Thanos after the Titan gains godlike powers via the collected Infi nity Stones, Warlock leads an army of heroes to oppose him. Warlock later claims the Gauntlet, but soon relinquishes its power and bequeaths each gem to his handpicked protectors, the Infi nity Watch; Warlock retains the Soul Stone. Infi nity War #1-6 (1992) / Infi nity Crusade #1-6 (1993): While all-powerful, Warlock subconsciously purged himself of all aspects of good and evil; both aspects assume physical forms and subsequently return to threaten the universe as the Goddess and , respectively. : Conquest #1-6 (2007-2008) / Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (2008): A newly reborn Warlock aids several cosmic heroes in defeating the -led techno- organic , then joins the Guardians of the Galaxy led by Star-Lord (Peter Quill). Guardians of the Galaxy #150 (2018): After dying saving reality, Warlock is reborn, emerging from a healing cocoon to fi nd the time-traveling (Nathaniel Richards) waiting for him! Infi nty Countdown: Adam Warlock #1 (2018): Warlock’s quest for the Soul Stone takes him through time from a distant apocalyptic future to ancient Egypt!

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