You can find a more detailed version in our Infinity Saga Reading Order.įor the Mad Titan, Thanos, the Infinity Gauntlet was the Holy Grail - the ultimate prize to be coveted above all else. Jim Starlin’s Infinity Saga is one of those iconic classic stories you can’t miss.
You can find the Jim Starlin work–what really defined the world around Adam Warlock–in another collected edition: Here are the way you could collect the Adam Warlock stories of the 1970s.Ĭollects Marvel Premiere (1972) #1-2, Warlock (1972) #1-8, Incredible Hulk (1968) #176-178.Ĭollects Strange Tales #178-181, Warlock #9-15, Marvel Team-Up #55, Avengers Annual #7, and Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2. Up until recently, the omnibus was not available. The story of Adam Warlock really began when he got his name and became a Jesus-like hero in the 1970s:Ĭollects Fantastic Four (1961) #66-67, Thor (1966) #165-166, Marvel Premiere #1-2, Warlock (1972) #1-15, Incredible Hulk (1968) #176-178 And Annual #6, Strange Tales (1951) #178-181, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #55, Avengers Annual #7 And Marvel Two-In-One (1972) #61-63 And Annual #2. Those “origin stories” are for the completists. After that, he only did a Thor storyline, again as “Him” (not yet Warlock), in Thor #163-166 (collected in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. The story of Adam Warlock’s inception was published in Fantastic Four #66-67 (collected in Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four Vol. The first time, it only lasted for a few issues, but he brought Adam Warlock back for his Infinity Saga eleven years later–during the 1990s.ĭuring the 2000s, when Marvel decided to revive its cosmic universe, Warlock made his comeback, playing his part in the Annihilation Saga.Īdam Warlock Reading Order Adam Warlock, The First Years (the 1960s-1970s) He didn’t become a hero on Earth, but on Counter-Earth–a new planet generated from a chunk of Earth and set in orbit on the opposite side of the sun.Ī few years later, Jim Starlin revived the character and made him more of a cosmic hero, twice.
When he re-emerged, years later, he was named “Warlock” by the High Evolutionary and was gifted the Soul Gem. Once out, he rebelled against his creators after realizing they were nefarious. He is one of the most powerful heroes of the entire cosmos–and possessed magical abilities and has to use them to fight The Magus, his malevolent future self.Īt the start, a coalition of scientists known as The Enclave incubated Warlock in an artificial cocoon. Originally introduced in 1967 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby under the name “Him” in Fantastic Four #66-67, Adam Warlock really started in Marvel Premiere #1 (April 1972) written by Roy Thomas and penciled by Gil Kane.Īdam Warlock is a synthetic lifeform created in the image of a perfect human being.
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