Who Is Adam Warlock in Marvel Comics?

Adam Warlock was the creation of a team of researchers known as The Beehive. They created this super being in an attempt to design the ultimate human being of the future. When first created, the new being was only known as “Him”.





Thankfully for the people of Earth, Warlock soon realised that the members of the Beehive had intended to use his special powers to commit evil deeds. Instead of doing their bidding, he decided to escape from their complex, and hurt several of his creators in the process.

Warlock, had no life experience and after running into Thor and the Lady Sif, he attempted to kidnap the latter.

Thor stopped him in his tracks, Warlock was barely alive after Thor left the scene. However, he managed to find his way into a regeneration cocoon, from where he emerges at a later date.

Warlock First Appearance

Adam Warlock made his very first comic appearance during Fantastic Four #66-67 (published in 1967). These stories were drawn by Jack Kirby and the script was written by Stan Lee.

In just 20 issues of Fantastic Four, Kirby not only came up with Adam Warlock, he also created Black Panther, the Inhumans, Galactus and the Silver Surfer.

Throughout those early issues Warlock was simply known as “Him”. He had completely destroyed the Beehive by that point, and it was not made clear whether or not he had survived the destruction of the Beehive.

He returned briefly in the pages of Thor, still without a name.

Jim Starlin was responsible for giving him a name for the story, Power of the Warlock. It was during his solo adventures that Warlock joined up with the all powerful Soul Gem and went on to become the sworn adversary of the demented Titan, Thanos.

The Soul Gem is what he used in Marvel Cinematic Universe to bring Vision to life.

Who Is Adam Warlock in Marvel Comics?

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