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The Power of ... Warlock
Warlock and the Infinity Watch
A Man-God reborn, Adam Warlock was created to destroy worlds, but defied his origins, becoming an intergalactic paragon without peer!
In 1975, comics legend Roy Thomas took to the stars, unleashing the otherworldy Adam Warlock on an unsuspecting readership.
Read on, as we present the hero's remarkable rebirth, before delving into the fallout of the classic Infinity Gauntlet, as Warlock leads the Infinity Watch - a team of unparalled icons tasked with protecting the all-powerful
Infinity Gems... no matter the cost!
FEATURING
MARVEL PREMIERE #1-2
AND WARLOCK & THE INFINITY WATCH #1-6
Warlock and the Infinity Watch
A Man-God reborn, Adam Warlock was created to destroy worlds, but defied his origins, becoming an intergalactic paragon without peer!
In 1975, comics legend Roy Thomas took to the stars, unleashing the otherworldy Adam Warlock on an unsuspecting readership.
Read on, as we present the hero's remarkable rebirth, before delving into the fallout of the classic Infinity Gauntlet, as Warlock leads the Infinity Watch - a team of unparalled icons tasked with protecting the all-powerful
Infinity Gems... no matter the cost!
FEATURING
MARVEL PREMIERE #1-2
AND WARLOCK & THE INFINITY WATCH #1-6
200 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2015
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Roy Thomas
4,524 books274 followersRoy Thomas was the FIRST Editor-in-Chief at Marvel--After Stan Lee stepped down from the position. Roy is a longtime comic book writer and editor. Thomas has written comics for Archie, Charlton, DC, Heroic Publishing, Marvel, and Topps over the years. Thomas currently edits the fanzine Alter Ego for Twomorrow's Publishing. He was Editor for Marvel comics from 1972-1974. He wrote for several titles at Marvel, such as Avengers, Thor, Invaders, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and notably Conan the Barbarian. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes — particularly the 1940s superhero team the Justice Society of America — and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel's X-Men and Avengers, and DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, among other titles.
Also a legendary creator. Creations include Wolverine, Carol Danvers, Ghost Rider, Vision, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Valkyrie, Morbius, Doc Samson, and Ultron. Roy has also worked for Archie, Charlton, and DC among others over the years.
Also a legendary creator. Creations include Wolverine, Carol Danvers, Ghost Rider, Vision, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Valkyrie, Morbius, Doc Samson, and Ultron. Roy has also worked for Archie, Charlton, and DC among others over the years.
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January 14, 2017
Boring!
Did not enjoy. The whole back story and the omnipotence was dull and drawn out . It was interesting seeing some of the aftermath of Thanos and the Infinity Stones. but that was all.
Do not see myself wanting to read more of this character.
Did not enjoy. The whole back story and the omnipotence was dull and drawn out . It was interesting seeing some of the aftermath of Thanos and the Infinity Stones. but that was all.
Do not see myself wanting to read more of this character.
February 28, 2021
Los héroes más poderosos de Marvel, tomo 34. Traduce El poder de... Warlock y Warlock y la Guardia del Infinito.
January 6, 2021
Marvel's Mightiest Heroes Book 37.
In the first of these two stories we see how the entity known only as Him encounters the High Evolutionary and is reborn as Adam Warlock, tasked with defending the world of Counter-Earth.
The second story leaps forward to the aftermath of 'The Infinity Gauntlet' and has Warlock deciding to give up his godlike powers and distribute the Infinity Gems among a team of protectors.
Cards on the table; I've never particularly liked Adam Warlock or the stories involving him. Unlike so many of Marvel's characters I therefore had no fond nostalgia for him to fall back on when reading this book and, in all honestly, the stories here only reinforced my dislike of the character.
Warlock was an attempt to give a Marvel twist to none other than Jesus Christ, the way that they had previously done for gods and heroes from other religious pantheons.
Whilst I'm no fundamental Christian to be offended by the very idea of this, I certainly feel that the finished product is very poor. They should have kept the Jesus parallels either very subtextual or make them overt and actually use them to say something significant. Instead they fall in the middle and it comes across as half-hearted and limp, as well as largely pointless.
Of the two stories here, the first is definitely the worst, consisting largely of the High Evolutionary just expositing his plans to make an identical copy of Earth but to make it a paradise.
Naturally his plans get spoiled and the new Counter-Earth is just as violent and troubled as the real one, needing Warlock to save it. This leaves us, the readers, wondering why there needs to be an alternate Earth at all. Arguably it's so that Warlock can't just call in the Avengers of Fantastic Four to help, but that then begs the question of why this story is set in the Marvel Universe in the first place.
The only really engaging thing I found in this book, in Starlin's story, was the concept of Warlock having the powers of a god, being confronted by Marvel's other godlike beings (Celestials, Eternity, Galactus, the Living Tribunal and others) and deciding to relinquish his power.
There is a little bit of exploration of how losing his godlike powers affects Warlock personally, which I found interesting, but not nearly enough for my tastes.
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In the first of these two stories we see how the entity known only as Him encounters the High Evolutionary and is reborn as Adam Warlock, tasked with defending the world of Counter-Earth.
The second story leaps forward to the aftermath of 'The Infinity Gauntlet' and has Warlock deciding to give up his godlike powers and distribute the Infinity Gems among a team of protectors.
Cards on the table; I've never particularly liked Adam Warlock or the stories involving him. Unlike so many of Marvel's characters I therefore had no fond nostalgia for him to fall back on when reading this book and, in all honestly, the stories here only reinforced my dislike of the character.
Warlock was an attempt to give a Marvel twist to none other than Jesus Christ, the way that they had previously done for gods and heroes from other religious pantheons.
Whilst I'm no fundamental Christian to be offended by the very idea of this, I certainly feel that the finished product is very poor. They should have kept the Jesus parallels either very subtextual or make them overt and actually use them to say something significant. Instead they fall in the middle and it comes across as half-hearted and limp, as well as largely pointless.
Of the two stories here, the first is definitely the worst, consisting largely of the High Evolutionary just expositing his plans to make an identical copy of Earth but to make it a paradise.
Naturally his plans get spoiled and the new Counter-Earth is just as violent and troubled as the real one, needing Warlock to save it. This leaves us, the readers, wondering why there needs to be an alternate Earth at all. Arguably it's so that Warlock can't just call in the Avengers of Fantastic Four to help, but that then begs the question of why this story is set in the Marvel Universe in the first place.
The only really engaging thing I found in this book, in Starlin's story, was the concept of Warlock having the powers of a god, being confronted by Marvel's other godlike beings (Celestials, Eternity, Galactus, the Living Tribunal and others) and deciding to relinquish his power.
There is a little bit of exploration of how losing his godlike powers affects Warlock personally, which I found interesting, but not nearly enough for my tastes.
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February 19, 2022
Si bien, el tomo no recopila la primera aparición del personaje, si usa el primer uso "moderno" de él
Es que Adam Warlock ya tenia sus apariciones en series como Los 4 Fantásticos o Thor, pero es en Marvel Premiere que el personaje que ahora conocemos se empieza a forjar.
Deidad artificial, que gracias al Alto Evolucionador encuentra nuevos propósitos, y así armar la mitología de uno de los más grandes héroes espaciales de la Casa de las Ideas. Tenemos así los primeros numeros de Marvel Premiere que nos muestran este nuevo origen y también tenemos el "Aftermath" de la saga del Guantelete del Infinito, donde el nuevo guardián de las gemas decide compartir su carga
Si bien, ambas historias no son malas, se llegan a sentir muy inconclusas, la rapidez de la narración en el primer set hace que uno se siente mareado de pronto; la necesidad de conocer algunos hechos, por el otro lado, hace que uno se pierda un poco con las aventuras de la Guardia del Infinito. Pero sin duda, un buen punto de partida para conocer e interesarse por el personaje
Es que Adam Warlock ya tenia sus apariciones en series como Los 4 Fantásticos o Thor, pero es en Marvel Premiere que el personaje que ahora conocemos se empieza a forjar.
Deidad artificial, que gracias al Alto Evolucionador encuentra nuevos propósitos, y así armar la mitología de uno de los más grandes héroes espaciales de la Casa de las Ideas. Tenemos así los primeros numeros de Marvel Premiere que nos muestran este nuevo origen y también tenemos el "Aftermath" de la saga del Guantelete del Infinito, donde el nuevo guardián de las gemas decide compartir su carga
Si bien, ambas historias no son malas, se llegan a sentir muy inconclusas, la rapidez de la narración en el primer set hace que uno se siente mareado de pronto; la necesidad de conocer algunos hechos, por el otro lado, hace que uno se pierda un poco con las aventuras de la Guardia del Infinito. Pero sin duda, un buen punto de partida para conocer e interesarse por el personaje
February 26, 2023
It's no secret the F4 made the Marvel universe. Everything in it begun with them, and that included Adam Warlock. Purportedly a perfect engineered human that ended posessing an Infinity Stone because his friend the High Evolutionary is so cool (another mega human that acquired godlike power and status). Then comes the follow up to the Infinity Gauntlet, and honestly it was for laughs. The most powerful creatures on the Marvel universe let Warlock give the infinity stones to half the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the other half to just petty characters. Of course someone captured them and Warlock has to dealt with his mistake. Good ol', fun and poorly written Marvel.
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January 19, 2016
More Sci-Fi style hero stuff from Warlock. It's pretty good a few funny bits from Drax the Destroyer. You do really need to read some of the stuff before Infinity Watch for a better read. However if you like complex, almost religious but not in your face science fiction then Warlock is the best to go to.
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