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The early life of Adam Warlock largely mirrors that of his Earth-616 counterpart.

Origins[]

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Adam Warlock's creation

Adam Warlock, known also as "Him", was an artificial being created by in the lab known as the Beehive. Warlock quickly went mad and killed his creators. After this, Warlock drifted in space where he was discovered by the High Evolutionary. Seeking a protector for his world, he gave Warlock powers and the Soul Gem to protect him from the many vices the High Evolutionary's creations on Counter-Earth suffered from. This gem however suppressed all emotions, including "positive" ones such as love.[1]

Warlock's many deaths over the years were as artificial as Warlock himself was. At one point he was resurrected by the Supreme Intelligence. Mephisto had made an alliance with the Intelligence, and that Supremor would aid in the creation of multiple realities so that he could continue to expand his power through the deaths of alternate reality Kree to one day be as powerful as Mephisto, Death and Thanos. The Supreme Intelligence hoped to use Adam Warlock as a liaison between the land of the living and dead due to his unique nature. When Warlock refused to do so, he was killed by the Supremor.[1]

At some point, Warlock returned to Earth and reunited with Eve, another artificial being created to be his perfect mate.[1]

Mutation of Humanity[]

At some point prior to the mutation of humanity, Reed Richards turned Galactus into a star. At some point later, after virtually the entire population of Earth had mutated, Warlock, the Silver Surfer, and the High Evolutionary all convinced Reed that turning Galactus into a star had upset the balance of the universe. They talked Reed and his son Franklin into allowing the High Evolutionary to use his machines to advance Franklin's mutation to the third tier of mutation (where a being loses all self definition and their existence is determined by those around them) where the Silver Surfer would convince Franklin that he was Galactus. Despite Reed's objections, Franklin accepted this grim burden, and guided by the Surfer, became the new Devourer of Worlds.[2]

Years later, prior to the coming of the Final Host of Celestials, the Kree hero Mar-Vell, a former compatriot of Warlock, began appearing in Warlock and Eve's dreams. He showed them visions of his return from death, reborn as their child. Compelled by these dreams, the couple sought a means of conceiving a child. Warlock and Eve went to Yancy Street to visit Alicia Masters-Grimm, wife of the Thing, whose mutation gave her the ability to create life. Alicia used her powers to impregnate Eve and the two artificial beings went on to resume their lives, not to be seen again until shortly after the construction of the Human Torches following the defeat of the Celestial Host on Earth by Galactus.[3] [4] [1]

Warlock and Eve soon became the object of scorn due to mounting hysteria from mutated humanity. Having been rendered sterile by the Terrigen Mist which had mutated them, they viewed Eve's pregnancy with great suspicion. After Eve gave birth, to an unmutated human child, she was kidnapped by an army of mutates and taken away, while their child (the reborn Captain Mar-Vell) was whisked away to Atlantis to be raised in safety.[5]

Universe X[]

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Adam is freed from the Soul Gem

Warlock spent the next three years living in Latveria with Reed Richards, unable to care enough about his mate to go looking for her due to the side effects of wearing the Soul Gem. During this time, Eve came to be the prisoner of the Tong of Creel.[5]

At the age of three, the reborn Mar-Vell requested to be returned to Latveria and was brought there by the Thing. Upon his arrival, Mar-Vell, existing simultaneously in the land of the living and the Realm of the Dead, used his powers to resurrect the deceased Susan Richards. Using Dr. Doom and Sue's brother Johnny Storm (The Human Torch) in the land of the dead to convince Sue that she was dead, and having Alicia Masters create Sue a new body using one of Reed's own arms and Adam's Soul Gem, Sue was brought back to life. Free from the effects of the Soul Gem, Adam Warlock was finally able to experience emotion. Realizing he loved Eve as much as she loved him, he began seraching for his wife.[5]

His travels brought him to the High Evolutionary's old base of operations located on Wundagore mountain. Soon after, Mar-Vell, Venom and Thor arrived on Wundagore Mountain and Warlock joined with their group in hopes that Mar-Vell would eventually take him to his wife. The group sought out Kyle Richmond, whose eyes would be able to reveal this information. The group found Richmond along with X-51 in the streets of New York where they had just confronted Mephisto following the death of the Gargoyle.[6]

Before being able to rescue Eve, Warlock traveled with the band of heroes to the Savage Land to save the X-Men and the refugees from Wakanda from an attack made by Belasco and the Dire Wraiths from Limbo. Warlock was almost replaced by a Wraith himself, but was saved by X-51, and the group of heroes defeated Belasco when Mar-Vell revealed to the demon that he was actually the mutant formally known as Nightcrawler.[6]

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Adam battles the Red Ronin to free Eve

Returning to New York City, Warlock went after the Tong of Creel and did battle with their leader the Red Ronin. During the battle it was discovered that Ronin was really Wong, former manservant of Doctor Strange, the man who was truly responsible for Strange's astral form being trapped in the Realm of the Dead while his body lived on in the land of the living. As the fight raged on, Warlock cut open Wong's robe revealing that his mutation actually made him two beings in one, one made for good, the other for evil. Warlock, answering the pleas of Wong's good side, killed the gestalt being known as Red Ronin and freed Eve.[1]

Finally freed and in his arms once more, Warlock revealed to Eve, that without the Soul Gem he was finally free to love her. The two have since remained together, and following the death of Death and the defeat of the Absorbing Man, the two have been seen aiding in one of the many hospitals of the living dead in Latveria.

Attributes

Powers

Seemingly those of his Earth-616 counterpart.

It has been revealed that Warlock can artificially simulate death, and as such can achieve a state of artificial life or death under ideal circumstances.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Soul Gem: Adam Warlock once was in the possession of the Soul Gem. It's properties are presumably similar to that of his Earth-616 counterpart. It has been revealed that this Gem, as a side effect, hampered the conditions of the soul including emotions of both a positive and negative nature. While wearing the Gem, Warlock was incapable of feeling hatred, greed, or even love.

The Gem itself also contains as yet unrevealed connections to the Realm of the Dead, and it is unknown if the Soul Gem of Earth-9997 has within it a "Soul World" like Earth-616, and if Soul World is possibly an extension of the Realm of the Dead itself.

Additionally, the Soul Gem also has as yet unrevealed properties that could allow the soul of a being from the Realm of the Dead manifest itself in a lifeless body in the realm of the living, as indicated when it was one of the tools used to bring Susan Richards back to life. It's actual function in this process, and if the Gem's removal from Sue's body would reverse the process is as yet unknown.

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