His other major stories from the comics include him being a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, as well as his ongoing battle with his evil future self, the Magus, who is also the leader of the Universal Church of Truth. That would be fine, but introducing Adam now when it appears the MCU is well and truly done with the Infinity Stones begs the question of what his new role is going to be. Adam would have required a lot of exposition to explain who he was and how his powers worked, and on top of that, they already had a character with an Infinity Stone in his forehead with Vision! Given that the filmmakers decided to have Thanos himself act as arguably the main character of Infinity War, it seems there wasn’t any room for Adam. It was an odd choice for fans of the comics, but most likely a prudent one from a filmmaking standpoint, since even with its epic runtime, Infinity War was already stuffed with dozens of named characters that audiences were more familiar with. 2 with Ayesha looking at his cocoon, Adam Warlock was not involved in the MCU’s Infinity Saga.
Yet despite being teased in the post-credits scene of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Adam would then play a major role in Starlin’s iconic 1991 event The Infinity Gauntlet (the primary source material for Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame), as well as the follow-up events Infinity War and Infinity Crusade, and the ongoing series Warlock and the Infinity Watch. He connected Adam to that story by making him the keeper of the Soul Gem, which was embedded in his forehead. Starlin revitalized Adam in the mid-1970s as part of his ongoing cosmic saga involving Captain Marvel, Thanos, and the Infinity Gems (their name in the comics). Adam may have had his beginnings in the pages of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four book in 1967, but the character only really came into his own under the stewardship of Jim Starlin. When it became clear that the MCU’s first three Phases were going to revolve around the Infinity Stones, many comic fans naturally assumed that Adam Warlock was going to play a part in that story.
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