Warlock Chronicles #3

I know I mentioned in one of my dollar-comic posts awhile back that I picked up the first two issues of  Warlock Chronicles, an eight issue mini series and part of a "Infinity Crusade" crossover event. These and several other assorted mini series were spinoffs of Jim Starlin's 90's revival of the character in The Infinity Gauntlet (1991, Marvel), and the following Warlock and the Infinity Watch title. I enjoyed reading Starlin's cosmic opera  Infinity Gauntlet  last summer, inspiring me to pick up any random Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Adam Warlock, or Thanos related comics that stood out in the dollar bins, a favorite pastime for me  :)   It's hared to go wrong for one dollar, and when I saw the cover on this one featuring Thanos, Mephisto, & Adam Warlock, there was no question it was going home with me!

In a literal deal with the Devil involving the exchange of information on the cosmic cubes for one of them to keep, Thanos accepts a bargain with Mephisto that Warlock was violently opposed  to. Warlock refuses to have any involvement, departing to seeking advice from Eternity on how to defeat the Goddess, his feminine side embodied during time spent omnipotent. I love the way Eternity is drawn in this series, pictured here with Infinity (pencils- Tom Raney, inks, Keith Williams)...

Sending Mephisto on his way, knowing what the Goddess' machinations are after his discussion with Eternity & infinity, Adam Warlock places the Soul Gem on Thanos' forehead.  His soul is taken into it, Thanos now aware of every aspect of Warlock's being, including the Goddess' plans. It will be left up to Thanos alone to carry out the plan to stop her!

While I have Warlock Chronicles #4,  I'll have to hunt down Warlock & the Infinity Watch #20 if I want to see where this crossover event goes! I'll keep an eye peeled the next time I'm out hunting in the dollar comic bins- maybe I find it, maybe not...  it's all just part of the thrill   :D

*Hasbro Marvel Universe Greatest Battles Thanos & Adam Warlock 2-pk reviewed at Come See Toys blog!

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More From the Dollar Comics Bin...

While digging up the remainder of the X-Force/"X-Cutioner's Song" crossover event in the dollar comic bins at V-Stock this week, I found some real gems, including the Dr. Strange #32 pictured above! I mean, will you look at that cover? You know that'll be fun  :D

*Warlock Chronicles #1 & #2, 1993

Since reading Infinity Gauntlet this summer, my interest in Thanos, Adam Warlock, & Dr. Strange has piqued. They are all characters I knew little or nothing of just a couple years ago before I started this blog & started reading comics again, and though I always thought of myself as a meat-and-potatoes kinda superhero fan, these cosmic characters were an unexpectedly fun read. That #1 has a  foil/prizm background, and embossed Adam Warlock on the front- really great! This should be entertaining  :D

*The Silver Surfer/Warlock Resurrection #1  and What If... #49, 1993

Again, more Adam Warlock WITH Silver Surfer, AND Drax the Destroyer on the cover! Cannot wait to dig into that! I've never had A What If.. issue, and read this from front to back last night before bed. Wasn't head-over-heels about the art, but I was entertained by the story.

On an earlier trip I picked up some Infinity Gauntlet-related 1991 issues of  Dr. Strange and Silver Surfer, in which the good Doctor must take on Adam Warlock and the Sentinel of the Spaceways, comrades against the Mad Titan Thanos in the Infinity Gauntlet, and Silver Surfer suffers the mind-bending vengance of Thanos- far out! I've also read Defenders # 78 & #79 from 1979-80, which feature the reluctant teamates Sub-Mariner & the Hulk- intense!

 

I sincerely enjoyed all these, and at a dollar an issue, that's hard to beat. I finally broke down last month and got a couple boxes to help keep me organized, but will need another soon as the "Have Read" box on the left, below is nearly full. Keep in mind there's also a huge tote full of comics from my youth, and a bookshelf in my room packed with trade hardbacks, paperbacks, and single issues. I wish I had time to write about each and every one of these, but I read A LOT of comics- far more than I ever did as a kid :D

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