Adam Warlock

Adam Warlock was created by the ‘Beehive’ researchers as the perfect human being. Initially known as ‘Him’, he escaped his creators, sensing their evil intent. After an encounter with Thor, he regenerated in a cocoon and was subsequently renamed Warlock by the High Evolutionary. Equipped with the vampiric Soul Gem, Warlock began his adventures throughout the cosmos and became a key player in multiple events, including the Infinity Saga. His powers and abilities have evolved significantly over time, notably after possessing the Infinity Gauntlet and experiencing the Annihilation Wave.

Soul Gem

• Sends Drax and Silver Surfer back to their own bodies. (source)
• Takes Quasar to the Psychic Plane. (source)
• Stole Autolycus’ soul. (source)
• Steals the soul of Kray-Tor. (source)
• Stops the Magus from being created and absorbs his future self. (source)
• Takes Gamora’s soul in her dying moments. (source)
• Learned of Thanos’ plan to destroy stars through Gamora’s mind/soul. (source)
• Takes Pip’s soul after Thanos destroys his mind. (source)
• Learns of Thanos’ plans through Pip’s knowledge. (source)
• Cannot steal the souls of those that have none. (source) ([Limit])
• Soul Gem occasionally strikes of its own volition. (source)
• Steals the soul of the Warrior Thanosi. (source)
• Temporarily brought someone back to life. (source)
• Soul Gem forms symbiotic relationships with its hosts. (source)
• Commandeers the Infinity Gauntlet by reaching out to the other 5 gems. (source)
• Can control Silver Surfer’s board. (source)
• Can use his Soul Gem to contact allies on a spiritual level. (source)
• Reclaims the Soul Gem from Thanos. (source)
• Shows people the horrors of the world. (source)
• Scans the minds of aliens and allows Warlock to speak and understand their language. (source)
• Makes Adam immune to mind controlling tendrils. (source)
• Helps restore Maxam’s memory. (source)
• Could wipe out the Sun. (source)
• Defeats Mephisto in his realm, nearly ripping apart Hades. (source)
• Brings Mephisto to his knees. (source)
• Breaks free of being covered by Hellfire Ash. (source)
• Dissipates creatures that are the creations of a dead soul. (source)
• Senses that Valkerie is a mental construct and has no soul. (source)
• Determines whether a corpse still contains a soul, then what force is animating the corpse. (source)
• Reveals Man-Beast through his disguise. (source)
• Determines that the construct attacking him is not truly Dr. Strange. (source)
• Searches out for the star-consuming force and finds it. (source)
• Modifies and rechannels a beam of pure force from Silver Surfer with the Soul Gem. (source)
• The Soul Gem Jewel is a sentient being. (source)
• Gives the gem to Thanos to reveal to him the Goddess’ plan. (source)
• Set up a preprogrammed command to the Soul Gem, placing Adam’s soul back in his body. (source)
• Gives the soulless demon Abyss a soul, weakening them and giving them a conscience. (source)
• Retrieves the soul he implanted within Abyss. (source)
• Uses soul gem as a focusing agent for the Space Gem to boost the Mind Gem. (source)
• Finds Drax. (source)
• Control over the Soul Gem is so great that Syphonn using it to attack him backfires and tries to take his soul. (source)
• Counters the Mages Thanosi’s incantations. (source)
• Activates latent cosmic powers in a young child. (source)
• Heard the souls of billions dying. (source)
• Pulls Rune into Soul World during a time-stop. (source)
• Karmic Staff is an extension of his soul, can resummon it at will. (source)
• Redirects Cyclops’ and Havok’s blasts using the Karmic Staff. (source)
• Soul Gem puts Bruce Banner in control of the Hulk’s body (without Adam’s direct involvement). (source)
• Soul Gem withstands Hulk throwing it through a planet (without Adam’s direct involvement). (source)
• Soul Gem heals a planet after bonding with its core (without Adam’s direct involvement). (source)

Soul World

• Within the Soul Gem resides a peaceful world named Soul World, whose inhabitants are those that have had their souls stolen by the Gem. Everyone is spiritually connected while in Soul World. Due to Adam’s unique connection with the Soul Gem, Adam still retains many of his powers within Soul World and has a special control over reality within the realm. (source)
• Strength in Soul World depends on strength of soul, and outside powers such as Surfer’s Power Cosmic don’t transfer. (source)
• Adam can still fly in Soul World. (source)
• Sends Silver Surfer and Drax’s souls back to their bodies from Soul World. (source)

Soul Manipulation and Powers (Without Soul Gem)

• Possesses Innate Aura Vision. (source)
• Can journey into the souls of others. (source)
• Rune cannot absorb Adam’s life-force. (source)
• Enters the soul of Gemini, and tears out and destroys one of the souls within the body. (source)

Matter Manipulation

• Ensnares Baldur in roots. (source)
• Reverts Rhordan to his original rat form and reverts a Hound of Helios into random solar impulses. (source)
• De-evolved Monck. (source)
• States he could casually bring an inanimate hide of a snake to life. (source)
• Turns bullets to nothing. (source) ([Possible Future])
• Seemingly transmutes jet fire. (source) ([Possible Future])
• Turns a parachute to air. (source) ([Possible Future])
• Fixes a broken bridge. (source)
• Turns the Brute back to Reed Richards. (source)
• Shrinks a giant monster to the size of his fist. (source)
• His power level increases and decreases based on how many of his followers support him. (source)
• Can break down matter and prevent a change from occurring or continuing. (source)
• De-evolves many people at once. (source)
• Turns Thanos to solid granite. (source)

Energy Projection

• Staggers Thor. (source)
• Shoots Man-Beast far into space. (source) ([Possible Future])
• Destroys a skyscraper. (source) ([Possible Future])
• Obliterates many landmarks. (source) ([Possible Future])
• Ignites the ground and air. (source)
• Breaks free of being frozen. (source)
• Burrows through rock using his gem. (source)
• Seals a dam and creates a large trench. (source)
• Attracts heat-seeking missiles by increasing his thermal energy. (source)
• Fashions a statue of Counter-Earth Doom. (source)
• Blasts the Stranger. (source)
• Gets into a beam struggle with The Stranger. (source)
• Blasts a monster with the force to level a building. (source)
• Blasts Colossus. (source)
• Blasts Quasar twice, knocking him out with the second blast (though he was distracted). (source)
• Blast knocks the Omega Thanosi from his craft. Omega Thanosi is stated to be twice as powerful as Galactus and no-sells Thanos’ mountain leveling attack. (source)
• Hits someone with a Karmic Blast. (source)
• Karmic Blast one shots Maxam, who was immune to mind blasts, strong enough to fight Drax, and stated to have Hulk-class strength. (source)
• One-shots Olik with a karmic blast. (source)
• Frees Black Bolt of mind-controlling tendrils. (source)
• One-shots Goliath with a karmic blast. (source)
• Takes down Triax. (source)
• Thor resists a karmic blast. (source) ([Limit])
• Karmic blasts have no effect on beings without souls. (source) ([Limit])

Teleportation

• Teleports. (source)
• Teleports with Sif using a solar vortex. (source)

Strength

• Tosses back Thor. (source)
• Punches someone through a bunch of rock. (source)
• Breaks free of and rips out metal tentacles. (source)
• Beats Warthog. (source)
• Swings a giant monster through the Washington Monument. (source)
• Smashes rock in anger. (source)
• Smashes a stone pillar. (source)
• Throws a two-ton piece of rock at the In-Betweener. (source)
• Fights a berserker Thor. (source)
• Brawls with Olik. (source)
• Helps push over the Moon-Pusher, which was pushing the Moon closer to Earth. (source)
• Unleashes a force so terrible it that could shatter worlds and shake stars. (source)
• Throws Noel into orbit and into a satellite. (source)
• Punches out Drax. (source)
• Removes Drax from the center of a portal, Pip and Gamora note he seems stronger than before. (source)
• Breaks free of Thanos’ grasp. (source)

Speed

• Dodges laser driven heat blasts. (source)
• Dodges heat seeking missiles. (source)
• Dodges helicopter fire. (source)
• Evades the Brute’s attacks. (source)
• Evades energy blasts. (source)
• Tackles someone before Adam’s cry can reach their ears. (source)
• Dodges Olik’s blows. (source)
• Flew across a sun in the length of a conversation. (source)
• Flies at a “parsec-consuming rate”. (source)
• Outflies helicopters. (source)
• Can reach faster than light speed in space. (source)

Durability

• Took a hit from Brute, whose strength had been increased; before the amp, Brute could rip support cables out of bridges. (source)
• Takes a beating from a creature stronger than him, speculating it came from a world at least a thousand times larger than Earth. (source)
• No-sells Thor’s Mjolnir throw. (source)
• Rolls with Olik’s punches. (source)
• The corpse of Mar-Vell punches him through a structure. (source)
• Takes multiple strikes from the Warrior Thanosi, described as being four to five times stronger than Thanos. (source)
• Takes a kick from Wonder Man. (source)
• Caught in the explosion of the Deathbirds, which were said to blast with the power to obliterate mountains. (source)
• Tanks what probably is a nuke. (source) ([Possible Future])
• Survives the Stranger making a chunk of the moon explode around him. (source)
• Takes a powerful lightning blast from Thor. (source)
• Flies through a black hole to use it as a shortcut through space. (source)
• Takes attacks from a golem ablaze with the heat of a thousand suns. (source)
• Takes a blast from Black Bolt. (source)
• Doesn’t feel energies that destroy a spaceship. (source)
• Survives Syphonn, Annihulus and Blaastar blasting him at once. (source)
• Unaffected by reality warping. (source)
• Survived Thanos absorbing reality. (source)
• Moondragon’s Mind Gem could not work on him. (source)
• The Star Thief cannot read one of his thoughts, from what he describes as his “multi-dimensional brain”. (source)
• The Soul Gem cannot enslave Adam like it does its other hosts. (source)
• Wills himself out of the Sensory Input Helmet while under the influence of will-numbing drugs, turning insane and giving him the perspective needed to fight Magus. (source)
• Psychic defenses are intense even when unconscious, then forcibly rejects Moondragon from his mind. (source)

Cocoon

• Can form a cosmic cocoon at will. (source)
• Bursts free of the cocoon with naturally-formed armor. (source)
• Enters the Cocoon after getting crucified. (source)
• Forms a cocoon after being stabbed. (source)
• Enters his cocoon after having been beaten to death by Champion. (source)

Misc.

• Understands Thanos’ psyche. (source)
• Is an Astral Outsider. (source)
• Nebula wearing the Infinity Gauntlet is unaware of his presence. (source)
• Wrestles control of the Infinity Gauntlet from Magus. (source)
• Traps Magus in Soul World, where he exists as less than nothing. (source)
• Is totally balanced, neither good nor evil. (source)
• Instinctively knows how to take the right portal back to his universe. (source)
• Knows how to do nerve strikes. (source)
• Stealthily takes out opponents. (source)
• Defeats Triax in a long fight. (source)
• Flips Thor with the Karmic Staff. (source)
• Flips Wonder Man rushing him from behind, slamming him to the ground. (source)
• Fights with Hercules for a bit before being defeated. (source)
• Defeats multiple armed assailants that are physically stronger than him. (source)
• Hacks into the Avengers records and reads files about their enemies. (source)

Infinity Gauntlet Feats

• Frees the cosmic entities that had been turned to stone. (source)
• Transports himself, Pip and Gamora two days into the future. (source)
• Blasts Eternity and the rest of the cosmic entities. (source)
• A confrontation between The Living Tribunal and Adam would lay waste to this reality. (source)

Post-Annihilation Wave: Quantum Magic

• Finds a way to stop a fissure that was collapsing in space. (source)
• Taps into the remnants of a dead Celestial’s mind to determine who is a Skrull or not. (source)
• Uses an obliteration charm to destroy a large island made of time ice, described by Drax as “four thousand and fifty-three metric tons of inert rock, metal and organic matter”. (source)
• Teleports. (source)
• Teleports to the Guardians. (source)
• Senses Ultron teleporting. (source)
• Can cast healing spells. (source)
• Transmutates a burning planetoid into an a kind of matter there isn’t a name for. (source)
• Unravels a Shi’ar Magician’s shield bubble and drains her of energy. (source)
• Transfers a witchmark to someone else. (source)
• Violently murders multiple Shi’ar soldiers. (source)
• Absorbs power from the Church of Truth ships and performs a hyper-complex ritual to close a universal fault. (source)
• Kills Mantis and Cosmo, then stops bullets midair. (source) ([Magus])
• Shatters Groot’s arm. (source) ([Magus])
• Teleports Martyr’s sword into his hands. (source) ([Magus])

Post-Annihilation Wave: Soul Manipulation

• Saves Surfer from being assimilated by Ultron, by giving him his own healing cocoon. (source)

Post-Annihilation Wave: Energy Manipulation

• Gives power to Phylla-Vell. (source)
• Clashes with Vulcan until he starts draining his energy. (source)
• Blasts the Guardians. (source) ([Magus])
• Doesn’t care about Drax tearing out his heart. (source) ([Magus])
• Short circuits Quasar and his constructs, knocking him out. (source)
• Knocks out Silver Surfer with a shock. (source)
• Releases an omnidirectional blast, destroying a horde of Ultron drones. (source)
• Drains a suit of powered armor. (source)
• Flies into space quickly with a constructed bubble. (source)
• Shielded from an exploding supernova, possibly by out-speeding or teleporting away. (source)
• Can make sub-space jumps. (source)
• Blocks a blast from Ikon of Galador. (source)

Post-Annihilation Wave: Physicals

• Punches someone through a building and sends them flying over a canyon. (source)
• Smashes Ultron drones. (source)
• Strikes Vulcan. (source)
• Throws a piece of a spacecraft at Vulcan. (source)
• Strikes Pymtron. (source)
• Flies out of a planet and to a sun within a conversation’s length. (source)
• Catches Phylla-Vell falling. (source)
• Kills Gamora and catches Vance Astro throwing Cap’s shield. (source) ([Magus])
• Flies to a planet in Orion’s Belt from Earth. (source)
• Blasted into a wall hard enough to crack it. (source)
• Tanks a blast from Vulcan while already drained of power. (source)
• Tanks a blast from Pymtron. (source)
• Tanks more blasts from Pymtron with minor discomfort. (source)
• Caught in the shockwave of a planet exploding. (source)