Warlock (New Mutants)
Warlock is a male alien character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Warlock was a member of the techno-organic race known as the Technarchy from the planet Kvch and was the offspring of the Magus. On his world, their kind were lifeforms that evolved into a synthesis of 'man' and machine with creche mass producing Technarchs on a biological assembly line. Upon his emergence, Warlock was expected to undergo the tried rite of passage of his people which was to face their parent in single combat to the death. Rather than fight the Magus, Warlock decided to flee and escaped into deep space with his father in pursuit of him. (New Mutants v1 #21)
New Mutants
Douglock
Rebirth
He then returned to Earth where H.A.M.M.E.R.'s anti-E.T. missile command fired A.I. missiles at him but Warlock took control of them as he flew to his former home at the X-Mansion. Whilst here, he found a picture of the days when he was with the New Mutants within the rubble. his saw him looking for the grave of his friend Doug Ramsey only to find it had been dug up and that his remains were missing. (New Mutants v3 #5)
House of X
After Krakoa was declared a sovereign nation, the living island came to be made into a homeland for all Mutants on the planet who were invited to reside on its surface. In this time, Warlock was shown to had been resurrected where he was bonded to Cypher's arm. (House of X v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
The techno-organic nature of his form meant that Warlock was capable of altering his shape into a variety of forms. (New Mutants v1 #21) As a metamorph, he was able to adopt a wide range of forms including that of a starship able to transport people inside of him as he was able to survive the depths of space. (New Mutants Annual v1 #1)
Through touch, he could infect beings with a genetic virus and thus fundamentally alter their genetic structure whilst transforming it into a techno-organic construct such as himself. From that point, the infected became as much technology as organic which allowed Warlock to drain it of its 'lifeglow' as a source of nourishment. Once drained, any infected being became inert with Warlock able to conduct this process on demons even. (New Mutants v1 #21)
Notes
- Warlock was created by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz where he made his first appearance in New Mutants v1 #18 (August, 1984).
Alternate Versions
- In New Mutants v3 #45 (2012), an alternate future set 10 years ahead saw Doug Ramsey become evil. This timeline saw him adapting the Warlock Technology to create Techno-Organic harnesses known as Lockware.
- In X-Tinction Agenda v1 (2015), a version of Warlock was shown to had survived in a realm on Battleworld. The events followed that of the X-Tinction Agenda whereby Warlock was killed with his remains secretly studied by Genengineer Kludge at Genosha. He designed a virus seeking to eliminate Mutants and the study of Warlock's Transmode virus allowed him to isolate it whereupon he used it to resurrect the slain Cameron Hodge who was given a techno-organic body. After Hodge's second death, it was shown that the experiments of Kludge had led to the deceased Warlock to be reborn again.
In other media
Television
- In X-Men, the character made an appearance in the 1990s animated television series in the two part episode "Phalanx Covenant" where he was voiced by actor David Corban. This continuity saw him as being a member of the Techno-Organic Phalanx whose children were destined to merge with the hive mind. However, Warlock refused and he along with his life-mate escaped but crashed on Earth. They survived crash but his life-mate was captured by Cameron Hodge who studied her leading to the Phalanx being created on Earth. Warlock later sought the aid of Beast and prevented his assimilation as the Phalanx spread around the world. With a few uninfected survivors, they managed to create a cure that Warlock delivered to the Phalanx core. This destroyed the Phalanx infection and returned life-mate to normal. Warlock later departed Earth with his life-mate as they returned to their homeworld to influence their people to become better.
Video games
- In Marvel: Contest of Champions, Warlock was introduced as a playable character in the mobile video game.
Appearances
- New Mutants v1: (1984)
- Nova:
- New Mutants v3:
- All-New X-Factor v1:
- House of X v1:
- New Mutants v4:
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