You have succeeded in releasing me -- the ultimate avenger.
- -- Adam Warlock
Appearing in "Death Watch!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Avengers (Main story and flashback)
Beast (Hank McCoy)
(Main story and flashback)
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
(Main story and flashback)
Thor
(Main story and flashback)
Iron Man (Tony Stark)
(Main story and flashback)
Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(Main story and flashback)
Vision
(Main story and flashback)
Warlock
(Main story and flashback)
Moondragon (Heather Douglas)
(Main story and flashback)
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)
(Main story and recap)
Antagonists:
- Thanos-Thralls (Main story and recap)
Thanos
(Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Death (Referenced)
- Master Order
(First appearance)
- Lord Chaos
(First appearance)
- Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
- Reed Richards (Mentioned)
Gamora
(Trapped in the soul gem)
Pip the Troll
(Trapped in the soul gem)
- Kray-Tor (Cameo; trapped in the soul gem)
- Autolycus (Cameo; trapped in the soul gem)
- Black Knights (Cameo; trapped in the soul gem)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
- Asgardians (Main story and flashback)
- Synthezoids (Main story and flashback)
- Kree (Main story and flashback)
- Unidentified alien species (Main story and flashback)
- Titanians (Main story and recap)
- Abstract Entities
- Insects (Mentioned)
- Flies (Referenced)
- Vampires (Referenced)
- Zen-Whoberis
- Laxidazians
- Sarks
- Judans
- Cows (Invoked)
- Fish (Referenced)
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Scarlet Witch's Suit (Main story and flashback)
- Mjolnir (Main story and flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 4 (Main story and flashback)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Main story and flashback)
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Soul Gem (Main story and flashback)
- Captain Marvel's Suit and Nega-Bands (Main story and recap)
- Giant Synthetic Soul Gem (Destruction) (Recap)
- Salem's Lot (Named only) (Topical reference)
- Cosmic Cube (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
- Fantastic Four spaceship
- Sanctuary (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "Death Watch!"
This story continues from Avengers Annual #7
Plagued with dreams from Master Order and Lord Chaos telling them of the battle between Thanos, Captain Marvel, and the Avengers over the fate of the galaxy, Spider-Man and the Thing are compelled to investigate these dreams by taking a ship out into space.
There, they find Thanos' ship and they board it. Once aboard, they are attacked by the hordes of Thanos. While deep within the Soul Gem, Adam Warlock's soul meets with Gamora and Pip. While in the real world, Thanos joins the fight which takes Spider-Man and Thing into the room where the Avengers and Captain Marvel are being held in stasis. During the fight, Spider-Man frees the Avengers leading to an all out assault on Thanos.
Over powered, the heroes prove unable to defeat Thanos until Spider-Man manages to free the Soul Gem, causing the soul of Adam Warlock to appear from it and turn Thanos into stone. After rejoicing over their victory, the heroes have a funeral and bury Adam Warlock on an asteroid in space. While Adam's soul finds peace within the Soul Gem, Thanos finds himself in a living hell made of stone.
Notes
Continuity Notes
- This issue follows the events of Avengers Annual #7, the dream Peter has is a recap of the events of that story.
- Although Thanos is turned to stone here, he is restored to normal in Silver Surfer (Vol. 3) #34.
- Adam Warlock, Gamora and Pip's souls were transferred into the Soul Gem in Avengers Annual #7 they are reborn into new bodies in Infinity Gauntlet #1.
- The dates on Adam Warlock's tombstone read 1967-1977. The years on this tombstone should be considered a Topical Reference relative to the date of publication per the Sliding Timescale of Earth-616. Although the dates state that Warlock had been alive for 10 years, this is more reflective of the numbers of years of publications between his birth in Fantastic Four #66 (published in 1967) and his "death" in Avengers Annual #7 (published in 1977). As the Timescale is measured the actual period of time that has passed is two years of Marvel time. Publications released in 1967 fall under "year two" of the modern age and those published in 1977 fall under "year four".
Trivia
- The Thing is reading Salem's Lot by Stephen King.
See Also
Footnotes
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- Comics
- 1977
- 1977, December
- Bronze-Age
- Marvel Two-In-One Annual Vol 1
- Annuals
- Archie Goodwin/Editor-in-Chief
- Jim Starlin/Cover Artist
- Jim Starlin/Writer
- Jim Starlin/Penciler
- Joe Rubinstein/Inker
- Petra Scotese/Colourist
- Annette Kawecki/Letterer
- Archie Goodwin/Editor
- Adam Warlock (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Peter Parker (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Avengers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Henry McCoy (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Wanda Maximoff (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Thor Odinson (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Anthony Stark (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Steven Rogers (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Vision (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Adam Warlock (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Heather Douglas (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Mar-Vell (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Children of Thanos (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Thanos (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Yahweh (Earth-616)/Invocations
- Death (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Master Order (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Lord Chaos (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Fantastic Four (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Reed Richards (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Gamora Zen Whoberi Ben Titan (Earth-7528)/Appearances
- Pip Gofern (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Kray-Tor (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Autolycus (Sark) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Black Knights (Universal Church of Truth) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Homo sapiens/Appearances
- Homo superior/Appearances
- Asgardians/Appearances
- Synthezoids/Appearances
- Kree/Appearances
- Titans (Eternals)/Appearances
- Abstract Entities/Appearances
- Insects/Mentions
- Flies/Mentions
- Vampires/Mentions
- Zen-Whoberis/Appearances
- Laxidazians/Appearances
- Sarks/Appearances
- Judans/Appearances
- Fish/Mentions
- Earth-616/Appearances
- Milky Way/Appearances
- Sol/Appearances
- Earth/Appearances
- United States of America/Appearances
- New York (State)/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Manhattan/Appearances
- Chelsea/Appearances
- 410 Chelsea Street/Appearances
- 42nd Street/Appearances
- Madison Avenue/Appearances
- Baxter Building/Appearances
- Earth Orbit/Appearances
- Berlin/Mentions
- Sun (Star)/Appearances
- Soulworld/Appearances
- Olympus (City)/Mentions
- Asgard (Realm)/Mentions
- Scarlet Witch's Suit/Appearances
- Mjolnir/Appearances
- Iron Man Armor Model 4/Appearances
- Captain America's Uniform/Appearances
- Captain America's Shield/Appearances
- Spider-Man's Suit/Appearances
- Web-Shooters/Appearances
- Soul Stone/Appearances
- Captain Marvel's Suit/Appearances
- Nega-Bands/Appearances
- Cosmic Cube/Mentions
- Sanctuary (Vehicle)/Appearances