- Script
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin (breakdowns); Joe Rubinstein (finished art)
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein
- Colors
- Petra Goldberg
- Letters
- Annette Kawecki
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Thing; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Moondragon; Adam Warlock; Gamora; Pip the Troll; Lord Chaos (introduction); Master Order (introduction); Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Beast; Thanos
- Synopsis
- The Thing and Spidey travel to Thanos' huge space ship which he plans on using in conjunction with the Soul Gem to make the sun go nova, thus ending all life in the solar system. Thing is captured and placed in stasis along with the Avengers but Spidey pulls himself together and breaks them all free. As the heroes battle the mad Titan, Spidey is tipped off by Chaos and Order and frees Adam Warlock from the Soul Gem for a final showdown with Thanos.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin (breakdowns, finished art page 30); Joe Rubinstein (finished art)
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein; Jim Starlin (page 30)
- Colors
- Petra Goldberg
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers [Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Moondragon; Scarlet Witch; Thor; Vision]; Adam Warlock (Death); Pip the Troll (Death); Gamora (Death); Captain Marvel; Thanos (Villain); Thanos-Thralls (Villain)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Infinity Gems; Soul Gems
Continued in Marvel Two-In-One Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #2.
First appearance of all 6 Infinity Gems.
- Script
- Jim Starlin (signed)
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Starlin (signed)
- Colors
- Jim Starlin (signed)
- Letters
- Annette Kawecki
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Adam Warlock (origin); Magus (introduction); Matriarch (introduction); Sphinxor (introduction); Borgia (introduction)
- Reprints
The start of Jim Starlin's wildly imaginative run on Warlock.
- Script
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin
- Inks
- Jim Starlin
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Oliver Wein)
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Adam Warlock; Pip the Troll (introduction); Autolycus (introduction, death); Matriarch; Magus; Grak (introduction, death); Bak (introduction)
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Starlin (credited as Sam Jiltirn)
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin (credited)
- Inks
- Jim Starlin (credited as J. L. Minirats); Al Weiss (pages 19, 22, 27, 31)
- Colors
- Jim Starlin (credited as Ms. Natjiril)
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski (credited as T. P. Orzechowski)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; satire-parody; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Adam Warlock; Pip the troll; Matriarch; Kray-Tor (introduction, death); Gamora (introduction)
- Reprints
Starlin's credits for script, inks, and colors are anagrams of his name.
Alan Weiss is credited at the bottom of page 1: "Special thanks to Al Weiss for inking pages 19, 22, 27 and 31".
- Script
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin
- Inks
- Al Milgrom
- Colors
- Jim Starlin
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; satire-parody; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Adam Warlock; Pip; Gamora; Matriarch; Lentean; Jan Hatroomi
- Reprints
Dedicated to Steve Ditko. This is a terrific spoof, somewhat serious, on the Marvel editorial policy of the day with visual and textual references to Stan Lee, John Romita, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman and Roy Thomas. Storyline is continued in Warlock #9.
- Script
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin
- Inks
- Steve Leialoha
- Colors
- Jim Starlin
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Adam Warlock; Pip; Gamora; Thanos; Magus; Matriarch
- Reprints
Feature continued from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #181.
- Script
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin
- Inks
- Steve Leialoha
- Colors
- Jim Starlin
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Adam Warlock; Pip; Gamora; Captain Marvel; Magus; Thanos; Matriarch (death); Mentor (flashback); Eros (flashback); Death (flashback); The Avengers [Black Panther (flashback); Captain America (flashback); Mantis (flashback); Swordsman (flashback); Thor (flashback); Vision (flashback)]; Drax the Destroyer (flashback)
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin (layout)
- Inks
- Steve Leialoha (finished art)
- Colors
- Jim Starlin ?
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Adam Warlock; Pip; Gamora; In-Betweener; Magus; Thanos
- Synopsis
- Warlock's second death is foretold.
- Reprints
Magus returns in INFINITY WAR #1. Warlock's second death takes place in AVENGERS ANNUAL #7.
- Script
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin (layouts)
- Inks
- Steve Leialoha (finished art)
- Colors
- Steve Leialoha
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Pip; Eros; Heater Delight (introduction); Mama Alpha (introduction); Pro-Boscis (introduction)
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin (layouts); Steve Leialoha (finished art); Jim Starlin ? (finished art, page 31)
- Inks
- Steve Leialoha; Jim Starlin ? (page 31)
- Colors
- Petra Goldberg
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Adam Warlock; The Star-Thief [Barry Bauman] (introduction); Tom Vocson (introduction)
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin (layouts); Steve Leialoha (finished art)
- Inks
- Steve Leialoha
- Colors
- Petra Goldberg
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- The Star Thief (death); Tom Vocson
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Starlin
- Pencils
- Jim Starlin
- Inks
- Jim Starlin
- Colors
- Michele Wolfman
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Gamora; Pip; Drax the Destroyer; Marr Gar (introduction); Lamilm Gor (introduction); Ancient Traveller (introduction); Constable Trueheart (introduction); Thanos
- Reprints
continued in MARVEL TEAM-UP #55