Strange Tales #180 – Marvel (1975) 9.0 VF/NM "Warlock" Infinity Effect

Strange Tales #180 – Marvel (1975) 9.0 VF/NM "Warlock" Infinity Effect

Warlock takes on an alien court! Where's an intergalactic lawyer when you need one?!Warlock and Pip arrive on Homeworld, the center of the Universal Church of Truth. They are attacked because of Pip and Warlock defeats the attackers. But soon his Soul Gem begins trying to break free of his control. It is becoming stronger and taken subconscious control over Warlock.He tries to remove the gem from his brow and when he does he is filled with emptiness and pain. He is able to place the gem back on his forehead. He realizes the gem has become his lifeforce and it has been slowly sucking his soul. He is contacted by the Matriarch who tells him that she will tell him the secret of the gem if he comes to the sacred palace. He goes to her, knowing it is an obvious trap.She tells him that he himself created the Magus and will one day eventually become him. She then springs a trap door and he falls through to the level below. He finds himself in a courtroom.The Judge Kray-Tor brings the session...