Being a passionate collector and an old Comics' reader, I remember very well the cover of #64 of the Fantastic Four (published in Italy in 1973), designed by Jack The King Kirby, where a huge cocoon stood out and where, at the end of a full of suspense episode, a disquieting and mysterious character called "Him" appeared… That was the first appearance of Warlock, a very unusual and original figure in the Marvel universe, which a few years later was resumed by Roy Thomas, the famous Comics author who first replaced Stan Lee as editor in chief at Marvel). Thomas gave the character the real traits of a new Messiah, inspired by the famous musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" of the 70s. I know very little about the comic adventures of this hero (relatively unknown in Italy), but his mysterious charm and his relevant participation in the spectacular saga of the Infinity Gauntlet pushed me to recover the wonderful pair of Bowen statues, the Adam Warlock Classic and the Adam Warlock Modern, sculpted by the Kucharek brothers and released in 2006 with the exact same run (1000 samples worldwide). The sculpt of the two pieces is virtually identical (except for the left arm) and the only differences reside in the suit, the coloring and the presence of a few (but substantial) decorative elements just appearing in the Modern variant. Warlock is depicted in a frontal, very striking pose, with a wide and long cloak that covers the body and ends with a semi-rigid lapel behind his head. The same cloak completely covers the shoulders and is hooked up to the neck by a buckle showing the stylized image of a skull. The hero's physique is perfect with a defined, slender and very well proportioned musculature. In the Classic version the colors are the usual ones of the Comics tables: the body exhibits a pale tonality of orange, in perfect harmony with the bright red costume (which covers the pelvis, the central part of the bust and the shoulders) and the gold color appearing on bracelets at the wrists, on the enormous stiff belt at the waist and on the boots, characterized by a high front plate at the tibia level. In the Modern version, on the contrary, Warlock wears a semi-gloss black costume that offers an excellent chromatic contrast with the dark and metallic red of the very high boots and the arms. In this version, the left arm is bent upward and the hero shows the legendary glove with the six infinity gems, while the right one is holding a beautiful stick with a winged tip and the shape of a bird's head. Both versions are strongly characterized by the cloak, rich in folds of a great scenic effect, and with a distinct coloration between the internal and the external sides. The face is very beautiful, with the eyes rimmed in black and the long hair, wavy and blond, coming down the sides of the forehead with great naturalness. In the Classic version, the hero exhibits the green Soul Gem on the forehead, which the High Evolutionary gave to him when he came out from the cocoon. The base, circular in shape, represents a crushed pavement of lava, which gives a great stability to the whole figure. Nevertheless, whereas in Classic the background color is violet and the contours of the fragments are black (thus representing a final solidification of the ground), in Modern the background is black and the edges are colored with a bright red, as to suggest the presence of a magma below the hero. Despite the peculiarity of the character and his role into well prescribed narrative schemes, these statues represent two top-class collectibles and two real must-have for all fans of the cosmic branch of the Marvel Universe.