WARLOCK III

Warlock was originally a naive young alien, who occasionally merged with Douglas Ramsey, a mutant who could decipher languages. Both died on separate occasions (New Mutants (1st series) #60 and #95), and Warlock's techno-organic ashes were scattered on Doug's grave. These ashes were later gathered by Phalanx operatives, and used to create a collective of human techno-organics. A gestalt Doug/Warlock mind emerged in the Phalanx Collective in Uncanny X-Men #313, apparently harvested along with the T-O ashes. With the help of Zero and Excalibur, "Douglock" achieved individual sentience and developed a personality separate from his two "fathers". After the Red Skull co-opted Douglock's mind (thanks to the Cosmic Cube), Warlock's original consciousness re-emerged as of Warlock (3rd series) #1, though he had now evolved to the point where he was no longer so naive, and would refer to himself as "I", not "self". As of Nova (4th series) #11, however, he has reverted back to his original appearance and speech patterns.