Soul World
Soul World is a dimension that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
Soul World was a pleasant, peaceful, pastoral pocket universe existing within the Soul Gem. It is the home of those whose souls were absorbed by the Gem, and was home to most of the Infinity Watch at one time. It was home to the Magus and the Goddess, among the Soul Gem's other victims.
Following the destruction and rebirth of the Infinity Stones, Soul World starting progressively falling to the corruption of the soul-consuming Devondra. Gamora learned of Soul World's decay from a fragment of her soul that was still trapped in Soul World, which prompted her to assemble the Infinity Stones. (All-New Guardians of the Galaxy v1 #3) Gamora eventually succeeded in her plan and assembled the Infinity Stones. (Infinity Wars v1 #2) She intended to rebalance Soul World by means of sating Devondra's hunger, and then creating a new reality from the remains of the old one. To this end, Gamora used the Infinity Stones to trap every soul in the universe in Soul World. Gamora decided to incapacitate the inhabitants of the universe, namely its superheroes, by folding the universe in half, merging every soul with another. This course of action unwittingly caused the history of the universe to be rewritten and adapted to its merged residents inside the pocket universe known as Warp World. (Infinity Wars v1 #3)
Loki attempted to manipulate Gamora to get the Infinity Stones for himself, but instead she banished him to Warp World. (Infinity Wars v1 #3) Once inside Warp World, Loki started looking for different heroes that could suit his needs, splitting them from their merged forms. When Loki and his Cosmic Avengers reached Adam Warlock outside the confines of Warp World, they found him fending off Devondra. In order to help Warlock fight Devondra while they continued with their plan to take down Gamora, Emma Frost telepathically called the heroes of Warp World to battle. By this time, Devondra's corruption started growing, with manifestations of the creature materializing all over Soul World; increasing in size and frequency. (Infinity Wars v1 #4) The heroes of Warp World continued fighting Devondra while the Cosmic Avengers obtained the Infinity Stones. (Infinity Wars v1 #5) After Loki used them for his own agenda, he handed them over to his allies. The heroes returned to Warp World and destroyed Devondra. Warlock intended to use the Infinity Stones to revert Warp World's creation, but Soldier Supreme, the amalgamation of Doctor Strange and Captain America, refused to be undone. Because of this, Warlock had the Cosmic Avengers create a copy of the merged souls when they split and dragged all the souls out of Soul World, leaving Warp World and its inhabitants intact as a facet of the Soul Gem. (Infinity Wars v1 #6)
Overview
Inhabitants
- Devondra : a Soul-Eater that resided in the Soul Gem's Soul World where she devoured any souls that ended up getting sent there. It was alleged that if Devondra devoured enough souls, she would be able to weave a new reality from the silk she generated. (Infinity Wars v1 #4)
- Goddess :
- Magus :
- Gamora :
Notes
- Soul World was created by Jim Starlin where it made its first appearance in Avengers Annual v1 #7 (August, 1977).
In other media
Films
- In Avengers: Infinity War, Soul World appeared in the setting of the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was a pocket dimension within the Soul Stone. After snapping his fingers and disintegrating half of all life in the universe, Thanos was teleported there and met the soul of a younger Gamora, whom he had sacrificed to obtain the Soul Stone. She asked him if he had completed his mission, which he confirmed and stated had cost everything he had.
Appearances
- Avengers Annual v1: (1977)
- All-New Guardians of the Galaxy v1:
- Infinity Wars v1:
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