Gamora Fact — October 31, 2026

Today's Fact

After the Gauntlet came off, the deadliest woman in the galaxy got custody of time itself.

ADAM WARLOCK HANDED GAMORA THE TIME GEM — BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONE GUARDIAN WHO DIDN'T WANT IT!

The Featured Fact

When the Living Tribunal ruled that the Infinity Gems could never again work in unison, Adam Warlock split them among a hand-picked guard in Warlock and the Infinity Watch #2 (1992). His choice for the Time Gem raised eyebrows across the cosmos: Gamora, an assassin raised by Thanos, freshly returned from the dead, and openly reluctant to take the thing.

Her reluctance was precisely the recommendation. Gamora protested that she had no idea how to operate the gem, and Warlock answered that the most dangerous woman in the universe could keep it safe even if she never used it — a guardian with no ambition for the prize is the hardest kind to rob.

Custody was not entirely passive, though. Without training or intent, Gamora began receiving glimpses of events that had not happened yet, the gem leaking future visions into the mind of its keeper. She eventually walked away from the Watch, and the Time Gem passed to her replacement, Maxam, while Gamora carried the experience into her later career as a hero.

Why It's Obscure

Thanos trained her to end lives. Warlock trusted her to guard every second of them.

1992

The handover — Warlock and the Infinity Watch #2 distributes the gems: Soul for Warlock, Power for Drax, Mind for Moondragon, Space for Pip, and Time for Gamora.

The refusal

She argued against her own appointment — Gamora told Warlock she neither wanted the gem nor knew how to use it, and he treated both objections as qualifications.

Visions

Time leaked anyway — Even untouched, the Time Gem fed its keeper prophetic glimpses, an occupational hazard no other Watch member's gem imposed quite the same way.

Monster Island

Headquarters with a view — The Watch operated from Monster Island, meaning the fate of the timestream was, for a while, administered from one of Earth's strangest addresses.

Gallery

Comic art of Gamora, plus the golden guardian who made the strangest custody decision of 1992.

Gamora holding a long sword illustration — **The reluctant guardian**Gamora with her blade drawn — the deadliest woman in the galaxy, drafted into protecting time rather than taking lives.

Gamora lunging with twin blades comic art — **Blades out**Gamora mid-lunge with twin blades, a reminder that Warlock's safest vault for the Time Gem was a person almost nobody dared approach.

Adam Warlock flying in space with the Soul Gem comic art — **The man who handed it over**Adam Warlock, Soul Gem on his brow, who kept one stone for himself and trusted Gamora with the flow of time.

Sources

Every claim above checks out against at least two of these independent sources.

Bullpen Bulletins

What Happened After 'Infinity Gauntlet'? — Marvel.comMarvel's own retrospective: Warlock formed the first Infinity Watch and gave the Time Gem to Gamora, his most trusted friend and ally, for safekeeping.
Marvel's Most Powerful Team Returns In Warlock Rebirth — Screen RantScreen Rant's Watch history confirms the distribution — Soul to Warlock, Time to Gamora, Space to Pip, Power to Drax, Mind to Moondragon, Reality secretly to Thanos.
Time Gem — Comic VineThe gem's record: given to Gamora, who neither wished for it nor understood it, yet received visions of the future, before it passed to Maxam when she left the group.