The movie opens up about Adam Warlock (Gabriel Kahn), who possesses psychic abilities known as Psionics (Spirituality 101), which enable him to recreate countless manifestations of evil spirits within himself (Sinestro Comics #184). Warlock learns about Psionics during his psychic breakthrough during his initiation ceremony at Fantastic Four Unlimited #176 (Sinestro Comics #181), during which his hypnotic hypnotism hypnotizes Odin into sacrificing himself (Thor Comics #241), during which Warlock hypnotizes Bane into freeing Gotham City from Bane (