Superpowers Images
_small.jpg)
| Concept Name: | Superpowers |
| 1st Appearance: | # |
| Appears in: | 553 issues |
Recent Appearances
Superpowers are abilities some possess and can be inherent from parents, bestowed by radiation, cosmic or passed to them by others such as vampires. Edit
Means and Methods
The X-Men: The "True" Mutants
The Witchblade: The Object That Chooses Its Wielder
Galactus: Granter of the Power Cosmic
Doctor Strange: Earth's Greatest Sorcerer
Black Box: The Master of Machines
Sunspot: Mutant Power Allows Him To Draw Energy From The Sun
X-Man: A Powerful Telekinetic
Manipulation of Superhuman Attributes
Mimic: The Ultimate Power Mimicker
Pulse: The Power Nullifier
Apocalypse: The Creator of the Fittest
Caliban: The Mutant Tracker
Power Sensing: The ability to find or recognize those who have superhuman capabilities, this can allow them to both track meta humans and sometimes know their full capabilities. Caliban is known as being a great tracker because of the fact that his mutant DNA allows him to sense other mutants within the area, precisely enough that he can know where they are. An often used method of sensing mutants is using Cerebro, a device that only the most powerful telepaths can use, many have used it to find mutants including Emma Frost, Professor X, Jean Grey, Marvel Girl, Psylocke and Mr. Sinister.
Physical Power
Lobo: Reborn from a Pool of Blood
This is an ability that means one has a Healing Factor that will allow them to heal from various levels of injuries at various speeds. This can be from immortality all the way down to merely being able to heal from a cut at twice the speed of a normal human. Healing also can mean that it takes one longer to age, gives them immunity to disease and poisons as well as easier capabilities to survive extreme heat and cold. Wolverine is one of the most famed healers, mostly because of the fact that these abilities have allowed him to survive for centuries and combined with his adamantium nearly make him immortal. Other copies of Wolverine such as Cyber and X-23 are both not as strong as Wolverine in terms of their Healing Factor. Cyber has lived with heart problems for his entire life, and has a Healing Factor that cannot readily heal internal organs, unlike Logan's. X-23 however is expected to one day be as powerful as Wolverine as she is his clone, this means that she too may likely live for centuries. Some of the most powerful powerhouses in the Marvel Universe, Juggernaut and the Hulk, have both been at one point reduced to a mere skeleton...yet they retained no injuries and healed in almost no time at all. Then there is Deadpool who was healed when manifesting his Healing Factor, but also permanently disfigured. Also there is Icarus and Angel who are believed to be members of the Cheyarafim, meaning they have healing blood that will keep them alive...as long as their wings remain a part of their body. Finally, as another representative of the Marvel Universe there is the multiple-powered Mr. Sinister who has been shown as being capable of healing from Cyclops' optic blasts. Godzilla, a monster meant to represent man's mistakes, has special cells that heal so fast that it is nearly impossible to harm let alone kill him. In the Heroes comics, Peter Petrelli, has healed from death on multiple occasions. However, he received this power from Claire Bennet who is able to regenerate lost body parts and can heal from any injury that she has, as of yet, received...including death. As for the DC Universe, the most renown being with the ability to heal is Lobo whose healing is unneeded since he is immortal, yet it still provides him with the ability to perform some astounding feats.
Zeitgeist: Spewing Acid
Acid Generation is the ability to produce and release acid, through various forms such as sweat or even in different states of matter such as a gas or a liquid. Some even possess an acidic spit that can be sent across far distances, the acid is special in the fact that it usually causes great harm, to nearly every substance. This is a rare power and yet oddly enough, one single (short-lived) team had two members with this power, it was X-Statix. However that team was comprised of misfits and the like, which hints at the fact that this is a seemingly unwanted ability. One of the two was the team's leader, Anarchist, whose power was acidic sweat. His teammate, Zeitgeist also was unfortunately burdened with this superpower. So he found himself able to spew an acid from his mouth, that could allegedly allow him to eat anything he desired, as it would break down the materials. The Man-Thing also possesses this ability however it is acids that are secreted from his body and can cause intense burns.
Vixen: One With Nature
This is the ability to take on the abilities of animals in your surroundings or just any animal you desire. This includes any ability an animal may have (regenerating limbs, super strength, claws, gills, wings, immunity to harsh climes, etc. Another feature of the power is that sometimes all these manifestations can be trigged simultaneously. Animal Man is the prime example of someone who bears this power, as he can take on the abilities of any animal on Earth thanks to an object from the depths of space. Vixen also can mimic animals, as she wears a mystical Tantu Totem which grants her the ability to take on the characteristics of any animal. Though this ability usually allows its "bearer" to have all the powers of everyone else it takes away from specialization and so even though they have all the individual powers they are not gifted with such levels of power as super-beings like Superman.
Elixir: The Touch of Death
This is defined as the ability to manipulate life itself, through a nearly limitless amount of effects though the basics of the power is just altering one's DNA. The power also varies in levels of strength and control quite extensively. Some of the countless feats that can be performed with this power include being able to physically change the appearance of someone you touch such as creating defects (like extra digits) or even changing colors of skin, hair and eyes. To manipulate life also means to sustain it such as healing others with your touch, either from a small cut or even a removal of the heart. Things that would not naturally heal can also be cured (or bestowed) such as diseases or mental illnesses. The power can also be reversed as to manipulating life to the extent that it brings about death. Sersi is renown amongst the Eternals as being the most-skilled manipulator of matter, this includes both organic and inorganic matter meaning she can rearrange it on a whim. The High Evolutionary can manipulate life in the sense that his powers allow him to both evolve and devolve life around himself. Using the technologies of the Celestials, Apocalypse often manipulates the DNA of mutants to make them more powerful often augmenting their strength to exponential levels. Mr. Sinister is also able to manipulate DNA and though he is considered one of the greatest he can not do it with a touch, rather he needs technology, he simply has the knowledge of how to perform the feat. Mr. M is an Omega-level mutant specializing in matter and energy manipulation, which means he can literally do anything he imagines...including changing DNA structure and function. Elixir is also an Omega-level mutant except his power is a specialty in manipulation of the DNA and with the knowledge he has he is capable of bringing death or life with but a single touch. In the DC Universe such a power is less common but the Titan Raven has the ability to heal other's wounds by absorbing their pain, allowing them to heal.
Terror Inc: The Regenerating Man
Body Part Substitution is the ability to do exactly what the name implies. It allows you to replace your own body parts with those of another to make up for lost or damaged ones. Involuntary biological manipulation will assimilate the body part to the bearer of the superpower, and seek out where it is needed. It will then change its genetic code to match with the individual and become a part of them. In the case of the most famous and perhaps only bearer of this power, Terror Inc, also gains all the memories and knowledge of whose body part he has taken. However, his power is more of a need than a desire as his body constantly decays and he needs to replace its parts with other being's. He is able to do this thanks to the natural secretion of chemicals his body performs so that he can take the body parts of his victims easier, breaking down their body to get at the desired part
Marrow: The Bone Manipulator
This is the ability to manipulate the bones in one's own body through a form personal biological manipulation of the bone structure. This includes, but is not limited to, the generation of new bone mass to replenish ones that are projected out from the skin. This projection is usually in the form razor sharp projectiles capable of doing an extent of damage or even as bones which can be used as blunt weapons such as plates or spikes and even more complicated forms. It also can allow the rearrangement of one's own bones and makes the bearer of this power stronger due to the fact that their bones can become much denser than normal humans and heal faster as well as form a personal armor around the user to protect them from harm. Kimimaro is a prime example of bone manipulation as he has utter control of his entire skeletal structure. He is capable of removing bones from his body and within seconds the skin that was torn is healed and a new bone takes its place. He can then use these bones as weapons most commonly by firing them from his hands. Spyke from the X-Men Evolution comics has the power to control his bones as well, from forming protective bone plates around himself or even lighting his own bones on fire. However, two drawbacks include that he can never fully retract a projected bone and he needs to regain all the calcium he loses when using this power. Bling! is capable of a "one-of-a-kind" type of bone manipulation in which her bone marrow produces a crystalline substance that coats her body, making it more durable, this substance can also be projected at high velocities. Quill is also capable of projecting or extending spikes from his body, however these spikes seem to simply be attached to his body rather than a part of it. Marrow is perhaps the most thought of example of someone who can manipulate bones, even though originally she could not control this power, it has allowed her to become almost immune to harm yet at the same time have an amazing healing factor. An oddity with Marrow is that she possessed two hearts to make up for her extremely peculiar bone growth. Absalom, one of the immortal mutants, was capable of growing razor-sharp bone spines that protrude from his skin.
Madrox: The Multiplying Man
This refers to the ability of creating duplicates of oneself (usually tangible but not always), though sometimes these duplicates are free-thinking beings, other times they work with their "creator". A common theme among those who can duplicate is that they can reabsorb their duplicates and with them all their memories and skills. Also, in most cases at least, when a duplicate is harmed or killed, the original being is left unscathed from the event. Damian Tryp is a mysterious man who possesses various abilities, one of which is to duplicate, however he capable of temporal duplication, as in bringing past and future selves throughout the time stream. This act is referred to as temporal duplication because it is creating duplicates of oneself through chronokinesis, or the manipulation of tempus/time. In the far-off future of the DC Universe, Triplicate Girl, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes has the ability to create two clones of herself with whom she can assimilate herself as to gain their abilities and knowledge. Angela Spica, the Engineer, is capable of using the nanotechnology that grants her superhuman abilities to make copies of herself. Bart Allen has a unique ability granted by the Speed Force that only he possesses of the four Flashes. And that is with the Speed Force he can create clones of himself, however, the death of one nearly killed Bart so he refrained from using the power again before his death. In the world of Naruto, the focal character Naruto as well as almost any other character is capable of creating 'shadow clones' which are seemingly tangible reflections of oneself. They seem to be real but if they come into physical contact with someone/something that intends to destroy them they are hit and become smoke. Naruto was originally considered a failure because he could not do the Shadow Clone Technique but eventually he became a master of it and was renown for his skills in using it. Madrox, the Multiple Man, is the child of "unknown origins" who gains a duplicate every time kinetic energy is released upon his body. He is unable to control these duplicates, however he can reabsorb them and retain all their memories and skills. He is able to have his duplicates killed without he himself being harmed, the only side effect is then he cannot absorb a dead duplicate.
Man-Bat: The Bat/Man Hybrid
Echolocation, sometimes referred to as a sonar or radar sense, is one of the few superpowers that has actually been achieved in the real world by living organisms, however those organisms are not human, rather they are bats. Echolocation is basically sound waves hitting objects and being sent back to someone or something that can sense the differentiations so clearly that it will allow them to see objects as clear as if there were no interference. Very few possess this power and the two well-known users are about as different as could possibly be imagined. The more popular of the two, Marvel's Daredevil is utterly blind and so echolocation has replaced his sight and thus made it better. He must have sound, but unlike a bat the sound can come from anywhere in his vicinity. The other individual is from DC Comics and is known as the Man-Bat who is like a man/bat hybrid. This granted him the gift of echolocation that a normal bat possesses and allows him to emit sound waves that compliment his sight.
Invisible Woman: The Invisible Woman
The ability to render the user unseen from the casual observer though different types of invisibility will mask different energy signatures. The power of invisibility can be granted through many means and can have many different levels, despite the idea that all invisibles are the same. The power is commonly just a side ability amongst the most powerful of beings, however it usually only reaches its true potential in those who have it as their only power. Black Widow a Golden Age villainess was granted numerous powers by Satan, one of which was invisibility. Another way for one to receive the power of invisibility is to be born with it, the Martian Manhunter is from a race of Green Martians that all possess powers that would make them seem omnipotent to the general populace of Earth, and one of those powers is invisibility. Miss Martian, though of a different race than J'onn as she is a White Martian, still possesses all of his abilities. Gentleman Ghost, the spirit of a highway man from more than a century ago, he uses his powers of invisibility and intangibility to wreak havoc in the DC Universe. Deadman, another incorporeal spirit in the DC Universe also has the powers of invisibility and intangibility, however he fights for justice. Then there is Aztek, a man trained for a single purpose...to destroy one of the most powerful super weapons ever conceived, to perform this feat he was given a variety of powers including invisibility. Blackheart, the nigh-omnipotent son of Mephistopheles is another one of those "superior beings" that can become invisible at will. A vampiric-like mutant called Emplate can also become "invisible" as he can shift through dimensions, allowing him to walk in ours without actually being a part of it and thus unseen. Peter Petrelli, a young man with the ability of empathic power mimicry was trained to use his powers by "Claude Rains the Invisible Man" and as such he himself became very skilled in making himself and things around him invisible. Originating in the Teen Titans animated series, Red X possesses a power suit that can allow him to cloak himself, becoming invisible. Violet Parr, a character created for the movie The Incredibles, possesses both invisibility and the power to create energy shields, a combination of powers that make it clear she was based off of Invisible Girl. Another invisibility "copycat" is Super-Skrull who was genetically changed so that he possessed the powers of all the Fantastic Four including Invisible Woman. Then of course there is the most famed invisible, Invisible Woman herself. Like mentioned as Violet's powers, Susan Storm can become invisible by bending rays of light around herself and can also make energy fields that cannot be penetrated though enough force can cause her to no longer be able to keep them up.
Saint of Killers: Whose Power Knows No Bounds
Invulnerability is the power Ability to withstand various forms or strengths of physical damage or injury though usually there is still limits. The Thing is an example of a super being whose appearance must suffer for them to possess a superpower as it is Ben Grimm's rock-like skin that will allow him to remain uninjured even when shot at by armor piercing rounds. Captain Marvel can withstand vast amounts of physical force thanks to the powers granted to him by Shazam, specifically his Stamina of Atlas. Thanos like all Eternals, possesses superhuman durability but of course that is the least of his powers. She-Hulk, the female variation of her well-known cousin The Hulk, Jennifer Walters gains superhuman durability whenever she goes into her She-Hulk form. Wonder Woman has a very high level of invulnerability, but is vulnerable to projectiles (such as bullets) forcing her to use her bracelets to deflect them if she wishes not to suffer harm. Like all Kryptonians, when in the presence of Earth's yellow sun, Supergirl gains a variety of powers including an invulnerability that can easily withstand gunfire. Sentry, one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe is another example of an "omnipotent hero" that can seemingly never be harmed thanks to his invulnerability. The armored Colossus gains invulnerability from the nigh-impenetrable armor his mutancy allows him to create so that he can protect himself from harm. Darkseid, one of the mightiest specimens of the New Gods race, he has an invulnerability on par with Superman. Mr. Majestic is also a being of true power, who possesses a high level of invulnerability, but even if he is injured his regenerative healing will soon restore himself. The Hulk, has an invulnerability that may be different in itself from the majority of other beings with superpowers. As he has an incredibly powerful healing factor that has restored him from a skeleton in mere seconds, so it has been assumed that his invulnerability is actually a healing factor so fast that it deceives the eye to think he was never injured. Juggernaut however is the epitome of invulnerability, bestowed with Cyttorak's power he can put up a force field that is nigh-impenetrable and only the strongest of magics can get through, however all harm that is taken upon himself is healed instantaneously. Thanks to the stamina of Shu, Black Adam is almost utterly invulnerable, enough so that swords easily shatter upon his body, most weapons make their users attempts futile, even a special bullet crafted from the Rock of Eternity. The superhuman durability of Gladiator allows him to effortlessly withstand the effects of concussive blasts, high caliber bullets and even the heat of a supernova or the vacuum of space. The durability of Puck has been compared to compressed rubber and allows him to survive explosions and high caliber bullets despite his small size. Superman's invulnerability has changed throughout his many incarnations. Originally nothing less than a bursting shell could pierce his skin, later he became able to fly into the core of the sun and emerge unharmed and though it has weakened since then it is still very powerful. The Saint Of Killers possesses an invulnerability that is perhaps a step beyond any of the aforementioned individuals as he has survived such things as being hit with a nuclear missile in the chest and emerging without a scratch.
Sebastian Shaw: The Black King
Sometimes referred to as inertia absorption, it is the ability to take in forms of kinetic energy. This energy then becomes a part of the being who usually converts it into superhuman strength, durability and/or growing in size. The energy can be stored within one's body, though for how long this can be done is a variating factor. In Marvel's Ultimate Universe, Lord Apocalypse is a valiant foe and proved his power when cops shot at him with relentless gunfire. As a response, he merely absorbed the energy, enhanced his strength, enhanced his size and made his durability all the stronger. Maelstrom's energy manipulating powers no next to no bounds and with them he is able to absorb kinetic energy (up to magnificent levels) and can transform it into either energy blasts or simply using it to further augment his powers. The Growing Man android is immune to physical harm as it will simply absorb any forms of kinetic energy that are directed at itself, though too much power has been shown to damage the android before. This will then cause its cells to replicate at such a speed that the android grows in size, its strength increasing at the same time. Maverick, a member of the Homo Superior race, has the power to absorb and then store kinetic energy into his body taking almost no damage at all. He can then release this energy either in the form of concussive blasts or use it to increase his strength up to ten times its original limit. Strong Guy is X-Factor's strong guy and is superhumanly strong, however if he comes into contact with kinetic energy he will temporarily increase his strength based on the amount of energy. However, this strength must then be released within fifty seconds or it will leave him deformed, as his muscles get larger as he gets stronger. This increase of muscle mass also provides more durability and as such makes gunfire harmless to him. Sebastian Shaw is renown for his power to absorb kinetic energy (as well as electrical) and then store it up so that it can build up continuously. His strategies often involve him taking punches or hits so that his reserves will be fully powered and he can then release the energy increasing his strength, speed and stamina to much greater levels.
Maggott: Man Without a Digestive System
\Matter Ingestion refers to possessing the ability to ingest any (or at least many) forms of matter, many that would normally be indigestible, without receiving any repercussions. The most popular of these limited amount of characters is Matter-Eater Lad, he is often considered as having a humorous yet useless power but it proved to be enough to get him membership into the Legion Of Super-Heroes. His powers allow him to eat any material, in any quantity without any need of slowing down whereas a normal human would have to wait for it to digest. Calorie Queen, who is basically a female counterpart of Matter-Eater Lad is also a native of Bismoll and resides in the 31st century. She possesses the same abilities as he, as it is inborn in all members of their race. However, she could not join the Legion of Super-Heroes because of such similarities and instead became a member of the Legion of Super-Rejects. In the Marvel Universe, there are also those who possess the ability of matter ingestion, but at a much lower level than their DC counterparts. Freakshow, a young mutant from Genosha, has the power to transform into a variety of different creatures all with different powers. Some of these forms have allowed him to perform feats in eating abnormal substances such as building debris. He has also been able to swallow Unus The Untouchable but could not digest him thanks to the impenetrable force field that surrounds his body. Finally, there is Maggott, even though he does not actually possess a digestive system he still can "eat" almost anything. Within him live two creatures called Eany and Meany that he releases from his body so that they can find any material to devour. They then return into him, allowing his body to absorb nutrients and keeping him alive.
The M Twins: Impersonating M
The ability to temporarily merge two or more beings into a single being by combining cells of two or more separate beings, which results in transforming into completely new and stronger being than before though not always will the beings gain size or change in appearance although it is common for such a thing to happen. The triplets known as the Kleinstock Brothers were servants of Magneto and though not to much has been completely established about them it is known that the two brothers, Harlan and Sven could merge into a single being, as they are now permanently a single being that simply possesses two upper bodies. However, if their brother Eric could merge with them as well was never said as he did on their first mission but it is assumed he could. Then their is one of those peculiarities in the comic book world,B' Wanna Beast, the man who had the ability to create strange creatures with his ability to merge two different animals together, creating a chimera. The Collective Man is made up of five brothers, and when they combine to create the Collective Man, they have many times more power (strength, speed, etc.) than they had as separate beings. When they were first introduced, they only had five times the amount of strength that they normally had (because five of them would merge into one), but soon they learned how to gain more power by picturing the population of China in their head, allowing them to use the population's physical and mental prowess. The St. Croix siblings also have the ability to merge into a being or other beings. The M Twins, the youngest of the siblings merged and for a while impersonated their older sister, M, while she had been taken captive by their even older brother, Emplate. While in this state, they gained all of their sisters powers, but it is unknown what powers and abilities they would have, but we have seen the other siblings merge. The Twins and Emplate at one point merged to become the powerful being known as M-Plate.
Pheromone Manipulation
Wallflower: Releasing Pheromones
Taskmaster
Photographic reflexes is the ability to copy a physical movement exactly how the possessor of this power saw it. Normally however, they are not able to copy another superhumans ability, for example, if they saw someone fly, they would not be able to fly. They can only perform moves within their own physical limit. Taskmaster uses this ability to replicate moves of his opponents or superheroes. When Echo was first introduced, she watch several different videos of superheroes performing various moves and copied them. She was also seen playing the piano very well, apparently a skill she learned because of her power. Echo's power even extends to the point where she can learn to speak a new language by watching someone speak it (because she is deaf, Echo has to lip read). Monica Dawson has an iPod filled with multiple moves that might come in handy for her to copy, including parkour. Monica's power was dubbed as "adoptive muscle memory" by Mohinder Surresh when he examined her.
Poison Ivy
Ability to assault others with one or more varieties of toxins either through secretion through touch or mental control, with widely disparate effects like drugs or make person ill/die. Poison Ivy manipulates plants and produces a variety of floral poisons and toxins. One of which allows her to manipulate people by making them feel hopelessly attracted to her. Her own blood is toxic. Cobra also possesses certain unusual physical powers do to his mutagenically altered physiology giving him the power to move like a snake. Bliss has another mouth on her tongue, and when this tongue bites someone, it injects them with poison that causes unconsciousness. After being transformed by Apocalypse and serving as his Horseman of Death, Gambit had the ability to convert certain materials into poisonous gases. Scorpion is able to emit toxins from her left arm, allowing her to harm her opponents in various ways. Maya Herrera possesses the ability of poison generation, but she releases it in an unusual way. When her ability is activated when she is under high levels of emotional stress/fear, she cries black tears, a symptom that is passed to the victims of her power, with the exception of her twin brother (Alejandro) who is immune to her power and is the only one who is able to reverse the effects of her poison.
Medusa: Inhuman
The ability to animate and lengthen one's hair to carry objects/ people or slash opponents like a whip. Medusa has this ability. Her hair is strong and more resistant yet the same thickness of average hair. She also has a psychokinetic ability to use her hair to move heavy objects to performing delicate operations like picking a lock. If she concentrates, she can snap her hair as if it were a whip or rotate it like a fan. She can also bind people and lift more weight than her arms could. Even though her hair has no nerves, she can feel sensations through her psionic field. Lorelei Travis also has this ability, and she usually used it as a part of her exotic dance at the club she previously worked at. Rapunzel used her ability in combat, but also used it to sooth her team mate, the Yeti.
Darwin: The Evolving Boy
Ability to develop a resistance or immunity to whatever they were injured by or exposed to physically such as physical injury, fire, drowning, harmful gases and others. This effect can be permanent or temporary depending on the user. Darwin, X-Men member, has honed his ability and is able to use it to do things such as boost his knowledge to learn alien languages among other things. Other things he is able to do, consciously or subconsciously include making his body flame and heat resistant, night vision, become elasticated and transform into pure energy. Lifeguard also has this power, usually turning her skin into a gold substance and sprouting wings and even once it allowed her to enter Sage's mind and save her life. Naturally, as a part of his power, Helix's DNA recodes itself, adapting to the outside threats that face him. One of the most well known character's to have this ability is Doomsday. Doomsday was created by a scientist known as Betron on Krypton that purpose was to be able to be able to survive at all cost. Using genes that would survive Betron repeated a cycle over and over endlessly until Doomsday killed all and even his creator Betron. Even though his creation killed him Betron succeeded in creating the ultimate monster that is able to be killed and born again to die only the same way once. Regenerating each time he is killed makes Doomsday the ultimate enemy and with his strength able to match the Man of Steel's there is limit of his power.
Rockslide (in lava/magma Limbo form): A Psionic Golem
The ability to reconstruct/reconstitute/reform one's body after it has been destroyed. Rockslide has the ability to do this, and is probably one of the only known comic book characters that has this power. When he first reconstructed, he needed the help of Hellion's telekinesis to reform him. The second time he reformed, he did it by himself, but this time his form was a lot rockier, but he lost his ability to fire his limbs the second time around. He was later able to reform again, but this time out of rocks from Limbo, that included magma, and also allowed him to be resistant to magic. He later learned to reform himself consciously, and now he can do it at any time. When Rockslide explodes and then reforms, he is unable to carry his clothes with him. Superhumans who can self detonate (below) are able to reform after they detonate. Nitro is able to reform himself from the gas he turns himself into after he explodes. Unlike Rockslide, he possesses a special field that allows him to reform the clothes he's wearing too. Breakdown is also able to reform after she explodes. These superhumans don't have to reform straight away, and can stay in these states for quite a time.
Nitro: The Stamford Explosion
Ability to explode one's body mass creating an explosion and reform (see above). When Rockslide explodes, he only explodes his body, as in he doesn't blow up with energy like Nitro. Rockslide's explosions don't extend that far, and tend to just throw the rock fragments of his body, doing very little harm to the surrounding environment. Nitro on the other hand can cause devastating blasts, like real explosions. Sometimes the can be relatively small ones, enough to destroy a building, but other times, when Nitro is on M.G.H. (Mutant Growth Hormone), he can cause incredibly gigantic blasts, proven recently when he exploded destroying Stamford. If he explodes to many times in a row, Nitro will pass out from the amount of energy he used to explode.
Canary Cry
Sonic screaming is the ability to use one's voice to create powerful screams. These screams can cause various effects, depending on how powerful the scream is. Some screams are powerful enough to shatter objects and cause unconsciousness. Banshee was even able to use his sonic scream to allow him to fly among various other things such as hear distant conversations and more. His daughter Siryn has been seen using her powers her father never has, such as creating force fields, sending secret message via her voice that only the target can hear, and like the Sirens, Siryn can use her voice as a form of persuasion, but this does not work on mutants. When in combat, Siryn normally focuses her voice into what she calls a "sonic lance", a tight focused beam of sound waves, that can severely injure/damage anything it comes into contact with. These two characters have very powerful cries, and once it has even been stated that Siryn could probably destroy and entire city block with her voice. Blackbolt, King of the Inhumans has the ability of sonic scream, but his are much more powerful. A mere whisper from him has proved to have devastating results, taking out a whole fleet of helicopters and keeping the Hulk at bay. As King of the Inhumans, obviously he has to address his people, so he and his wife, Medusa, have learned sign language and she speaks for him. Blackbolt has trained himself so he'll never make a sound accidentally. Motormouth has this ability too, but she is probably best known for humming very quietly, this allowing her to use ultrasound to see through objects. The Black Canary's "Canary Cry" is basically this power. The cry is so strong that it is able to dent steel, and even kill someone within its range.
Beast: A Natural Acrobat
The user's personal agility, balance and bodily co-ordination are enhanced to the levels beyond a normal humans limit even surpassing a trained athlete and allowing the user to jump over heights twice their height or even walk a tight rope with ease. One of the characters most probably best known for his superhuman agility is probably Beast, picture here: Beast has always been seen performing complex stunts such as back flips and has been seen jumping far through the air. Nightcrawler also has superhuman agility, and can easily perform complex stunts. He once even teleported onto the head of Jean Grey's Phoenix memorial statue, and stood on its head, on his toes.
Luke Cage: Nothing Can Pierce His Skin... Or Can It?
Ability to have a higher resistance to one or more forms of damage before being injured. People such as Luke Cage, Solomon Grundy, and Tick has this superpower. Luke Cage is only superhumanly durable and is not completely invulnerable, as adamantium can dent his skin. The same apply to Frenzy, who has skin as hard as steel. Emma Frost's diamond form is also only superhumanly durable, as it has been destroyed (shattered to be exact by a diamond bullet) and has been pierced by diamond, and it is most probable that it could be pierced by adamanitum too. Various superhumans with superhuman strength have superhuman durability, as normally the thickness of their skin increases and the extra muscle mass help protect them. When The Justice League had to battle Solomon Grundy after he returned from the dead, the League couldn't hurt him. The only thing that was able to stop him and hurt him was Hawkgirl's mace made of Nth metal that is able to hurt magical or disrupt magical people or things. Invulnerability and superhuman durability are two different things, as invulnerability means that nothing can penetrate your skin at all, where as superhuman durability only makes you more resistant to these outside threats.
Blade's Quick Reaction
Ability to react faster than a normal human. Blade has this ability due to the fact that he is part vampire and with him being a good fighter and knowing all of the arts enhances this ability. Blade reflexes are so good that ts even to the point where it comes naturally that he re-acts before his brain can actually analyze a situation. Even though this characteristic is found in humans, it also is selectively seen in rigorously trained martial artists. This shows that Blade has to have at least 25 to 50 years of martial arts training history. Midnighter has fast reflexes due to his body being altered to give him inhuman balance as well as faster nerve endings so he can move and react quicker than any human and many superhumans. Madman also has fast reflexes. It is not unusual for certain characters with superhuman speed to have enhanced reflexes too. People such as Northstar and Aurora who have superhuman speed also have superhuman reflexes. Northstar has reflexes fast enough to dodge an on-coming object traveling at 18.7 mach. Aurora has been seen to have reflexes quick enough to check and apartment within seconds. With superhuman reflexes and the added bonus of his "Spider-Sense" power, Spider-Man can dodge various attacks quickly. People with photographic reflexes sometimes can perform some moves before they are even consciously aware that they're doing it, their body naturally re-acting to what is happening in the environment around them (an example of this is when Monica Dawson "619"'d a robber without knowing what she was doing).
Wolverine
Molly Hayes: A Little Powerhouse
Ability to have a level of physical strength higher than that possible by a human being in real life, able to lift more than a normal humans body can handle. The Hulk's strength is directly connected to his emotional state, and the angrier he gets the stronger he gets. His cousin, She-Hulk who received a blood transplant from him, is also incredibly strong, but her's doesn't very depending on her emotional state. Thor possesses incredibly high level strength because of his demi-god status, and he is one of the strongest Asgardians. This also applies to Hercules, who is the strongest Olympian. Namor has this ability, but because his Atlantean heritage, he is stronger when he is covered in water. He is still very strong out of water, but the more he dries of the more, the weaker he becomes (strength wise only). The Sentry and Ms. Marvel also has incredibly high levels of superhuman strength, the first being much stronger though. But, if needed to boost their strength, these two can use their energy adsorption power to adsorb energy, using this to increase their strength. Rogue also possessed super strength when she had absorbed Ms. Marvel's powers and later Sunfire's, but has now lost both these characters abilities. Another well known character with superhuman strength is the Thing, who is as strong as the others that have been stated. Although when first introduced Molly Hayes could only lift a few tones, she can now lift at least one hundred tones when she toppled a gigantic monster. A side effect of this power for Molly is that she falls asleep after using her power. Her eyes also glow pink when she uses her powers. Colossus is also very strong when in his armored form, but he has been seen to be overpowered by the Hulk. Gentle has a variation of superhuman strength dubbed "extreme strength". Gentle can increase the level of his physical level to a level that shouldn't even be possible. Because this increase in mass puts so much strain on his body, he has to keep it in check with vibranium tattoos. Later in his life, the tattoos will fail to keep his power under control, and he'll die. Wonder Man is another superhuman with strength that passes incredibly high levels. Galactus, being who he is, has a very high level of superhuman strength. Strong Guy, using his power mutant power, can increase his strength, but it is already at a high level. In the DC universe, Superman has this ability only when he is under the influence of Earth's yellow sun. His cousins, Supergirl and Powergirl also has this ability when under the influence of the yellow sun as well. Wonder Woman possesses super strength as she was raised by a group of Amazonians. A group of fierce warriors lead by Wonder Woman's mother Hippolyta. She was trained and she earned the armor of things she possess. She also is a Demi-God just as Hercules.
Supergirl
Ability to see more than a normal human of a 20/20 vision. One of the most well known characters to have this ability is the "Man of Steel", Superman. Ever since his debut appearance he was always known for using his visions to get him out of trouble and usually to save Lois Lane. His cousin, Supergirl also has this ability and Power Girl. Superboy also has this ability since he was cloned from Superman's DNA in a governmental 'Project: Man of Tomorrow'. After the death of Superman, Project Cadmus with help from Lex Luthor tried to make another Superman by using his DNA. All attempts failed since it was Kryptonian DNA, but with Superman's blood fused with Lex they've created Superboy, making him the first successful clone. Also all Kryptonian when under the influence of Earth's yellow Sun has this ability. Many characters across the industry have this power, as a part of their heightened senses. Although not technically superhuman vision, as a part of his mutation, Angel's body adapted to be able to stand flying, and his eyes are able to withstand high velocities of wind and are able to see certain things in the distance. Some characters even have the ability to see things on a molecular or a sub-atomic level, examples of these characters being the Silver Surfer and Captain Universe. Many other characters have this power too, for example the Black Panther, who's powers were granted to him by the Panther God, and M and Warpath who gained their powers through mutation.
Night Vision
Doctor Mid-Nite
Lar Gand
Ability to see through solid objects through different layers. The most well known character to have this ability is Superman. Superman uses his X-Ray visions to see through buildings and walls. His power of X-Ray vision though can't be used to see through lead walls. At first Superman when first learning about and trying to use his powers was only able to see through clothing usually to see Lois underwear but as time progressed he was able to control this power. In the Marvel Universe a villain named Peepers has this power. He uses this power to watch his opponents moves so he can com to a plan to win. Lar Gand also have this superpower. Lar Gand is a member of the Legion of Superheros who was a member of the nearby planet Daxam. Daxam is neighbor planets to Earth and where Krypton once was. Lar Gand went to Krypton and when told of the planets destruction by Jor-El left and was in suspended animation until his arrival on Earth. Earth is where he will become one of Superboy's friend. Closely being related to Kryptonians, Lar Gand has Superman's and Superboy's powers when under the influence of Earth's yellow Sun. Lar Gand name would be Mon-El closely resembling Clark's. Power Girl has this ability. Superboy also has this ability. Supergirl has this ability. Norm