When Brad Bird was writing the Incredibles, he tried to come up with super powers that hadn’t been done before. He quickly concluded that every super power has already been invented, so he focused on the family aspect instead.
When Brad Bird was writing the Incredibles, he tried to come up with super powers that hadn’t been done before. He quickly concluded that every super power has already been invented, so he focused on the family aspect instead.
Turns out companies have been churning out funny books for almost a century now.
Hirohiko Araki is determined to find and utilize every power that hasn't been used.
the greatest super power of all: feeding italian spirit bullets salame
commanding a rape computer
Killing people with moss.
Swimming through things that aren't water.
Being a literal boat
While not explicitly swimming, the way this character moves through other matter is pretty close:
https://myheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Mirio_Togata
Ah yes the power of No Clip is super strong.
Honestly I don't think there's even a possibility we will cover every super power for centuries, especially with those stupid cosmic horror type superpowers
I mean.
At any given point in time, every superpower has been used, since superpowers aren't real and only exist as people create them.
So whenever a new power is created, it's used.
The online novel Worm was good at coming up with original powers, or at least making them thematic enough that they felt different. One character could split timelines and live in both simultaneously, collapsing one and starting over whenever he felt like, so he always looked freakishly lucky. One grew dogs in rhino-sized monsters, one could make hands burst out of the terrain, one could ping somebody's nervous system to make them twitch violently, yadda yadda yadda
!Coil!< has one of the coolest superpowers in fiction.
Also fond of:
Clockblocker
Imp
Contessa
Foil
One character could split timelines and live in both simultaneously, collapsing one and starting over whenever he felt like, so he always looked freakishly lucky.
I don't know what it means to "live in both simultaneously", but this is very similar to any superpower where the character can see multiple timelines in the future, and choose the one he likes.
One example is the main character in the 2007 movie Next (an underrated movie IMO) has an abbreviated version of that power. And that was based on a 1954 story by Philip K. Dick called "The Golden Man", who has the same power.
There's some cool nuances to it. He can't see the future in either timeline, he just makes a different binary decision and waits to see which outcome is better, collapsing the worse timeline.
There are other characters who do see into future timelines/possibilities, including a character who can give estimations on the likelihood of any event asked of them at the cost of debilitating headaches. Coil has to use their services in conjunction with his own to get the stuff he has in the story.
I always recommend Worm. Imo it’s the greatest story about superpowers ever made
I’d probably chalk it more at the top of the “original” category than the “greatest story” myself.
Like it’s amazing and I recommend it to everyone as well, but it was also Wildbow’s first major work like that and there are definitely growing pains and issues at certain times as a result.
AZN BAD BOYZ
Dat Dragon in Da Bay
Challenge accepted.
POWERS:
HEROES:
Edit: formatting
Telequinesis! Lmfao
To add to Bahtman, the r/coins sub has a joke where every time someone post a picture of Thai coins with the King of Thailand, Vajiralongkorn, on it, the users worship him as a god. Would be funny to see Bahtman pray to the king or a coin every time he uses his powers. Or at least it would be to me.
There was a small-time villain in My Hero Academia who controlled carbonated water
Bahtman
Damn that's hilarious. His powers grow strong or weakens depending on the economy and the Thai Baht value. His powers? Buy stuff no matter what it is. Anything's for sale to him and he can have legal control over anything. His arch nemesis? George Soros.
I've always dreamt about writing a story, or reading one, about someone who had the power of perfect timing (or luck?). Like if "someone calling out of work and missed their office collapsing" was turned into a superpower. Nothing conscious, or controllable, but literally someone who can't die or lose a battle because their timing is soooooo lucky. Otherwise, he's just a regular dude not immune to anything.
I could imagine the superhero battles with that guy getting just straight-up ridiculous.
Similar characters that already exist:
Domino in Deadpool 2
Shamrock in Worm
King in One Punch Man (mostly played as a gag)
Also Longshot of the Uncanny X-Men
Gladstone Gander from Ducktales originated from comics
Gladstone Gander first appeared in "Wintertime Wager" in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #88 (January, 1948)
The breakthrough of his lucky streak occurs in 1949, within the adventure story "Race to the South Seas!" (March of Comics #41)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladstone_Gander
So close to being Andrew Smith from Gunnerkrigg Court. It's a webcomic. The character has the power to "make things orderly" which in practice, is just luck powers. He can throw an object to hit an impossible target, and everything in the world will align to make the object go where he was aiming. He can stand next to a girl with random teleportation powers, and her power will put her in the best location possible for any situation because his power made it so. He stands next to someone about to receive a fatal blow, it will miss somehow. If he needs to find some ancient artifact that's been lost for centuries, he'll just step on it somehow. I think its pretty cool, and some characters can counter his power or thwart it using magical (ethereal) means.
Was going to say this! Love Gunnerkrigg, and Smitty is a legend. I'd say the most illustrative example of his powers is when he throws a deck of cards up in the air and they all land in a perfectly neat stack, ordered by suit and number. As Parley says, his power is making things boring!
Few other unconventional powers in there too. Reynard can take possession of anything with eyes; Annie has the powers of a fire spirit but if she ever has a child the spirit will pass on and she'll die; Kat is some kind of angel robot messiah. Then there's Jones, Zimmy and Gamma...not going to try to explain them.
Light spoilers but read Wheel of Time.
As everyone's favorite character from book 3 onwards would say, "It's time to roll the dice."
It starts light and ramps up as the series progresses.
I remember there was a guy from Blood Blockade Battlefront who was somewhat the inverse of what you were describing.
He'd cause bad luck to everyone around him, making him seem incredibly fortunate as a result. Like he'd run to meet someone else in the road, and they'd get hit by a car.
I think My Hero Academia has some unique powers. At least to my knowledge.
I started going through class 1a but all their powers exist throughout comic history (granted, some are in different forms, but essentially the same power - such as Momo and Green Lantern - creation). I would say MHA is good at taking existing powers and altering how it can be used/limitations.
I really enjoy the limitations part of My Hero Academia. Making it seem like mutations of the body rather than super powers and a normal human body couldn't handle it. Biggest example of this is the overheating from fire powers and hypothermia from ice powers canceling each other out in our eugenics boy Shoto.
Lots of unique additions, such as lipid requirement for momo, voltage limit, etc are great additions
I'm sure, but it seems unlikely considering the many decades of a headstart comics have and all the universes with unique powers
I always thought of a superpower where you make anyone shart on command is something thats original.
I just put a small twist on the powers I use if they are already common, like with laser eyes I would make it more like a liquid they shoot out at incredible speeds, still laser eyes but just a bit different
This chart is missing the super rich ability
So Bruce Wayne
And Tony Stark!
He’s also missing from the genius category
I was also really annoyed to not see him included under mechanical genius
I get that they can’t include everyone, but if you’re going to make cuts, maybe cut out animal-vegetable-mineral-man
He is literally in his own category of "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral"
Like no shit Animal Vegetable Mineral Man has the power of Animal Vegetable Mineral.
I also like
Mammal > Bat > Manbat
The Great Fitzgerald 華麗なるフィッツジェラルド
ゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴ
Lizard -> Lizard
Toad -> Toad
Puma -> Puma
And no black panther?
Black Panther doesn't really have any Panther powers, IIRC. He's a bit super because of the Panther-god spirit, but it's mostly theming.
Without his vibranium tools, he has general superhero strength, but nothing exceptional among superheroes.
Depends, in the comics he can "has the power to draw all the knowledge, strength, and every experience from every previous Black Panther", see the electromagnetic spectrum, memorize and track scents, smell "fear" and "lies", taste the individual ingredients in food, as the King of the Dead he can control undead and spirits, create weapons out of spirit energy, and has "hyper cosmic awareness" (meaning he can experience visions of parts of the universe, and the multiverse, this is an expanded power of his connection to the previous Black Panthers).
At some point previously he had clairvoyance. He's got a bit more going on for him than just plain old super abilities (granted many of them are just specific uses or applications of those super abilities found normally), and that's before his non-super-powers (things like being multilingual, and his gear).
Edit: He can also apparently have the Panther Goddess teleport him and others to locations of his choosing, that's a bit more interesting than the wiki gives credit for.
I've only seen the MCU version, but based on other characters this seems about right for the level of nerfed MCU are compared to the comics.
Yea and I imagine most, if not all of the things listed there are from any specific comic book run/continuity, and instead a collection of many "versions" of T'chala (and I mean the 616 T'chala, not the other Black Panthers or non-616 variations).
Couldn’t he be under weapon-based?
He doesn't really have a signature weapon, though.
He has vibranium claws, plus, there is a small section under weapon-based that’s for armored suits.
Exactly, it's not like Ironman or Batman have a super power other than money for cool gadgets.
I bet it's -> panther
Owl -> Owl
Cheetah -> Cheetah
Drive giant wheel - big wheel
Vulture -> Vulture
Yet we have Shazam!-based superheroes as “Black Adam” and “Captain Marvel” but not Shazam himself.
Color me disappointed
Shazam Used to be called Captain Marvel and Shazam! was just what he said to go super but because of complicated legal stuff that's not the case anymore.
Oh damn, TIL
It should also say DC next to Captain Marvel to differentiate from the Marvel Comics version.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeease tell me you're joking
Force Based Powers -> Magic -> Shazam!-Based
I wish i was
Shazam is another name for Captain Marvel...
Oh fuck I’m dumb lol
All good lmao, you were just joking all along ;)
Yes! Totally joking all along!
(Full disclosure I’ve always leaned more marvel than dc comics)
Can't blame you for that one, I grew up on Marvel comics too. Something about the overall tone just feels better than DC, though they've both got their share of hits and misses
That was the first area I zoomed in on, wondering what this graph was about
Lizard -> Lizard
Toad -> Toad
Owl -> Owl
Cheetah -> Cheetah
"This graph is useless!"
Tiger --> Tigra
...shit!
Wolverine is Super Healing. Claws are secondary.
Yeah, I don't think anyone would consider Starfire's omni-lingual abilities to be her primary powers.
Some odd choices here. Glad to see Matter Eater Lad included though.
Thor would be electricity or storm control too. We had a whole movie (Ragnarok) about how the hammer isn’t the source of his powers.
Or multiple decades of comic books.
That would make sense. I pointed out the movie cause unfortunately I’ve never read the comics
Then he spent most of the next movie crying about and replacing his hammer. Was a weird arc.
That got me too. Plus Rocket replaced his eye. Seemed like a lot of retconning in a short period of time.
That’s one of my bigger complaints about the MCU, and most Disney stuff right now. The emotional weight of the characters growth keeps getting undermined cause they don’t want to deal with consequences.
The new Star Wars movies were even worse.
RE: the sequel trilogy, I was reading about the development of Jurassic World recently and I think Colin Trevorrow threw low-key shade at Star Wars.
In September 2016, plans for a Jurassic World trilogy were reaffirmed, and Trevorrow was asked how much planning he had put into a trilogy while he was filming Jurassic World in 2014: "I knew the end. I knew where I wanted it to go." Trevorrow later said that planning the beginning, middle, and end of the trilogy ahead of time "is crucial to a franchise like this if you really want to bring people along with you and make sure they stay interested. It needs to be thought through on that level. It can't be arbitrary [...] the earlier Jurassic Park movies had pretty clear definitive endings. They were much more episodic."
Edit: Apologies for the incoming rant. The JJ Abrams Star Wars movies make my blood boil.
It’s not even just the lack of planning. The Force Awakens is a shot for shot remake of A New Hope. That was the plan. JJ wanted to copy the OT, but with all the emotional struggle being replaced by a bigger Death Star. As if a bigger death ray somehow makes the hero’s journey more impactful.
That’s what caused a lot of the issues in The Last Jedi. Rian Johnson had to spend so much energy “subverting expectations” because he had to find some way to make the story diverge from the OT storyline. If he followed the story beats that were setup, it would just become a shot for shot remake of Empire Strikes Back. Rey finds a wise old Jedi master in hiding -> Rey gets training -> Probably finds out she’s a Palpatine.
Then, once the story is finally moving in a different direction, where Kylo actually becomes the big bad (unlike Vader), JJ comes back and starts trying to create a clone of Return again. Right down to bringing back the same villain, so that he doesn’t have to follow through with the emotional setup of Kylo actually turning evil.
God. I forgot how much I hate those movies. I’d much rather have a messy attempt at something different like Last Jedi, than the emotional husk of a nostalgia bomb the other two are.
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He's the American Steven Moffat. He can create a starting scenario (I guess...) but has no answers to the questions he raises.
I have many complaints about the sequel trilogy, but the biggest is completely undoing whether Anakin is the chosen one. All he did was delay paps for a few decades
The new trilogy is like the Season 8 of Star Wars. Smh.
It makes sense to me. Thor Ragnarok was him realizing he's not helpless without his hammer. However, the start of Infinity War showed pretty clearly that the power of believing in yourself isn't quite good enough when going up against someone stronger than you who is also armed with infinity stones.
Usain Bolt is confident in his speed, but I bet you he doesn't think he's a match for car on his own.
It wasn't a weird arc when you consider why he wanted the axe. It wasn't that he needed any powers granted by the axe (although the bifrost capability was neat); he simply needed something capable of dealing a killing blow. It was something meant to kill Thanos - implying that his powers alone weren't enough, which is true. However, he made the same mistake he made in the Thor 1: he trusted his weapon instead of himself and his allies. And he failed, again, this time at the expense of half the universe.
The scene in Endgame is pretty self explanatory, but that was confirming he was still worthy - that, despite his failings, he was still a good and decent person with his heart aligned in the right directions. He wasn't acting from a place of selfish glory or warmongering or anything negative - he truly regretted his failures and sought to set them right because that's what heroes do.
All in all it was a satisfactory resolution to the arc I felt.
Man if you lost your epic lewtz you would feel the pain too my friend. I would go on a retrieval quest and cry about it too. Nobody wants to use some vendor trash weapon after losing their epic.
Thor - god of thunder, not hammer!
Are you Thor, god of hammers?
The Hammer is just the coolest thing about Thor, if you ask me.
The hammer is my penis
But it's not a categorization of characters and what they can do. I read it more as a categorizing of types of powers with examples of someone who has that power.
Yeah, but if you're going to use a comic-book example of a character with omni-lingual powers, why not go with Cypher? Doug Ramsey of the New Mutants is primarily known for his facility with languages and communication. Even many readers of the Teen Titans are probably unaware of Starfire's cunning linguist abilities.
You wanted to use "cunning linguist" didn't you?
It actually didn't occur to me until I was typing, but then I couldn't not use it.
How could anyone not use it when given the chance.
Jean Grey is more so a telepath! Was this made to frustrate people?
Not to mention a good chunk of these aren't really super powered people. Like Deadshot and green arrow who both worked their ass off instead of getting handed powers on a platter
tbf theyre listed under “mastery”
Superpowers don't necessarily have to be supernatural boons, the chart even has simple "Mastery" as a category. If it's A) a power, and B) super, it can be considered a superpower. Batman has totally mundane powers and he is still a SUPERhero.
Batman's super power is being awesome.
And money
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Good try Bru-Mr. Wayne. Everyone knows you can't possibly be the Batman. No matter how awesome you are.
It's actually intelligence. I think in the comics, he and Lex Luthor are considered the smartest on Earth.
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I vote your username becomes a super hero.
Yeah, I don't think anyone would consider Starfire's omni-lingual abilities to be her primary powers.
Well duh, obviously. Because there's already an x-man who's only power is omni-lingual abilities. He's not even ripped or anything.
Also would have been better to put "chi enchanced fist" as a branch off of Mastery --> Martial Arts.
Dragon hugs?
Thor should be somewhere under weather manipulation too. Or heck, electricity manipulation.
There area ton of characters with diverse power sets. It looks like they just have characters listed once with an example power.
Except Emma Frost and Ant-Man. They're both listed twice (Ant-Man under shrinking body manipulation and talking to animals, Emma under turn skin into diamond and telepathy)
Emma Frost is listed twice. Off the top of my head, Aquaman is too and there were some others.
If you wanna go on a wild ride on this topic, look up the historical powers of Wonder Woman at some point. Makes Superman’s powers over the last century sound super narrow well planned out by comparison.
That's true, but she doesn't have super-weaving in her power set.
Also, just the story of Wonder Woman and her creators is a bit of a ride.
Is Thor found elsewhere?
He also has an adamantium enhanced skull (whole skeleton actually, but still…)
First thing I noticed. Second was a laugh at Cheetah = Cheetah. Toad = toad. Lizard = lizard
I liked the fact the Puppet Master is a Master of Puppetry.
I liked "goblin themed weapons" for hobgoblin and green goblin
Came here to say just that. Hulk's healing is also as ridiculous but his primary is pure unadulterated strength.
I thought it was dat pipe tho.
After all…Hulk smash?
https://i.imgur.com/cQdgygR.gif?noredirecthttps://i.imgur.com/Vu2KeAo.jpg
Deadpool's primary ability is biting sarcasm.
Isn't it confirmed that deadpool's super power is actually his ability to break the fourth wall, thereby making him the most powerful being in all of marvel?
(I don't read comics, don't crucify me if I am wrong)
He's not the only one with that power. She-Hulk constantly had arguements with her writer, talked to the reader, and made fourth-wall references in her series in the 80s.
IMO, but in similar line of thought, the most powerful being in Marvel is known as The One Above All, who's often cited as a reference to Stan Lee, and since he was the writer / editor he was the most powerful.
If he truly could break the fourth wall outside of jokes then he would be able to influence the story.
A lotta Deadpool comics involve bad things happening to Wade.
There was a comic series like that. Deadpool kills the Marvel Universe maybe? He kills everyone because he was tortured or something and realized his universe is a comic book, and ends up breaking out and stands outside the writers room at the end going “shhhh.” as they’re describing it happen.
Yeah it's a fun little one-shot. I have it, and you described it well enough.
I headcanon that he has the power, but only if it makes something comedic happen.
Well, it's both. He has both claws and healing.
Ant-Man is on here twice. He can shrink in size, and control ants. So Wolverine should be on here twice too.
But then again, pretty much every superhero has a dozen powers these days. Superman can do pretty much everything. So while a chart like this is fun and cool, it'll never be entirely accurate.
Right... every kid on Halloween wants to dress up with super healing.
Go visit a children’s cancer ward...
I spent more than 50 nights in a children's cancer ward when my daughter was being treated for medulloblastoma. My comment was about Halloween costumes.
I get what you're saying, but the other guys comment was still pretty funny. I hope your daughter is doing well.
Thanks u/NonnagLava. Dark humor always has a backfire potential, but it’s worth the risk. u/aguygoesintoabar , hope your daughter recovers.
Wolverine's super healing has been hugely power-creeped since his introduction. He used to just recover from injuries at an accelerated pace (It took him days to recover from his first published encounter with Omega Red). It was definately a secondary power.
Claws are melee
Yeah Yellow jacket is entirely technology based. He didn't really even come up with the technology, just stole Hank Pym's formula.
Thanos' ultimate Nemesis : color boy, power:changes color of the objects. Infinity stones rendered useless. Haha
Wheres The ability to control time ?
Literally the first thing I searched for too. Can't find it on there. Should be under 'control fundamental forces'
Same, always my go to with powers. Time manipulation is easily one of the most abusable and interesting. You could pause time, go back and forth. There's the obvious dangers but you don't really consider that when thinking about it
Yeah my only hang up is that if I could move around in paused time I would probably still age. If I wouldn't age though then I would use it for sleep, getting all my work done last minute, working out, binging things...hell, anything that I do on my own as a maintenace/self improvement task I would do in paused time. It would be so convenient.
i remember there was a character from marvel who was able to create his own hyperbolic time chambers cant rember his name wasnt on any of the main teams he showed up to help find out what happened on a place that just had been attacked and used his powers to let them search a room before anyone else got there
I also can't find teleportation
Look under "Force Control".
Also gravity control would be one of the best powers as well and technically would give you control over time too.
There is no being that can withstand a black hole. You create a black hole and it would kill Galacticus, Thanos, a mess up those damn time keepers as well.
And yourself
Trevor Fitzroy is a deep cut, even for this chart.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the invisible woman’s about to telekinesis and goes invisible by bending light around her?
Yes
Since I'm a pedant, isn't her power technically all force field manipulation? Like, she's not telekinetic in the sense that she uses psionic power to directly move an object, she places an invisible force field around it and can move the force field.
Pretty much.
She can make a small force field in someone's head to pop it for example.
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There is, but we don't know about it since she's removed all evidence and killed the writers and artists.
Assassin? Not quite:
https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/26683/invisible_woman_2019_-_2020
Lordy
You’re correctZ
Overall this guide is a cool concept poorly executed. Still fun though.
Didn't know there's a hero called Color Boy who can change colors of objects. Sounds pretty lame...
He could make a killing in cosmetology.
Sounds lame until he turns your blood a deoxygenated dark red instead of an oxygenated bright red
It's just gonna change the color though. The blood will still be oxygenated.
Just looked it up, when the color change occurs it affects chemical composition too apparently
You can't 'just' change the colour though. Chemistry makes colours.
That would be a different power, though. I got curious and looked it up.
While in the lab, Vakk was struck by a beam of light from another dimension and received the power to alter any electromagnetic property or organic and inorganic objects and beings. His first feat was to change the frequency and wavelength of an object. As a result, the object reflected light differently and took on a new color.
So I guess it just looks like a different color 🤷♂️
Wait, how does he even fight then?
It’s a map of super powers, nothing to do with fighting
Boooo!
I can’t, but apparently Color Boy can.
Idk dude, he could turn all plants into some colour other than green, essentially killing all food sources and eliminating oxygen production, colour is essentially radiation so perhaps he could change the radiation that particular objects give out (yay cancer and radiation sickness), he can turn Trump supporters black, he can change traffic lights at will and thus will never have to stop at an intersection, he can turn water opaque and kill all marine life or (perhaps the sky), he can very effectively camouflage himself and others, he can literally project beams of absolute darkness, he can change the colour of the sun into red thus neutralising Superman, etc. etc.
Sounds pretty damn awesome to me.
Now, this guy has some imagination! Great ideas!
Let's talk about those Trump supporters... That might get me...
He could also become virtually invisible through camouflage and shadow mimicry.
I mean it’s better than “Matter Eater Lad” (it’s exactly what it sounds like)
Better than Arms-Fall-Off-Boy.
I’m dying haha who the heck thought that was a good idea?!
What are you talking about? It's a great idea!
True
Not as lame as Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man.
You're reading the food pyramid chart again Nel
Tbf, he’s 66.6% more powerful than Beast Boy.
20 Questions Man!
“Traffic lights fear him!”
That was my only thought of relevant use. But you can still identify them by their position.
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They would be totally unimpressed by Color Boys abilities.
Oh look, now that bush has a different shade of grey!
Be fun at a fashion show?
Don't ever say that, with proper power creep anything can become a universal threatening power set.
It is. That's par for the course for "filling out the numbers" portion of the Legion of Super Heroes.
Master of Puppetry
Puppet Master
It’s nice, really!! But it’s not perfect. I mean take Hulk, he fits into several categories (grow in size, throwing objects e.g) but I find him only in super strength. Or the Flash, he also would fit in super healing. And so on. Yeah it’s really nice in giving examples for these super powers, but it’s not complete in a geeky point of view…
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Yeah, true!
I couldn't even find Deadpool, and he's a prime example of multiple weapons/multiple martial arts/regeneration.
Well, most heros are only listed once, and they did a pretty good job of listing each hero with their main gimmick.
EDIT: Correction
I saw at least a couple of multiples. Off the top of my head, Emma Frost is listed twice.
I find it disappointing not to see Ivo’s Android.
Flash should be under control otherworldly force as well.
The karate kid is on here
It’s not the “wax on, wax off” Karate Kid. It’s a DC superhero.
Oh bummer. Didn't know that. I thought it was cool if they added that character as a joke or Easter egg
I think he predates the movie too. The Legion of Superheroes are usually named Something Kid or Something Lad. So he does Karate, and is the Karate Kid.
I remember one comic where they fight the Justice League and Batman is upset that he's listed as a better fighter than him.
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Where?
It’s a dc superhero not the karate kid from the movies
Ah man, I was hoping to see the fruits of Mr Miyagi's training here
Legion of Superheroes character iirc
It's weird that they did a specific "31st century karate" listing instead of a "hand to hand combat" category. You could have put KK, Shang Chi, Iron Fist, Lady Shiva, etc.
Don't forget Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man
Was surprised to see Man-Bat and not Batman for bats, but then remembered Batman has no bat-related super powers. Also, have never heard of Man-Bat.
He was the villain in the inaugural episode of Batman: The Animated Series, though I believe he was introduced in the comics first. Great episode.
He's also fun to play as in Lego Batman.
I was going to say that Man-Bat idea was pretty quickly ticked off the "to do" list for Batman comics... but Wikipedia says he first appeared in 1970.
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So where's teleportation
It's under "Force Control," in the 7 o'clock-ish position
Ah thank you
If I had a nickel for every goblin themed character, I'd only have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it is strange that it's happened twice.
if I had an award I’d give it
gave them my free one for ya
Three (Green Goblin, Hobgoblin and Demogoblin), and more if you count the 5(?) versions of Green Goblin and 3(?) version of Hobgoblin.
And the more insidious: Hemoglobin.
Where’s Black Widow on here? I checked under martial arts and weapons but I’m not seeing her
Black Widow isn't a "martial artist" in the vein of Shang-Chi or Karate Kid. Her skills are more in the "super-spy" vein.
Like which part of the chart
I don't think she was included at all.
I think I feel confident saying if she were she’d be under martial arts —> tactical and weapons expertise
Weapons Based -> Drive Giant Wheel -> Big Wheel
Not sure why that cracked me up as much as it did
Almost all of the names are super lazy. Just add Man, Kid or Girl and you’re good to go.
Big Wheel is the best Spider-man villain.
I’ve never been a superhero fan but I’m really interested in the more obscure examples. Big Wheel? Stilt-Man? Toad? Chlorophyll Kid? Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man? Bouncing Boy and Bouncing Betty? The Shade and ShadowLass? Color Boy? I’m intrigued.
Toad was in some of the X-Men movies, played by Ray Park (Darth Maul) in the first X-Men movie.
Animal-Vegetable-Mimeral Man was featured in Doom Patrol on HBO Max... It's a weird ass show, but kinda fun.
Stilt Man was an early Daredevil villain who has a set of power armor that features telescoping legs. He used them to (get this) commit high-story heists.
Toad was one of Magneto's henchmen in the early X-Men run. Why "dude who can jump" belongs on the same team as Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, and a dude to can create illusions, I can't say. I guess Mags figured he needed five to be a proper supervillain team.
Chlorophyll Kid, Color Boy, and Bouncing Boy are from the Legion of Super-Heros. Their schtick is that there are a lot of them, and with great numbers come greatly lowered power standards.
Paste-pot Pete
Stilt Man is a classic Daredevil villain who wears this metal suit where the legs telescope upward very high.
Toad is a longtime X-Men villain, since the first issue. He's a lackey of Magneto, and has leaping powers. Recently (after the movies, I think) they added a prehensile tongue and acid spit or something.
I could be wrong, but I think Bouncing Boy is a Legion of Superheroes character, who inflates like a ball?
Color Boy sounds like a Legion Member too, but I dunno
Fun fact: At one point Bouncing Boy was leader of the Legion of Super Heroes and married to Triplicate Girl.
I'm not great at slang, but was this "Baller"? :D
Triplicate Girl? Kinky!
What one or more of them gets pregnant? Do they just stay apart until it’s all over? My mind boggles at the alternatives.
Big Wheel was a Spider-man villain.
Was Matter-Eater Lad on there? One of the weirdest powers IMO.
I linked this in another comment, but -
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PitCWbbX1E8
Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man is amazing. And Doom Patrol is a great show.
I know this is out there but if you like these you may like the SCP foundation?
Big Wheel is fucking excellent. If I remember correctly, he was some loser named Wheele who made stuff for another Spider-man villain named Rocket Racer. Rocket would make fun of Wheele all the time and call him Big Wheel and basically just bully the poor guy. Eventually Wheele got fed up with it and created a big giant yellow wheel with arms and just kinda tried to run Spider-man over a bunch.
The Shade is an immortal guy who dresses in a top hat and sunglasses and I think has some shadow based powers. He’s usually a villain of the Justice Society of America, not to be confused with their successors the Justice League. He also sometimes gets into shit with Green Arrow.
You’ve already got like three or four comments telling you about Stilt-man and Toad, and for the others, I’ll just say that if they have a strange sounding name that ends in -boy, -lad, -lass, or -girl, they’re 99% sure to be part of the Legion of Super Heroes, a DC group that consists of a huge group of super powered kids in the 30th century
If you're looking for Batman and the like, it's Mastery -> Martial Arts -> Tactical and Weapons Expertise.
Thank you. Was looking and couldn’t find him. I suppose, given the categories, that fits him the best on this chart.
Interesting attempt, but needs a lot of work.
So where’s Elastigirl?
I think this is solely DC and Marvel comics.
Wouldn't Iron Man be under super intelligence before the armored suit since it was his genius that let him make it as well as other things?
Tony Stark is smart, yes, but not superhuman. You cant really put that on the same level as someone like Brainiac.
Kind of depends on the universe I guess. In the Marvel movie universe he invented a sentient AI(?), an army of AI-driven robots that can also be iron-man suits, the iron man suit, and time travel. That's like... waaaaaaaaaay beyond human.
That was my thoughts. In almost any story he is in he is pretty much creating nanotech out of tin cans he found in a dumpster. True he isn't on brainiac level but he is still so far ahead of normal humanity it's crazy. Big thing is he is still very dangerous without the suit because of his intelligence.
I'd say that if Reed Richards isn't listed under super intelligence, then nobody should be.
I'll agree with you on that as well.
Stark is talented, but he's not superhumanly so (the way Leader, Brainiac or Mr. Terrific are). His main deal is his suit of armor.
Which he made in a cave out of junk.
I can’t find Catwoman? Help!
If you're thinking about the Batman villain - she doesn't have powers.
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Catwoman doesn't really have any super powers. I guess they could have put in a mastery > weapons > whip and put her in with Whiplash.
We've got the famous Paste-Pot Pete who throw glue everywhere.
Don't invite him to your family diners...
Where is flying?
Yes. I've searched this damn thing five times and can't find it.
Where's Cap??
I'm suprised to see him missing.
I would have listed him under "throwing things" I guess, since that's sort of his thing. Cap's actual super-power doesn't let him do anything super-human... he's just a combination of all peak physical abilites (he can run as fast as a sprinter, but for as long as a marathon runner, he's go the strength of a power lifter and the agility of a gymnast, etc).
I second this, I can’t find him anywhere under superhuman ability.
There's only so much room in the diagram, and Stilt Man needs his own category.
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MANBAT
If someone asked me whose super powers I would like to have: the best and shortest answer is: Q 🖖🏻
those aren’t super powers, that’s just being a god! But I like your thinking
He's always first in line?
Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man is a super hero a 6 year old would come up with and I love it
What's even better is Wikipedia tells me he was a supervillain.
Ngl I wasn't expecting much but a velociraptor with diamond arms and vine tentacles is pretty cool
My sources tell me he will be the main bad guy in the next Avengers movie.
And my sources never lie.
Your sources forgot to tell you he's from DC, not Marvel.
Also, he already made a tv appearance in Doom Patrol (watch it if you haven't yet. It's great).
If my sources never lie, this must mean you're the one bringing unholy untruth.
I tried Doom Patrol, it wasn't for me. But I appreciate the recommendation.
I’ve linked this in a few comments now, but -
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PitCWbbX1E8
Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man is amazing. And Doom Patrol is a great show. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s great that you tried it!
Random words with lines linking them
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That's how they made the chart
There’s a larger and updated version out there too! https://popchart.co/products/the-giant-size-omnibus-of-superpowers
There’s all this, t h e n t h e r e s d r . M a n h a t t a n
Dr. Evil is being disrespected here.
None of the Incredibles are here smh
Do the characters from Luca count? This chart is also missing some other Disney/Pixar characters.
Wheres Gambit?
Object manipulation paint splatter. Just above and a tiny bit to the left of it.
Where’s Deadpool ?
“Didn’t Deadpool get pegged in the first
Wade Wilson did but I don’t see how that’s a superpower ?
Jamie Madrox and Multiple Man are the same person. Can't figure out if thats a mistake or a joke.
Haha I had to scroll down so far to see if I was the only person to notice this as well. My guess is Jamie Madrox kinda dropped the Multiple Man thing at one point in the 00s, so maybe the artist thought they were different? Would be a funny meta joke if on purpose.
Yeah! I'm not sure which, but your theory is out there name change is a pretty good one! It works well as an unintentional joke!
Very imperfect, but nice try. I'd think of separating out the universes. Either that or make a much better map that includes Dark Horse characters and others. Next, supernatural is much bigger than simply "force control" (and a "Shazam" category? Uh uh). Next, you're identifying some things as primary abilities that are not. Aquaman? Wolverine (mentioned) and so on.
Thor's hammer doesn't allow him to fly. He throws it an it pulls him off.
That's wrong.
Why do you think he's got those wings on his helmet for?!
Thor can fly independantly of his throwing his hammer. But his natural flight speed isn't as fast as he can reach by throwing himself via his hammer.
Can't find Thor nor flying, can you point it out to me please?
Neither can I, I looked in every category. Maybe I'm blind, but I thought flight/flying would be one of the most prominent ones but I don't see it
https://youtu.be/0iFK8EMswdQ
Boom. You looking for this?
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I guess they consider time-space a force?
And yet time travel isn't on there
Just time don’t count I guess
Because teleportation isn't a power of the mind?
Cool
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If you want a large comprehensive list of powers and all their recorded users through various mediums (anime/DC/Marvel/books) then take a look at the Power Listing Wiki it has pretty much every power ever used by any fictional character, categorised and set out in a easily understood manner. It also has all known users of that power with links to the relevant wikis.
Not saying this isn’t a cool guide, but the wiki provides a much better list for anyone who is interested
Paste-Pot Pete?
Weapons-based. Look to the left of it if you’re looking for him
I’m more curious as to what/who he is. And I’m far too lazy to Google it.
Never heard of quite a few of them, including him. The name reminds me of the kid who ate radioactive glue from the Powerpuff Girls show.
He uses super powered super glue and solvent to do petty crimes, he's a Spider-Man villain if I'm remembering right.
The villain I never knew I needed in life
AKA the Trapster. He's got a super-sticky glue gun.
This reminded me of Worm, for anyone who like superheroes, Worm is an excellent very long novel, and can be read for free here: https://parahumans.wordpress.com/
It’s about a girl who gets an unusual superpower, decides to become a hero, but accidently becomes a villian instead.
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Someone should make one of these for Worm!
I was thinking this
Thank you for including Big Wheel
Dude quit supervillainy to join the Twisted Metal circuit.
Still waiting on a Spider-man film for true fans.
Control fundamental forces
Gravity and electromagnetism
What about strong and weak nuclear forces? Ability to split atoms of your foe should be top tier. Does anyone have it?
Or at least nuclear decay their bodies into hydrogen, that's just as murderous, but less devastating.
Time control will always be the ultimate super power. You can’t beat it. Change my mind.
Where is Legion?
I was looking for this one. David haller has the mastery of telekinesis which allows for the manipulation of the entire environment.
Where is dr. Manhattan?
No time manipulation? Hiro Nakamura style?
So many superpowers exist that I've gotten to the point where I prefer heroes with simple or "weak" powers and see how they can creatively get around their limitations
That is why Batman has remained so popular.
Shazam! Based is not including Shazam or can I just not find him
Incomplete! Where’s the super power I want of never needing to sleep??
Looking for Deadpool but cannot find it
Animal-vegetable-mineral man was included but not Captain America?
energy manipulation
can't beat it
wouldn't iron man be in the power of mind?
Iron Man is smart, but not superhumanly so.
Besides, there are a bunch of heroes with multiple powers, ~~and each is only listed once~~.
Ant-Man and Aquaman are listed twice, could be others but those two stood out to me
No Juggernaut? I think he would fall in on various powers through enchanted gems.
He’s under superhuman ability -> super strength
Odd, I would have listed him under durability, with Thing (and Power Man / Luke Cage).
They both have super strength, obviously, but Juggernaut's thing is "Nothing stops the Juggernaut."
Kirby should definitely be there under "assumes power of others" 😄😁
I think it's all western comic book characters.
Megaman, too.
How tf is SHAZAM! Not listed under SHAZAM! based powers?
Captain Marvel is Shazam, had a name change at some point to avoid confusion with Marvel’s
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Love the fact that Radio-Active man is included!
Not the one for whom goggles do nothing.
Where is stretch dude and clobber girl?
What about melt man?
Zeus : Jupiter :: Magneto : Magnetic Kid
this is a very cool infographic
Nothing about super vision that I could find. No mention of Hawkman or the original Iron Man (DC) but a very cool guide none the less.
Hawkman is listed in the in the purple weapons-based on the bottom right
Thanks, I would have expected Hawkman in Animal Parts, but what about Space Ghost, I can't find him anywhere
Is the "thing" with super durability in superhuman ability that "thing" from the Addams family? The hand thing?
No it's the Thing from fantastic 4
You've never heard of the ever-loving blue-eyed Thing? That's it, it's clobberin' time!
Owl-Owl
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Are some of the “mastery” and maybe “weapons-based” ones really considered super powers? Using Hawkeye as an example, I don’t think archery is one.
Hawkeye and Bullseye actually have supernatural accuracy, rather than just being really well practiced marksmen.
That makes sense then
Either this is 10 years old or the date stamp too left should read MMXXI. Sola lingua bona, lingua morta est.
i like how Gibbon and Feral are the only ones in the mammal and other vertebra sections that aren't named or closely named after the animal they represent. like if you are a superhero that has an animal power whatever animal it is that's your superhero name
There's an update to this over on Pop Chart's website. It's called The Giant-Size Omnibus of Superpowers now.
TIL there is an actual marvel hero named X-Man, otherwise known as “Cable” in the main universe, he had his own comic series part of an X-Men alternate universe where Cyclops and Jean have a baby named Nate Grey who becomes X-Man. Cool!
Nate Grey and Cable are the same person from different universes and they are very, very different character wise.
Both have a "complicated" and convoluted history, Cable's especially is really fucky.
Cable and X-Man are alternate reality versions of eachother.
Cable was created in the 80s, and have a massive array of pouches, shoulder pads, and big fucking guns.
X-Man was created in the 90s and has an absurdly high level of pisonic power.
master of 31st century karate
logia paramecia zoan
I'd love to see one of these but with Wildbow's Parahuman series.
Today I learned of Matter Eater Lad
I love the word matter-eater-lad
Ah yes... my favorite super hero...
Animal mineral vegetable man
Is there a Mortal Kombat one of these anywhere?
drive giant wheel-big wheel Lol
No Arm-Fall-Off Boy in this chart
someone help me find venom
"goblin themed weapons"
Where's Deadpool? Can't find him
Where is Kite Man?
Justice for Arcade! He has mastery over performance arts too!
Spider-Man isn’t listed in sensory, how’s that possible?
Who thought Skinhead was a good name?
Man-Bat?
Wasp doesn’t really have animal based powers. Her moniker is animal based but she shrinks and shoots energy blasts. Afaik Wasps don’t really do either.
Where is extreme wealth?
Mastery should include Shoveling Well.
Where’s my boy, Beast Master?
Also known as “Neural Map of Stan Lee”
I'm here for it! Super cute.
Man-bat lol
Why does “Chlorophyll Kid” exist 💀?
Star Boy could likely pick up Mjolnir
I like how there’s no in between from Weapons to Goblin themed Weapons
Drive giant wheel -> Big Wheel.
Makes sense to me.
Mantis should be Powers of the mind- telepathy- read and influence thoughts.
Oh my gosh! I have one of the original limited run prints of this poster! (Mine's #347 / 1000) It literally hangs above my TV/computer area and it one of my favorite decor pieces. One of my old best friends gave it to me as a holiday present back in like... 2011-ish. The one in the post is slightly differently colored, but still the same!
Animal-vegetable-mineral man?
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Wowwww what a throwback! I’ve had this poster hanging in my room since 2012
I got it from the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store, a really cool non-profit that does free education for kids, but also has a storefront where they sell superhero stuff to raise money for the non profit. The actual classrooms are through secret passages in the store so the kids can get excited about going to class!
Oh good! Just what we needed! It's Animal - Vegetable - Mineral Man!
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Loki should be in mastery of illusions
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Imagine being in a dream, you know it's a dream. This poster is in front of you and a person is saying to choose one, you get to live out your dream with that power. Then when you wake up you realize that it wasn't a dream...
Karate kid superpower?
I'd argue Dr. Strange should be under mastery. Along with some other people under force control
According to this Dr. Dolittle should be a superhero. (Telekinetic-->talks to animals)
I love how "weapons-based" is a category, but "archery" is under "mastery" instead.
What good is this "guide" if it can't even tell me how to use these superpowers?
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i love this
where is squirrel girl :(
Was looking for Deadpool for 10 minutes can’t find
Weapons based; drive giant wheel-big wheel is the best
I don't see loki
kinda triggered with Thor's placement ngl
Where the heck is flight? Am I just missing it
TIL about a Big Wheel driver superhero
I learned a lot. Apparently Lightning Lad can’t control the lightning he makes band The Blob can manipulate gravity somehow? I assume he does it to root himself and make him more immovable. So him being fat is just incidental really.
Super ingestion would be a funny one to see on film
They forgot Forget-me-not, the most forgotten X-men hero.
Drive Giant Wheel ---> Big Wheel
Ant-Man is a super power?
Big Wheel
Which one is the reality bending ability for SCPs?
That totally makes sense. Thanks for explaining guys!
Hirohiko Araki: laughs in Stands
I love how "Goblin-Themed Weapons" gets its own category
Someone please make a spreadsheet of this that i can query...
Haha peepers
The most powerful power here is molecule man.
To control molecules means you can control literally everything in the world. You could spawn a human, despawn anything, build a space station bigger than anyone could ever dream of in the current age. You could remove the excess green house gas particles in the atmosphere, replenish all drained water sources, create proper housing for the homeless, rebuild forests, remove all garbage from existence, refill all mined minerals and so much more... all at the snap of a finger.
ROFL @ Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man.
I wonder what's his super power
Always wins 20 questions.
r/shittysuperpowers
That thing has almost half a million subscribers.
You... I'm dead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal-Vegetable-Mineral_Man
Can't believe it's real.
Ah. Now it makes sense. I actually kinda forgot about him.
But can he turn himself into a pickle? That'd be the funniest shit ever.
I TURNED MYSELF INTO A PICKLE MORTY, A FUCKING PICKLE!!! I'M PICKLE ANIMAL- VEGTABLE- MINERAL MANNNNN!!!!
He's an animal when his wood gets rock hard
This is what he looks like in the show
Cucumber 🥒?
He has the power of a comatose stone tiger.
Who's laughing now?!
Live action
that's... actually pretty badass.
Completely agree, but who in hell came up with that name?
Right? A god damn genius
Animal, vegetable, mineral. Call me Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man. Or call me Supa Hot Boy, hundred degrees, leather jacket. 'Cause I'm Supa Hot, boy! (I'm not a superhero.)
I'm about to end this man's (hero) career
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PitCWbbX1E8
Doom Patrol is the greatest.
Sad to see Arm-Fall-Off-Boy didn't make the list
Better than Chlorophyll Kid.
Why not just pick the best combination and always be that? Look out villains! Diamond Hippocactomus is here to fuck shit up!
In short in matters vegetable, animal and mineral he is the very model of a modern major superhero