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[edit] Magical powers

Main article: Magic (paranormal)

Ability to use supernatural forces to varying degrees. Often used to simulate other powers, such as mind control and elemental attacks. Note that not all "magical" superpowers are actually supernatural (Mxyzptlk's abilities, for instance, rely on a set of physics different from our dimension's), but are still so beyond our understanding of science as to be completely unexplainable.

 Examples: Doctor Strange or Doctor Fate

[edit] Mutation

Main article: Mutation

Abilities resulting from either induced evolution or natural selection in humans. These abilities range from enhanced physical abilities, such as strength, speed and accelerated healing, to phenomenal psychic powers, such as telepathy and telekinesis. These powers are sometimes caused by a genetic birth defect, which shows up later on in life as supernatural powers, but exposure to chemicals or radiation has also been known to cause superhuman mutations.

 Examples: X-Men or Captain Comet

[edit] Non-human physical feature

The power may stem from a non-human feature of the user's physical form (a creature made up entirely of fire, or of rock, for example). This is often the case with space-aliens.

 Examples: Thing (Ben Grimm) or Swamp Thing

[edit] Technopathy

Main article: Technopath

Ability to manipulate technology. It could manifest as a special form of electrical manipulation, a special form of shapeshifting, or even a special form of ESP.

 Examples: Network or Hank Henshaw

[edit] Telekinesis

Main article: Telekinesis Ability to manipulate and control objects with the mind, often in ways not visible to the naked eye. An extremely powerful telekinetic might be able to control individual atoms.

 Examples: Jean Grey or Psimon

[edit] Object-based powers

See also: List of objects in the DC Universe

Powers derived from objects (also known as artifacts), such as armor, jewelry, weapons, and wands.

 Examples: Green Lantern's power battery and ring, or Juggernaut's Ruby of Cyttorak

[edit] Powers

[edit] Power manipulation

[edit] Power Bestowal

Ability to bestow powers or jump-start latent powers.

 Examples: Sage or Synergy

[edit] Power mimicry or absorption

Ability to copy or absorb another's powers or skills.

 Examples: Amazo or Rogue

[edit] Power negation

Ability to cancel the superpowers or mutations of others.

 Examples: Leech or Parasite

[edit] Power sensing

Ability to sense and recognize superhuman powers.

 Examples: Sage or Caliban

[edit] Energy powers

Main article: Energy These powers deal with energy generation, conversion and manipulation. In addition to generic energy, versions of these powers exist that deal with such things as light, sound, electricity, nuclear energy, and "darkforce".

[edit] Energy beams

The ability to generate or transform various forms of energy into a "solid" or concussive beam of energy.

 Examples: Cyclops or Nexus

[edit] Energy blasts

Main article: Energy blast

Various forms of energy that are expelled from the body.

 Examples: Ultron or Havok

[edit] Energy constructs

Similar to Force Fields, but far more intricate; the ability to create complex shapes (such as giant boxing gloves or cages) or even functional machinery (such as fire extinguishers or laser rifles) out of solid energy.

 Examples: Argent or Songbird

[edit] Energy conversion

Converting one form of energy into another in various forms and intensity.

 Examples: Dazzler or Bishop

[edit] Energy manipulation

The ability to control and generate various forms of energy.

 Examples: Silver Surfer or Captain Atom

[edit] Force fields

Main article: Force field (science fiction)

Energy shields, often invisible or translucent, produced as a form of protection.

 Examples: Unus the Untouchable or Meteorite [edit] Classical elements

Ability to control or manipulate the classical elements.

[edit] Air and wind manipulation

Ability to control, generate, or absorb air or wind.

 Examples: Red Tornado or Wind Dancer

[edit] Cold manipulation

Ability to reduce the kinetic energy of atoms and thus reduce temperature, often used to control, generate, or absorb ice.

 Examples: Iceman or Killer Frost

[edit] Earth manipulation

Ability to control the classic element of earth; sand, stone, rock, lava, or dirt.

 Examples: Terra or Sandman

[edit] Electrical manipulation

Ability to control, generate, or absorb electrical fields.

 Examples: Electro or Static

[edit] Fire manipulation

Main article: Pyrokinesis

Ability to control the kinetic energy of atoms to generate, control or absorb fire.

 Examples: Inferno or Pyro

[edit] Plant manipulation

Ability to accelerate the growth of, control or animate plant life.

 Examples: Poison Ivy or Swamp Thing

[edit] Water manipulation

Ability to control, generate, or absorb water.  Examples: Hydro-Man or Aspen Matthews

[edit] Weather manipulation

Ability to control or mentally affect the weather.

 Examples: Storm or Rainmaker

[edit] Manipulate fundamental forces or reality

These powers may be manifested by various methods, including: by some method of molecular control, by partially or fully shifting to another dimension, by manipulating the geometric dimensions of time or space, or by some other unnamed method.

[edit] Animation

Power to bring inanimate objects to life or to free a person from petrification.

 Examples: Mr. Mxyzptlk

[edit] Density control or phasing

Ability to alter the density of objects or possibly even one's self. Typically manifested in two primary forms - intangibility (low density) and invulnerability (high density).

 Examples: Vision or Martian Manhunter

[edit] Elemental transmutation

Main article: Transmutation

Ability to alter chemical elements, changing them from one substance to another. May be limited to self-transmutation. (Also known as alchemy.)

 Examples: Metamorpho or Alchemy

[edit] Gravity manipulation

Ability to manipulate or generate gravitons, or other types of gravitational interactions.

 Examples: Graviton and Freefall

[edit] Immortality

Main article: Immortality Ability to live forever. This may be complete immortality in which the character cannot be killed in any way, appears to die but is resurrected somehow, or simply an inability to age normally, or even only be killed in specific ways (i.e. decapitation).

 Examples: Vandal Savage or Mr. Immortal

[edit] Light manipulation

Ability to control, generate, or absorb photons (particles of light).

 Examples: Doctor Light or Dagger

[edit] Magnetism manipulation

Ability to control or generate magnetic fields.

 Examples: Magneto or Doctor Polaris

[edit] Mass manipulation

Ability to increase or decrease mass in an object or person.

 Examples: Atom or Micromax

[edit] Molecular manipulation

Ability to mentally manipulate molecules and objects on a molecular level.

 Examples: Mr. M or Solar

[edit] Omnipotence

Ability to have unlimited powers.

 Examples: The One Above All or The Presence

[edit] Probability manipulation

Main article: Probability

Ability to alter probability, causing unlikely things to happen or likely things to not happen. This is often described in terms of blessings and curses.

 Examples: Jinx or Scarlet Witch

[edit] Radiation manipulation Ability to manipulate toxic radiation along the electromagnetic spectrum.

 Examples: Radioactive Man or Captain Atom

[edit] Reality warping

Main article: Reality warper

Ability to change or manipulate reality itself.

 Examples: Franklin Richards or Proteus

[edit] Sound manipulation

Ability to mentally manipulate sound waves.

 Examples: Klaw or Songbird

[edit] Time manipulation

Ability to affect the flow of time, slowing, accelerating or even stopping it.

 Examples: Hourman or Sway

[edit] Transportation or travel

[edit] Darkness or shadow manipulation

Ability to create or manipulate darkness, often by mentally accessing a dimension of dark energy (the Darkforce dimension in Marvel Comics, and the Shadowlands in DC Comics) and manipulating it. A character with this power may possibly be able to create solid forms or travel via this dimension. (For the ability to create the absence of light, or to control light intensity, see Light Manipulation, above).

 Examples: The Shade or Darkstar

[edit] Electrical transportation

Ability to travel through electrical conduits (such as power lines, or telephone lines), often entering through devices such as televisions, electrical poles, or computers.

 Examples: Atom or Air Wave

[edit] Omnipresence

Ability to be present anywhere.  Examples: Eternity or The Source

[edit] Pocket dimension

Main article: Pocket universe

Ability to create temporary pocket dimensions or access permanent 'small' dimensions.

 Examples: Magik or Abyss

[edit] Portal creation

Ability to create wormholes in time or space.

 Examples: Blink or Gates

[edit] Summoning

Ability to summon objects or beings for their assistance.

 Examples: Shade or Kid Eternity.

[edit] Superhuman speed

Ability to move faster than usual. Often times approaching light speed.

 Examples: The Flash or Quicksilver

[edit] Teleportation

Main article: Teleportation

Ability to move from one place to another without occupying the space in between.

 Examples: Nightcrawler or Ambush Bug

[edit] Time travel

Main article: Time travel

Ability to travel through time.

 Examples: Trevor Fitzroy or Hourman

[edit] Personal physical powers Powers which effect a physical person's body.

[edit] Accelerated healing

Main article: Healing Factor

Ability to heal rapidly from any injury; the rate of recovery varies from character to character.

 Examples: Lobo or Wolverine

[edit] Animal Mimicry

Ability to to take on the abilities of certain animals either by changing into an animal, or by simply copying their abilities.

 Examples: Animal Man

[edit] Biological manipulation

Ability to control biology. Biological Manipulators can heal, alter body composition and other things relating to the living body.

 Examples: Elixir or Masque.

[edit] Body part substitution

Ability to replace one's limbs or other body parts with those of another.

 Examples: Terror Inc.

[edit] Duplication

Ability to create physical clones of oneself.

 Examples: Jamie Madrox or Ariella Kent

[edit] Echolocation

Main article: Echolocation

Ability to determine location of items in the environment by use of reflected sound waves, whether generated by the character or ambient sound, (Also known as Sonar Sense).

 Examples: Daredevil or Man-Bat [edit] Enhanced senses

Enhancements of sight, smell, taste, touch, or hearing.

 Examples: Wolverine or Daredevil

[edit] Invisibility

Main article: Invisibility

Ability to render the user unseen to the naked eye.

 Examples: Invisible Woman or The Invisible Man

[edit] Invulnerability

Partial or total imperviousness to harm.

 Examples: The Tick or Thor

[edit] Matter ingestion

Ability to consume any sort of matter without any ill effects on the user.

 Examples: Matter-Eater Lad or Gluttony

[edit] Natural armor

An unusually tough and durable outer shell or skin.

 Examples: Luke Cage or Bombshell

[edit] Natural weapons

Physical attributes such as claws, sharp teeth, quills, webbing, and other qualities usually associated with animals.

 Examples: Killer Croc or Sabretooth

[edit] Pheromone manipulation

The ability to generate and control pheromones which may have various effects.

 Examples: Wallflower or Poison Ivy

[edit] Photographic Reflexes Ability to mimic any athletic or martial arts movement after seeing it once.

 Examples: Taskmaster or Echo

[edit] Poison

Ability to assault others with one or more varieties of toxins, with widely disparate effects.

 Examples: Copperhead or Anarchist

[edit] Reactive Adaptation/Evolution

Ability to develop a resistance or immunity to whatever they were injured by or exposed to. This effect can be permanent or temporary.

 Examples: Doomsday or Darwin

[edit] Self-detonation or explosion

Ability to explode ones body mass and reform.

 Examples: Nitro or Damage

[edit] Separation

Ability to separate parts of your body and have them act of their own accord.

 Examples: Rockslide or Captain Marvel (M.F. comics)

[edit] Merge

Ability to merge with another person. This results in a completely new and stronger being.

 Examples: Kleinstocks or Siang

[edit] Sonic scream

Ability to use one's voice in a manner of offensive or defensive ways.

 Examples: Banshee or Black Canary

[edit] Superhuman reflexes

Ability to react faster than a normal human.  Examples:Midnighter or Blade

[edit] Superhuman strength

Main article: Superhuman Strength

Above normal physical strength.

 Examples: Hulk or Superman

[edit] Wallcrawling

Ability cling to objects or surfaces by a variety of means.

 Examples: Spider-Man or Spider-Woman

[edit] X-ray Vision

Ability to see through solid objects.

 Examples: Ultra Boy or Superboy

[edit] Mental faculty and knowledge-based abilities

[edit] Omni-lingual

Ability to decipher any language.

 Examples: Cypher or Starfire

[edit] Omniscience

Main article: Omniscience

The ability of knowing everything.

 Examples: The One Above All or Layla Miller

[edit] Super intelligence

Intelligence far above genius level, often accompanied by the ability to invent incredibly advanced technology.

 Examples: Leader or MODOK

[edit] ESP The abilities of extra-sensory perception (ESP) and communication.

[edit] Astral projection

Main article: Astral projection

Ability to separate and control one's astral body. Sometimes a form of telepathy or magic. See also Possession, below.

 Examples: Professor X or Raven

[edit] Clairvoyance and clairaudience

Main article: Clairvoyance Main article: Clairaudience

Ability to perceive events that are taking place elsewhere or sense places that are not in view. Clairaudience is the auditory equivalent of this. Other remote senses are possible.

 Examples: Mar-Vell or The High Evolutionary

[edit] Cross-dimensional awareness

Ability to detect actions and events in other dimensions. This is occasionally used in comics as an awareness of the fourth wall between the characters and the artist or audience.

 Examples: Deadpool or She-Hulk

[edit] Danger sense

Ability to sense personal danger. A limited form of clairvoyance.

 Examples: Spider-Man or Ricochet II

[edit] Empathy

Main article: Empathy

Ability to read or sense the emotions or feelings of others.

 Examples: Raven or Empath

[edit] Mediumship

Ability to see and communicate with the dead (ghosts).  Examples: Lionel Zerb or Wicked

[edit] Precognition

Main article: Precognition

Ability to perceive the future. Sometimes it is only expressed in vague dreams while asleep, other times it is clear and occurs at will and when awake.

 Examples: Blindfold or Destiny

[edit] Psychometry

Main article: Psychometry

Ability to relate details about the past or future condition of an object, person or location, usually by being in close contact with it.

 Examples: Longshot or Adrienne Frost.

[edit] Telepathy

Main article: Telepathy

Ability to read the thoughts of, or to mentally communicate with others.

 Examples: Captain Comet or Professor X

[edit] Domination and mind-control

The ability to alter the perceptions of others, and general mind-control.

[edit] Astral trapping

Ability to cause an astral projection to stay on the astral plane, usually in one specific place.

 Examples: Shadow King

[edit] Mind control

Main article: Mind control

Power to control the actions or reasoning of another.

 Examples: Maxwell Lord or Professor X [edit] Possession

Main article: Spiritual Possession

Ability to take control of another person’s body via astral projection or mind transfer. A specialized form of Mind Control.

 Examples: Nocturne or Jericho

[edit] Psionic blast

Ability to overload another's mind causing pain, memory loss, loss of consciousness, vegetative state or death after having created a psionic link into that person's mind.

 Examples: Moondragon or Psylocke

[edit] Psychic weapons

Ability to create a weapon, like a knife or grenade, of psionic energy that can harm mentally and not physically.

 Examples: Psylocke or Wild Thing

[edit] Miscellaneous

The following powers could be manifested in any number of ways.

[edit] Flight

Main article: Flight See also: Gliding and Levitation

Ability to lift off the ground, to ride air currents or to fly self-propelled through the air. Different forms of flight include:

 Avian (feathered wings) o Examples: Angel  Bat-winged o Examples: Fallen  Cosmic energy control o Examples: Ms. Marvel  Energy aura projection o Examples: Aero  Gravitational manipulation o Examples: Gravity  Insectoid form o Examples: Wasp or Insect Queen  Magnetic levitation o Examples: Magneto  Solar flare o Examples: Sunfire  Sonic repulsion field o Examples: Siryn  Telekinetic power o Examples: Justice  Thermo-chemical reaction control o Examples: Cannonball  Wind current control o Examples: Storm

[edit] Illusion

Main article: Illusion

Ability to alter or deceive the perceptions of another. Usually visual, it may be a light- based effect, a sound-based effect, a mind-affecting effect, or any other effect that causes one to perceive things that are not necessarily real.

 Examples: Mastermind or Brainwave

[edit] Shapeshifting

Main article: Shapeshifting

Ability to change appearance or body structure.

 Examples: Metamorpho or Mystique

Other types of shapeshifting include:

 Animal morphing: Ability to take on animal forms. May be able to take on the abilities of the altered form. o Examples: Beast Boy  Elasticity: Ability to stretch, deform, expand and contract one's body into any form they can imagine. o Examples: Plastic Man or Mister Fantastic.  Liquification: Ability to turn partially or completely into a liquid. o Examples: Aspen Matthews or Hydro-Man  Size shifting: Ability to increase or decrease one's size. o Examples: Giganta or Hank Pym  Sublimation: Ability to transform into a gaseous or mist form. o Examples Amelia Voght or Vapor