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===Weather Control===
===Weather Control===
The ability to control the weather with the mind.
The ability to control the weather with the mind.

===Others===
Technopathy
Ability to manipulate technology. Manifested as a special form of electrical/telekinetic manipulation, a special form of shapeshifting which allows physical interaction with machines, or even a special form of ESP that allows for mental interface with computer data.

Examples: Black Box[10] or Cyborg Superman[11] or Drummer[12]

Telekinesis
Main article: Psychokinesis
See also: List of fictional characters with telekinesis
Ability to manipulate and control objects with the mind, often in ways not visible to the naked eye.

Examples: Jean Grey[citation needed] or Psimon[13]

Powers

Superpower manipulation
This section refers to the ability to manipulate superpowers themselves, not "power" such as electrical power or gravitational power.

See also: List of fictional characters who can manipulate superpowers

Power bestowal
Ability to bestow powers or jump-start latent powers.

Examples: Sage[14] or Synergy[15]

Power mimicry or absorption
Ability to copy or absorb another's powers or skills.

Examples: Rogue[16] or Black Alice[17]

Power negation
Ability to cancel the superpowers of others.

Examples: Leech[18] or Scrambler[19]

Power sensing
Ability to sense or recognize superhuman powers.

Example: Caliban[20]

Personal physical powers
Powers which affect a physical person's body.


Accelerated healing
Main article: Healing factor
Ability to heal rapidly from any injury; the rate of recovery varies from character to character. Can sometimes result in the slowing of aging.

Examples: Wolverine[21] or Lobo[22]

Acid generation
Ability to generate acid, can be manifested through touch or as a spray.

Examples: Anarchist[23] or Man-Thing[24]

Animal mimicry
Ability to take on the abilities of certain animals.

Examples: Animal Man[25] or Vixen[26][27]

Biological manipulation
Ability to control all aspects of a living creature's biological make-up. This includes, but is not limited to, genetic alterations, physical distortion/augmentations, healing, disease, and biological functions.

Examples: Elixir[28] or Raven[29]

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

Examples: Terror Inc.[30]

Bone manipulation
Ability to manipulate the bones in one's own body. This includes, but is not limited to, the generation of new bone mass, projecting bones out from the skin or rearranging one's own bones.

Examples: Marrow[31] or Spike[32]

Duplication
Main article: Self-replication
Ability to create physical duplicates of oneself.

Examples: Multiple Man[33] or Triplicate Girl[34]

Temporal duplication
Ability to bring past and future versions of oneself back to the present.

Examples: Flashback[35] or Damian Tryp[36]

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[37] or Man-Bat[38]

Invisibility
Main article: Invisibility
Ability to render the user unseen to the naked eye.

Examples: Invisible Woman[39] or Invisible Kid[40]

Invulnerability
Ability to be immune to one or more forms of physical damage or injury.

Examples: Champion of the Universe[41] or Supergirl[42] or Brit[43]

Kinetic absorption
Ability to absorb forms of kinetic energy into oneself and convert it into physical strength.

Examples: Strong Guy[44] or Sebastian Shaw[45]

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

Examples: Matter-Eater Lad[46]

Merge
Ability to temporarily merge two beings into a single being, which results in a completely new and stronger being.

Examples: Kleinstocks[47] or B'Wana Beast[48]

Pheromone manipulation
Ability to generate and control pheromones which may have various effects.

Examples: Wallflower[49] or Crimson Fox[50]

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

Examples: Cobra[51] or Poison Ivy[52]

Prehensile/animated hair
The ability to animate and lengthen one's hair.

Examples: Medusa[citation needed], Lorelei Travis[citation needed]

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: Lifeguard[citation needed] or Doomsday[citation needed]

Self-detonation or explosion
Ability to explode one's body mass and reform.

Examples: Nitro[53] or Damage[54]

Sonic scream
Ability to generate vocal sounds of a higher amplitude than a normal human.

Examples: Siryn[55] or Black Canary[56]

Superhuman durability
Ability to have a higher resistance to one or more forms of damage before being injured.

Examples: Luke Cage[57] or Solomon Grundy[58] or Tick[59]

Superhuman reflexes
Ability to react faster than a normal human.

Examples: Blade[citation needed] or Midnighter[citation needed] or Madman[citation needed]

Superhuman senses
Ability to see, smell, taste, feel and/or hear more than a normal human.

Examples: Sabretooth[citation needed] or Timber Wolf[citation needed]

Superhuman strength
Main article: Superhuman Strength
See also: Strength level
Ability to have a level of physical strength higher than that possible by a human being in real life.

Examples: Hulk[60] or Blok[61] or Mister Majestic[62]

Superhuman vision
Ability to see more than a normal human.


Heat vision
Main article: Heat vision
Ability to project beams of concentrated radiation from the eyes.

Example: Superman[4]

Night vision
Main article: Night vision
Ability to see clearly in darkness.

Examples: Owl[citation needed] or Doctor Mid-Nite[citation needed]

X-ray vision
Main article: X-ray vision
Ability to see through solid objects.

Examples: Peepers[citation needed] or Lar Gand[citation needed]

Telescopic or microscopic vision
Ability to magnify vision to various levels.

Examples: Hyperion[citation needed] or Power Girl[citation needed]

Wallcrawling
Ability to cling to objects or surfaces by a variety of means. Often related to animal mimicry.

Examples: Spider-Man[citation needed] or Anole[citation needed]

Waterbreathing
Main article: Water breathing
See also: Liquid breathing
Ability to respirate through water in lieu of a gaseous medium. Not to be confused with an ability to go without breathing or to be able to breathe an alternate air supply.

Examples: Namor[citation needed] or Aquaman[citation needed]

Mental faculty and knowledge-based abilities

Innate capability
Ability to naturally have skills and/or knowledge typically earned through learning.

Examples: Forge[citation needed] and Razorback[citation needed]

Omni-linguism
Ability to understand any form of language, a natural polyglot. This can be accomplished in various ways.

Examples: Cypher and Starfire[citation needed]

Omniscience
Main article: Omniscience
Ability to know anything and everything.

Examples: Infinity[citation needed] and Mageddon[citation needed]

Superhuman intelligence
Ability to have intelligence far above genius level.

Examples: Leader[citation needed] or Brainiac 5[citation needed]

ESP
Main article: Extra sensory perception
The abilities of extra-sensory perception (ESP) and communication.


Astral projection
Main article: Astral projection
Ability to separate and control one's astral body.

Examples: Marvel Girl[citation needed] or Ravager[citation needed]

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: She-Hulk[citation needed] or Ambush Bug[citation needed]

Empathy
Main article: Empathy
Ability to read or sense the emotions and/or control the emotions or feelings of others.

Examples: Empath[citation needed] or Psycho-Pirate[citation needed]

Mediumship
Ability to see and communicate with the dead (ghosts).

Examples: Wicked[citation needed] or Lionel Zerb[citation needed]

Precognition
Main articles: Premonition, Precognition, and Clairvoyance
Ability to perceive the future. It may be expressed in vague dreams while asleep, other times it can be clear and can occur at will. It may also be used as a form of "Danger sense" to show the user that they are being threatened and from what direction it is coming from.

Examples: Destiny[citation needed] or Dream Girl[citation needed]

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: Adrienne Frost[citation needed] or Abe Sapien[citation needed]

Telepathy
Main article: Telepathy
Ability to read the thoughts of, or to mentally communicate with others.

Examples: Emma Frost[citation needed] or Saturn Girl[citation needed]

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

Example: Karma[citation needed]

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

Example: Shadow King[citation needed]

Memory manipulation
Ability to erase or enhance the memories of another.

Example: Professor X[citation needed] or Zatanna[citation needed] or Hatori Sohma[citation needed]

Mind control
Main article: Mind control
Ability to control the actions or reasoning of another with the mind.

Examples: Mesmero[citation needed] or Maxwell Lord[citation needed]

Possession
Main article: Spiritual possession
Ability to take control of another person’s body via astral projection or mind transfer.

Examples: Nocturne[citation needed] or Jericho[citation needed]

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: Psylocke[citation needed] or Gorilla Grodd[citation needed]

Psychic weapons
Ability to create a weapon of psychic energy that can harm mentally and not physically.

Examples: Danielle Moonstar[citation needed] or Wild Thing[citation needed]

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


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

Examples: Selene[citation needed] or Ozymandias

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.

Examples: Black Death[citation needed] or Obsidian[citation needed] or Darkness[citation needed]

Density control
Ability to increase the natural density of an object and/or one's self.

Examples: Vision[citation needed] or Martian Manhunter[citation needed]

Disintegration
Ability to disintegrate matter through touch.

Examples: Wither[citation needed] or Plasmus[citation needed]

Elemental transmutation
Main article: Transmutation
The ability to alter chemical elements, changing them from one substance to another by rearranging the atomic structure. May be limited to self-transmutation.

Examples: Alchemy[63] or Metamorpho[64]

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

Examples: Alex Power[65] or Geo-Force[citation needed]

Immortality
Main article: Immortality
Ability to live forever. This may be complete immortality encompassing invulnerability, partial invulnerability to all but specific events (i.e. decapitation or exposure to a specific chemical such as kryptonite), the ability to die but become resurrected, or simply an inability to age normally.

Examples: Mr. Immortal[citation needed] or Vandal Savage[citation needed]

Intangibility or phasing
Ability to phase through solid matter without harm.

Examples: Shadowcat[citation needed] or Phantom Girl[citation needed]

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

Examples: Northstar[citation needed] or Dr. Light[citation needed]

Magnetism manipulation
See also: List of fictional characters who can manipulate magnetic fields
Ability to control and/or generate magnetic fields.

Examples: Magneto[citation needed] or Doctor Polaris[citation needed]

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

Examples: Harry Leland[citation needed] or Star Boy[citation needed]

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

Examples: Mister M[citation needed] or Firestorm[citation needed] or Solar[citation needed]

Probability manipulation
Main article: Probability
Ability to alter probability, causing unlikely things to happen or likely things to not happen.

Examples: Domino[citation needed] or Calamity King[citation needed]

Radiation manipulation
See also: List of fictional characters who can generate and manipulate radiation‎
Ability to generate, manipulate or have immunity to toxic radiation.

Examples: X-Ray[citation needed] or Captain Atom[citation needed]

Reality warping
Main article: Reality warping
Ability to change or manipulate reality itself.

Examples: Franklin Richards[citation needed] or Mister Mxyzptlk[citation needed]

Sound manipulation
Ability to manipulate sound waves.

Examples: Klaw[citation needed] or Fiddler[citation needed]

Time manipulation
See also: List of fictional characters who can manipulate time
Ability to affect the flow of time by slowing, accelerating, reversing, or stopping it.

Examples: Tempo[citation needed] or Zoom[citation needed]

Classical elements
Ability to control or manipulate the classical elements.


Air and wind manipulation
Ability to control, generate, or absorb air or wind.

Examples: Wind Dancer[citation needed] or Red Tornado[citation needed]

Cold and ice manipulation
Ability to reduce the kinetic energy of atoms and thus reduce temperature, can be used to control, generate, or absorb ice.

Examples: Iceman[citation needed] or Ice[citation needed]

Earth manipulation
Ability to control earth; sand, stone, rock, lava, dirt, or minerals.

Examples: Petra[citation needed] or Terra[citation needed]

Electric manipulation
Ability to control, generate or absorb electrical fields.

Examples: Electro[citation needed] or Black Lightning[citation needed]

Fire and heat manipulation
Main article: Pyrokinesis
See also: List of fictional characters who can manipulate fire
Ability to control the kinetic energy of atoms to generate, control or absorb fire.

Examples: Pyro[citation needed] or Fire[citation needed] or Liz Sherman[citation needed]

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

Examples: Gardener[citation needed] or Poison Ivy[citation needed]

Water and moisture manipulation
Main article: Hydrokinesis
See also: List of fictional characters who can manipulate water
Ability to control, generate or absorb water.

Examples: Hydro-Man[citation needed] or Tempest[citation needed]

Weather manipulation
Main article: Weather control
See also: List of fictional characters who can manipulate weather
Ability to control or mentally affect the weather. This includes the ability to generate various natural phenomena (rain, tornadoes, lightning, etc.) or control the intensity of the weather.

Examples: Storm[citation needed] or Typhoon[citation needed] or Sarah Rainmaker[citation needed]

Energy manipulation
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".


Concussion beams
Ability to generate or transform various forms of energy into a "solid" or concussive beam of energy.

Examples: Cyclops[citation needed] or Gunfire[citation needed]

Energy blasts
See also: Heat vision
Ability to expel various forms of energy from the body.

Examples: Havok[citation needed] or Ray[citation needed]

Energy constructs
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: Cerise[citation needed] or Jade[citation needed]

Energy conversion
Ability to absorb one form of energy and convert it into another form of energy.

Examples: Dazzler[citation needed] or Bishop[citation needed]

Force field generation
Main article: Force field
Ability to project powerful fields of manipulated energy.

Examples: Captain Britain[citation needed] or Argent[citation needed]

Transportation or travel

Dimensional transportation
Ability to create wormholes, portation "discs" or other spatial portals for transport between two non-adjacent locations

Examples: Blink[citation needed] or Spot[citation needed]

Electrical transportation
Ability to travel through electrical conduits (such as power lines, or telephone lines). Can enter through devices such as televisions, electrical poles or computers.

Examples: Atom[citation needed] or Air Wave[citation needed]

Omnipresence
Ability to be present anywhere and everywhere always.

Examples: Eternity[citation needed] or the Source[citation needed]

Summoning
Ability to summon objects or beings for assistance.

Examples: Magik[citation needed] or Kid Eternity[citation needed]

Superhuman speed
See also: List of fictional characters who can move at superhuman speeds
Ability to move at speeds faster than a normal human.

Examples: Quicksilver[citation needed] or Flash[citation needed]

Teleportation
Main article: Teleportation
Ability to move from one place to another without occupying the space in between.

Examples: Nightcrawler[citation needed] or Misfit[66]

Time travel
Main article: Time travel
Ability to travel back and forth through time.

Examples: Kang the Conqueror[citation needed] or Waverider

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


Flight
Main article: Flight
See also: Gliding, Levitation, and Transvection (flying)
Ability to lift off the ground, to ride air currents or to fly self-propelled through the air.

Examples: Characters with flight
Different forms of flight include:


Energy propulsion methods
Cosmic energy control
Example: Ms. Marvel[citation needed]
Energy aura projection
Examples: Sunfire[citation needed] or Looker[citation needed]
Gravitational manipulation
Example: Gravity[citation needed]
Magnetic levitation
Examples: Magneto[citation needed] or Static[citation needed]
Sonic repulsion field
Example: Banshee[citation needed]
Telekinetic power
Examples: Justice[citation needed] or Match[citation needed]
Thermo-chemical energy
Example: Cannonball[citation needed]

Physical propulsion methods
Insectoid form
Examples: Wasp[citation needed] or Insect Queen[citation needed]
Wind current control
Examples: Cyclone[citation needed]
Wings
Examples: Angel[citation needed] or Northwind[citation needed]

Illusion
Main article: Illusion
Ability to alter or deceive the perceptions of another. Can be sensory, a light or sound-based effect, or an alteration of mental perceptions.

Examples: Mastermind[citation needed] or Princess Projectra[citation needed]

Shapeshifting
Main article: Shapeshifting
Ability to change appearance or body structure.

Examples: Mystique[citation needed] or Chameleon[citation needed]
Types of shapeshifting include:

Animal morphing: Ability to take on animal forms. May be able to take on the abilities of the altered form.
Examples: Wolfsbane[citation needed] or Beast Boy[citation needed]
Elasticity: Ability to stretch, deform, expand and contract one's body into any form they can imagine.
Examples: Mister Fantastic[39] or Elongated Man[citation needed]
Inorganic: Ability to transform completely into an inorganic substance while retaining organic properties.
Examples: Colossus[citation needed] or Ferro Lad[citation needed]
Liquification: Ability to turn partially or completely into a liquid.
Examples: Hydro-Man[citation needed] or Zan[citation needed]
Size shifting: Ability to increase or decrease one's size.
Examples: Yellowjacket[citation needed] or Giganta[citation needed]
Sublimation: Ability to transform into a gaseous, mist, or fog-like form.
Examples: Amelia Voght[citation needed] or Mist[citation needed]
Transformation: Ability to transform into substance touched.
Examples: Absorbing Man[citation needed] or Amazing Man[citation needed] or Grunge[citation needed]


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This is a list of powers that I would like to see or that might show up on the show.

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Animal Mimicry

The ability to communicate with and/or transform into animals.

Electrokinesis

The ability to create, control or absorb electricity.

Sound Manipulation

The ability to create, control or absorb sound.

Teleportation

The ability to move through space.

Weather Control

The ability to control the weather with the mind.

Others

Technopathy Ability to manipulate technology. Manifested as a special form of electrical/telekinetic manipulation, a special form of shapeshifting which allows physical interaction with machines, or even a special form of ESP that allows for mental interface with computer data.

Examples: Black Box[10] or Cyborg Superman[11] or Drummer[12]

Telekinesis Main article: Psychokinesis See also: List of fictional characters with telekinesis Ability to manipulate and control objects with the mind, often in ways not visible to the naked eye.

Examples: Jean Grey[citation needed] or Psimon[13]

Powers

Superpower manipulation This section refers to the ability to manipulate superpowers themselves, not "power" such as electrical power or gravitational power.

See also: List of fictional characters who can manipulate superpowers

Power bestowal Ability to bestow powers or jump-start latent powers.

Examples: Sage[14] or Synergy[15]

Power mimicry or absorption Ability to copy or absorb another's powers or skills.

Examples: Rogue[16] or Black Alice[17]

Power negation Ability to cancel the superpowers of others.

Examples: Leech[18] or Scrambler[19]

Power sensing Ability to sense or recognize superhuman powers.

Example: Caliban[20]

Personal physical powers Powers which affect a physical person's body.


Accelerated healing Main article: Healing factor Ability to heal rapidly from any injury; the rate of recovery varies from character to character. Can sometimes result in the slowing of aging.

Examples: Wolverine[21] or Lobo[22]

Acid generation Ability to generate acid, can be manifested through touch or as a spray.

Examples: Anarchist[23] or Man-Thing[24]

Animal mimicry Ability to take on the abilities of certain animals.

Examples: Animal Man[25] or Vixen[26][27]

Biological manipulation Ability to control all aspects of a living creature's biological make-up. This includes, but is not limited to, genetic alterations, physical distortion/augmentations, healing, disease, and biological functions.

Examples: Elixir[28] or Raven[29]

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

Examples: Terror Inc.[30]

Bone manipulation Ability to manipulate the bones in one's own body. This includes, but is not limited to, the generation of new bone mass, projecting bones out from the skin or rearranging one's own bones.

Examples: Marrow[31] or Spike[32]

Duplication Main article: Self-replication Ability to create physical duplicates of oneself.

Examples: Multiple Man[33] or Triplicate Girl[34]

Temporal duplication Ability to bring past and future versions of oneself back to the present.

Examples: Flashback[35] or Damian Tryp[36]

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[37] or Man-Bat[38]

Invisibility Main article: Invisibility Ability to render the user unseen to the naked eye.

Examples: Invisible Woman[39] or Invisible Kid[40]

Invulnerability Ability to be immune to one or more forms of physical damage or injury.

Examples: Champion of the Universe[41] or Supergirl[42] or Brit[43]

Kinetic absorption Ability to absorb forms of kinetic energy into oneself and convert it into physical strength.

Examples: Strong Guy[44] or Sebastian Shaw[45]

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

Examples: Matter-Eater Lad[46]

Merge Ability to temporarily merge two beings into a single being, which results in a completely new and stronger being.

Examples: Kleinstocks[47] or B'Wana Beast[48]

Pheromone manipulation Ability to generate and control pheromones which may have various effects.

Examples: Wallflower[49] or Crimson Fox[50]

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

Examples: Cobra[51] or Poison Ivy[52]

Prehensile/animated hair The ability to animate and lengthen one's hair.

Examples: Medusa[citation needed], Lorelei Travis[citation needed]

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: Lifeguard[citation needed] or Doomsday[citation needed]

Self-detonation or explosion Ability to explode one's body mass and reform.

Examples: Nitro[53] or Damage[54]

Sonic scream Ability to generate vocal sounds of a higher amplitude than a normal human.

Examples: Siryn[55] or Black Canary[56]

Superhuman durability Ability to have a higher resistance to one or more forms of damage before being injured.

Examples: Luke Cage[57] or Solomon Grundy[58] or Tick[59]

Superhuman reflexes Ability to react faster than a normal human.

Examples: Blade[citation needed] or Midnighter[citation needed] or Madman[citation needed]

Superhuman senses Ability to see, smell, taste, feel and/or hear more than a normal human.

Examples: Sabretooth[citation needed] or Timber Wolf[citation needed]

Superhuman strength Main article: Superhuman Strength See also: Strength level Ability to have a level of physical strength higher than that possible by a human being in real life.

Examples: Hulk[60] or Blok[61] or Mister Majestic[62]

Superhuman vision Ability to see more than a normal human.


Heat vision Main article: Heat vision Ability to project beams of concentrated radiation from the eyes.

Example: Superman[4]

Night vision Main article: Night vision Ability to see clearly in darkness.

Examples: Owl[citation needed] or Doctor Mid-Nite[citation needed]

X-ray vision Main article: X-ray vision Ability to see through solid objects.

Examples: Peepers[citation needed] or Lar Gand[citation needed]

Telescopic or microscopic vision Ability to magnify vision to various levels.

Examples: Hyperion[citation needed] or Power Girl[citation needed]

Wallcrawling Ability to cling to objects or surfaces by a variety of means. Often related to animal mimicry.

Examples: Spider-Man[citation needed] or Anole[citation needed]

Waterbreathing Main article: Water breathing See also: Liquid breathing Ability to respirate through water in lieu of a gaseous medium. Not to be confused with an ability to go without breathing or to be able to breathe an alternate air supply.

Examples: Namor[citation needed] or Aquaman[citation needed]

Mental faculty and knowledge-based abilities

Innate capability Ability to naturally have skills and/or knowledge typically earned through learning.

Examples: Forge[citation needed] and Razorback[citation needed]

Omni-linguism Ability to understand any form of language, a natural polyglot. This can be accomplished in various ways.

Examples: Cypher and Starfire[citation needed]

Omniscience Main article: Omniscience Ability to know anything and everything.

Examples: Infinity[citation needed] and Mageddon[citation needed]

Superhuman intelligence Ability to have intelligence far above genius level.

Examples: Leader[citation needed] or Brainiac 5[citation needed]

ESP Main article: Extra sensory perception The abilities of extra-sensory perception (ESP) and communication.


Astral projection Main article: Astral projection Ability to separate and control one's astral body.

Examples: Marvel Girl[citation needed] or Ravager[citation needed]

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: She-Hulk[citation needed] or Ambush Bug[citation needed]

Empathy Main article: Empathy Ability to read or sense the emotions and/or control the emotions or feelings of others.

Examples: Empath[citation needed] or Psycho-Pirate[citation needed]

Mediumship Ability to see and communicate with the dead (ghosts).

Examples: Wicked[citation needed] or Lionel Zerb[citation needed]

Precognition Main articles: Premonition, Precognition, and Clairvoyance Ability to perceive the future. It may be expressed in vague dreams while asleep, other times it can be clear and can occur at will. It may also be used as a form of "Danger sense" to show the user that they are being threatened and from what direction it is coming from.

Examples: Destiny[citation needed] or Dream Girl[citation needed]

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: Adrienne Frost[citation needed] or Abe Sapien[citation needed]

Telepathy Main article: Telepathy Ability to read the thoughts of, or to mentally communicate with others.

Examples: Emma Frost[citation needed] or Saturn Girl[citation needed]

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

Example: Karma[citation needed]

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

Example: Shadow King[citation needed]

Memory manipulation Ability to erase or enhance the memories of another.

Example: Professor X[citation needed] or Zatanna[citation needed] or Hatori Sohma[citation needed]

Mind control Main article: Mind control Ability to control the actions or reasoning of another with the mind.

Examples: Mesmero[citation needed] or Maxwell Lord[citation needed]

Possession Main article: Spiritual possession Ability to take control of another person’s body via astral projection or mind transfer.

Examples: Nocturne[citation needed] or Jericho[citation needed]

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: Psylocke[citation needed] or Gorilla Grodd[citation needed]

Psychic weapons Ability to create a weapon of psychic energy that can harm mentally and not physically.

Examples: Danielle Moonstar[citation needed] or Wild Thing[citation needed]

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


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

Examples: Selene[citation needed] or Ozymandias

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.

Examples: Black Death[citation needed] or Obsidian[citation needed] or Darkness[citation needed]

Density control Ability to increase the natural density of an object and/or one's self.

Examples: Vision[citation needed] or Martian Manhunter[citation needed]

Disintegration Ability to disintegrate matter through touch.

Examples: Wither[citation needed] or Plasmus[citation needed]

Elemental transmutation Main article: Transmutation The ability to alter chemical elements, changing them from one substance to another by rearranging the atomic structure. May be limited to self-transmutation.

Examples: Alchemy[63] or Metamorpho[64]

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

Examples: Alex Power[65] or Geo-Force[citation needed]

Immortality Main article: Immortality Ability to live forever. This may be complete immortality encompassing invulnerability, partial invulnerability to all but specific events (i.e. decapitation or exposure to a specific chemical such as kryptonite), the ability to die but become resurrected, or simply an inability to age normally.

Examples: Mr. Immortal[citation needed] or Vandal Savage[citation needed]

Intangibility or phasing Ability to phase through solid matter without harm.

Examples: Shadowcat[citation needed] or Phantom Girl[citation needed]

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

Examples: Northstar[citation needed] or Dr. Light[citation needed]

Magnetism manipulation See also: List of fictional characters who can manipulate magnetic fields Ability to control and/or generate magnetic fields.

Examples: Magneto[citation needed] or Doctor Polaris[citation needed]

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

Examples: Harry Leland[citation needed] or Star Boy[citation needed]

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

Examples: Mister M[citation needed] or Firestorm[citation needed] or Solar[citation needed]

Probability manipulation Main article: Probability Ability to alter probability, causing unlikely things to happen or likely things to not happen.

Examples: Domino[citation needed] or Calamity King[citation needed]

Radiation manipulation See also: List of fictional characters who can generate and manipulate radiation‎ Ability to generate, manipulate or have immunity to toxic radiation.

Examples: X-Ray[citation needed] or Captain Atom[citation needed]

Reality warping Main article: Reality warping Ability to change or manipulate reality itself.

Examples: Franklin Richards[citation needed] or Mister Mxyzptlk[citation needed]

Sound manipulation Ability to manipulate sound waves.

Examples: Klaw[citation needed] or Fiddler[citation needed]

Time manipulation See also: List of fictional characters who can manipulate time Ability to affect the flow of time by slowing, accelerating, reversing, or stopping it.

Examples: Tempo[citation needed] or Zoom[citation needed]

Classical elements Ability to control or manipulate the classical elements.


Air and wind manipulation Ability to control, generate, or absorb air or wind.

Examples: Wind Dancer[citation needed] or Red Tornado[citation needed]

Cold and ice manipulation Ability to reduce the kinetic energy of atoms and thus reduce temperature, can be used to control, generate, or absorb ice.

Examples: Iceman[citation needed] or Ice[citation needed]

Earth manipulation Ability to control earth; sand, stone, rock, lava, dirt, or minerals.

Examples: Petra[citation needed] or Terra[citation needed]

Electric manipulation Ability to control, generate or absorb electrical fields.

Examples: Electro[citation needed] or Black Lightning[citation needed]

Fire and heat manipulation Main article: Pyrokinesis See also: List of fictional characters who can manipulate fire Ability to control the kinetic energy of atoms to generate, control or absorb fire.

Examples: Pyro[citation needed] or Fire[citation needed] or Liz Sherman[citation needed]

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

Examples: Gardener[citation needed] or Poison Ivy[citation needed]

Water and moisture manipulation Main article: Hydrokinesis See also: List of fictional characters who can manipulate water Ability to control, generate or absorb water.

Examples: Hydro-Man[citation needed] or Tempest[citation needed]

Weather manipulation Main article: Weather control See also: List of fictional characters who can manipulate weather Ability to control or mentally affect the weather. This includes the ability to generate various natural phenomena (rain, tornadoes, lightning, etc.) or control the intensity of the weather.

Examples: Storm[citation needed] or Typhoon[citation needed] or Sarah Rainmaker[citation needed]

Energy manipulation 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".


Concussion beams Ability to generate or transform various forms of energy into a "solid" or concussive beam of energy.

Examples: Cyclops[citation needed] or Gunfire[citation needed]

Energy blasts See also: Heat vision Ability to expel various forms of energy from the body.

Examples: Havok[citation needed] or Ray[citation needed]

Energy constructs 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: Cerise[citation needed] or Jade[citation needed]

Energy conversion Ability to absorb one form of energy and convert it into another form of energy.

Examples: Dazzler[citation needed] or Bishop[citation needed]

Force field generation Main article: Force field Ability to project powerful fields of manipulated energy.

Examples: Captain Britain[citation needed] or Argent[citation needed]

Transportation or travel

Dimensional transportation Ability to create wormholes, portation "discs" or other spatial portals for transport between two non-adjacent locations

Examples: Blink[citation needed] or Spot[citation needed]

Electrical transportation Ability to travel through electrical conduits (such as power lines, or telephone lines). Can enter through devices such as televisions, electrical poles or computers.

Examples: Atom[citation needed] or Air Wave[citation needed]

Omnipresence Ability to be present anywhere and everywhere always.

Examples: Eternity[citation needed] or the Source[citation needed]

Summoning Ability to summon objects or beings for assistance.

Examples: Magik[citation needed] or Kid Eternity[citation needed]

Superhuman speed See also: List of fictional characters who can move at superhuman speeds Ability to move at speeds faster than a normal human.

Examples: Quicksilver[citation needed] or Flash[citation needed]

Teleportation Main article: Teleportation Ability to move from one place to another without occupying the space in between.

Examples: Nightcrawler[citation needed] or Misfit[66]

Time travel Main article: Time travel Ability to travel back and forth through time.

Examples: Kang the Conqueror[citation needed] or Waverider

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


Flight Main article: Flight See also: Gliding, Levitation, and Transvection (flying) Ability to lift off the ground, to ride air currents or to fly self-propelled through the air.

Examples: Characters with flight Different forms of flight include:


Energy propulsion methods Cosmic energy control Example: Ms. Marvel[citation needed] Energy aura projection Examples: Sunfire[citation needed] or Looker[citation needed] Gravitational manipulation Example: Gravity[citation needed] Magnetic levitation Examples: Magneto[citation needed] or Static[citation needed] Sonic repulsion field Example: Banshee[citation needed] Telekinetic power Examples: Justice[citation needed] or Match[citation needed] Thermo-chemical energy Example: Cannonball[citation needed]

Physical propulsion methods Insectoid form Examples: Wasp[citation needed] or Insect Queen[citation needed] Wind current control Examples: Cyclone[citation needed] Wings Examples: Angel[citation needed] or Northwind[citation needed]

Illusion Main article: Illusion Ability to alter or deceive the perceptions of another. Can be sensory, a light or sound-based effect, or an alteration of mental perceptions.

Examples: Mastermind[citation needed] or Princess Projectra[citation needed]

Shapeshifting Main article: Shapeshifting Ability to change appearance or body structure.

Examples: Mystique[citation needed] or Chameleon[citation needed] Types of shapeshifting include:

Animal morphing: Ability to take on animal forms. May be able to take on the abilities of the altered form. Examples: Wolfsbane[citation needed] or Beast Boy[citation needed] Elasticity: Ability to stretch, deform, expand and contract one's body into any form they can imagine. Examples: Mister Fantastic[39] or Elongated Man[citation needed] Inorganic: Ability to transform completely into an inorganic substance while retaining organic properties. Examples: Colossus[citation needed] or Ferro Lad[citation needed] Liquification: Ability to turn partially or completely into a liquid. Examples: Hydro-Man[citation needed] or Zan[citation needed] Size shifting: Ability to increase or decrease one's size. Examples: Yellowjacket[citation needed] or Giganta[citation needed] Sublimation: Ability to transform into a gaseous, mist, or fog-like form. Examples: Amelia Voght[citation needed] or Mist[citation needed] Transformation: Ability to transform into substance touched. Examples: Absorbing Man[citation needed] or Amazing Man[citation needed] or Grunge[citation needed]

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