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* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', royal blood is needed to [[spoiler: activate the [[MindControl Coordinate]] and use it to its full potential. Eren Yeager eventually realizes the only reason he was able to use the Coordinate's power at all the first time he triggered it was that the Titan he was in contact with at the time carried royal blood. The Beast Titan's user, Zeke Yeager, also possesses royal blood -- this allows him to control Titans made from taking in his spinal fluid, trigger their transformation by [[MakeMeWannaShout screaming]], and grants said Titans the ability to function at night. As it turns out, Zeke possesses royal blood because he's the son of Dina Yeager, Grisha Yeager's (Eren's father's) first wife, who was turned into the very Titan Eren was in contact with when he first used the Coordinate]]. [[spoiler:Even when Eren manipulates Zeke into helping him reach into the Paths to contact the first Titan Ymir Fritz's spirit and convince her to give him the power of the Founding Titan, he still needs Zeke ''alive'' (if not necessarily willing) to control the mindless Titans to initiate the Rumbling. When Zeke is motivated to fight for the world by Armin's words, he's able to subvert Eren's control enough to let several fallen Titan Shifters reconnect to their otherwise mindless bodies to aid the heroes, and Zeke's own willing death by Levi's blade robs Eren of the ability to command the Wall Titans.]]

* ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'s love interest Princess Mera has the ability to manipulate water with her mind that in the New 52, it's revealed to be a trait of the Xebel royal family she hails from. It also turns out that those that marry into her family inherit it as well, which is something her evil betrothed Nereus seeks once he marries her.
* ComicBook/BlackPanther is the ceremonial title given to the chief of the Panther Tribe in Wakanda. That nifty cowl is actually his symbol of office. Technically, though, the only truly superhuman abilities the Black Panther has come from a heart-shaped herb, but even the ability to survive imbibing it is a hereditary ability limited to the royal line.
* While all members of [[ComicBook/TheInhumans the Inhuman race]] have superpowers, those of their Royal Family tend to be the most powerful. May be justified since their culture is big on eugenics, so the guys with the best genes wind up on top.
* One issue of ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' reveals that [[GoodOldFisticuffs Wildcat]] is descended from royalty, which gives him the power to defeat that story's villain in a ProphecyTwist.

* ''ComicBook/{{PS238}}''. Deconstructed with [[spoiler:the planet Argos]]. Members of their Royal House all have FlyingBrick powers and the most powerful incarnation of the power to boot, and the entire rest of their society has been organized into a feudal-style FantasticCasteSystem where the strength of one's FlyingBrick bloodline is directly tied to one's status in the social hierarchy (non-powered individuals are referred to as 'softies' and are slaves or serfs at best). This state of affairs came to be because, after a BizarreBabyBoom similar to on Earth, the Flying Bricks, being the most common superpower, banded together at some point in the planet's history, forcibly overthrew the previous government(s) and [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide 'culled']] all the other superpowers from the planet. {{Civil War}}s between noble houses are implied to be ''extremely'' destructive affairs on all sides, to say nothing of what happens in a SuccessionCrisis of royals.
* ''ComicBook/TheRoyalsMastersOfWar'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. One where the "Divine Right of Kings" takes on a far more literal meaning.
* The ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomsdayHunterPrey'' comic: Doomsday, [[WhyWontYouDie an invincible regenerating monstrosity that adapts to anything attacking it to the point of]] NoSell, experiences his first defeat when the royal family of a planet commits mass suicide to merge into a being of PureEnergy (which Doomsday had not yet encountered, and so was powerless against it). Unfortunately, they cast his body into deep space instead of burning it, meaning they were on the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle when it returned. Said royal family had developed limited PsychicPowers through centuries of inbreeding, but it was only through their sacrifice that these powers could be unleashed.
* The Asgardian Royal Family tends to have more of and more than just the ordinary Asgardian SuperStrength. [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor's]] weather powers are inherent, for one thing. Thor's greater strength, however, is because his mother was Gaea, who is somewhat higher on the cosmic scale than the Asgardian royal family, being ''the'' Mother goddess.
* The Meridian Royal Family in ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'' has great magical power passed down from mother to daughter, said magical power being on the level of a PhysicalGod with FisherKing effects on the kingdom itself. This is probably why only Queens like Elyon are allowed to rule, while the only male member of the family (her brother Phobos) is shown to have a much lower power level that he makes up for by being a ManipulativeBastard.
* [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Originally]] Franchise/WonderWoman's powers were not unique to her and all Amazons had the same power source and set, Di and Polly were just more skilled. [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Post-Crisis]] supposedly sticks with this, though only Diana and Hippolyta have the strength, magic level, and items needed to put together Wondy's whole powerset. ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'' makes this explicit, as very very few Amazons are immortal in this 'verse, and of the five that are four are the members of the royal family and Hippolyta has access to incredibly powerful magical items she then gifts to her daughter and heir.
* Brought up with Plourr in the ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron''. Her line was genetically tampered with, and she is very strong, able to fight a Tunroth to a draw -- a Tunroth who jokes that Wookiees let Tunroth win.
* Terra from ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' and her brother Geo-Force from ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'' were able to obtain their powers because of their royal bloodline.