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* The {{Shazam}} Captain Marvel ([[IAmNotShazam who is not himself named Shazam]]) and the rest of the Marvel Family. Twist: His secret identity is actually powerless, he must transform into Captain Marvel by [[ByThePowerOfGreyskull speaking a word of power]], and he can use magic lightning as an offensive weapon.

* In addition to members Superman and Supergirl, the ''LegionOfSuperHeroes'' has a few:

[[LiteralMetaphor http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FlyingBrick.jpg]][[caption-width:191:It's flying! It's flying! and now It's falling. and crashing.]]

* MartianManhunter. Twist: An alien (not unlike Superman), whose other powers include shapeshifting (which also confers on him density control, invisibility (every now and then) and [[IntangibleMan intangibility]]) and {{telepathy}}. The other twist: he's [[WeaksauceWeakness afraid of fire]]. Though he has a heat-vision.

* Power Girl, the cousin of the Golden Age Superman and sole survivor of Earth 2. For a long time, the twist was that her powers were in flux but eventually they stabilized and she has the same powers as Superman.

* Captain Marvel. Twist: Um...see Captain Marvel, sort of. Except via aliens and super-science rather than gods and magic.

* M, of ''Generation X'' and now ''X-Factor''. Twist: In addition to those powers, possesses telepathy, arrogance, and fashion sense. And she's [[spoiler:a [[FusionDance fusion]] of two, or at times three, sisters]].

* Hyperion of the Squadron Supreme, as an atomic-powered CaptainErsatz of Superman.

* Deconstructed in the AlternateCompanyEquivalent loaded ''SupremePower,'' which is an UltimateUniverse Version of the SquardronSupreme, who are themselves a JusticeLeague homage. Oddly enough, though, Michael Redstone can't fly despite possessing all of Hyperion's other powers.

** Silver Age Superman is even worse... Able to move planets with ease, fly to other ''universes'' with ease, go back in time, throw his voice, super hypnotism, mind wiping kiss, and essentially NewPowersAsThePlotDemands.

* Sodam Yat, currently Ion of the ''[[GreenLantern Green Lantern Corps.]]'' Prophesied to be the "ultimate GreenLantern", he is possessed by the spirit called Ion, meaning he doesn't need a power ring. However, what makes him so dangerous - and a flying brick - is the fact that his people are evolutionary cousins of the Kryptonians... meaning that even without the power of Ion, when he's exposed to yellow sun energy, he's pretty much Superman. The difference? Like Mon-El and Andromeda (who came from the same planet), his [[KryptoniteFactor weakness]] is lead, not kryptonite, and it's even deadlier to him than kryptonite is to Supes. How powerful is he? During the Sinestro Corps war he went toe-to-toe with Superboy-Prime (who has SilverAge level powers) and actually kept him busy for more than like three seconds.

** She is also the granddaughter of Iron Monro (a RetCon CaptainErsatz of the GoldenAge Superman, though he couldn't fly) which helps with the near invulnerability part.

** For that matter, Dan Garret, the original Blue Beetle in his SilverAge post-scarab power set.

* {{Supreme}}, particularly when written by AlanMoore as homage to the SilverAge Superman.

* The Sentry. Twist: Has an [[EvilTwin opposite number]], The Void, who kills one person for every person he saves.

** Also has complete control over every molecule in the universe and may or may not be either God himself or the Angel of Death.

* To sum up, all Kryptonians and Daxamites in yellow sunlight, all Martians, anyone given power by Shazam, [[strike:a great many]] pretty much all Green Lanterns, the Rocket Reds (via PoweredArmor) and so on. DC uses Flying Bricks a lot more often than Marvel does.

* Namor the {{Sub-Mariner}}, the ''real'' TropeMaker, being a Flying Brick about a year and a half before Superman could fly. Twist: Atlantean heritage makes him an ''underwater'' flying brick as well.

* To sum up, all Kryptonians and Daxamites in yellow sunlight, all Martians, anyone given power by Shazam, a great many Green Lanterns, the Rocket Reds (via PoweredArmor) and so on. DC uses Flying Bricks a lot more often than Marvel does.

** The ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'' has too many of these to list them all on one page. This being a roleplaying game based on comic book heroes, the trope is as common as you might imagine.

** Added Twist: during said fight, Superboy-Prime stabs Sodam Yat with lead rods. His Power Ring now keeps the weakness in check: if the ring is ever removed he will die a slow, painful, death.

** The same powers are possessed by Wonder Girl and former Wonder Girl [[ContinuitySnarl]] Donna Troy. These days, the main difference is what happens if you get caught in their lassos. Diana can make you tell the truth, Cassie can channel her anger into lightning, and Donna can use MindControl on you.

** Ultra Boy, with the caveat that he can only use one power at a time.

* Deconstructed in the AlternateCompanyEquivalent loaded ''SupremePower,'' which is an UltimateUniverse Version of the SquardronSupreme, who are themselves a JusticeLeague homage.

* ''Series/Heroes''. Peter Petrelli (who by the end of season one, had acquired SuperStrength from Niki, Flight from Nathan, and, while not Nigh Invulnerable, absorbed a HealingFactor from Claire), and Sylar/Gabriel Gray (who can now fly, has a HealingFactor, and can use his {{Telekinesis}} to enhance his strength). Both are basically unstoppable.[[spoiler: Although in Season 3 they decided it would be funny to completely nerf Peter by leaving him powerless while Sylar goes on a killing spree and becomes one of the [[BoringInvincibleVillain most broken villains ever created]], especially when you look at the rest of the cast of this show]].

* {{Metroid}} gives us Samus Aran, whenever she has [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman her suit]] upgraded fully. Especially in the 2D games where the Space Jump lets her summersault indefinitely.

* [[Metroid Samus Aran]], whenever she has [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman her suit]] upgraded fully. Especially in the 2D games where the Space Jump lets her summersault indefinitely.