History Main / SuperhumanTransfusion

** In another [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] story, Lois Lane [[AllJustADream dreams]] she gets a blood transfusion from Superman and gains superpowers, becoming Superwoman.

** In a [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Superman story, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Lana Lang are exposed to alien microbes from a vial that Lana accidentally drops and breaks -- the same alien microbes that infected Clark's adopted parents, leading to their deaths prior to his becoming Superman. However, Superman discovers that his Kryptonian immunity system was able to fight off the microbes when he was exposed to them, thus creating a vaccine that he passes on to both Lois and Lana through a blood transfusion that cures them of the microbe infection.

* Infamously, the Creator/MarvelComics [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] hero [[AtrociousAlias the Whizzer]] gains his SuperSpeed powers from ''a blood transfusion from a mongoose''.

'''Obi-Wan:''' No, he's right. Since the Force has a bio-mechanical origin, it must be transferable with the midi-chlorians.

* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo:'' In part 2, AlphaBitch cheerleader Brittany cracks her skull after a fall and loses a lot of blood. After she wakes up in a hospital, she's told by a doctor that she needed an emergency blood transfusion and her cousin offered to give her his blood since 1) they both have the same blood type and 2) her mother (who also has their blood type) was unavailable. Brittany's cousin turns out to be [[SupermanSubstitute Omegaman]] and, as a result, she receives the same powers he has.

* There's a ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' comic where, after a car-crash, Gabe and Tycho end up in the hospital and get blood-transfusions. Gabe ends up getting blood donated by Franchise/SpiderMan, and immediately develops web-shooting abilities[[note]]Taking this into account, he most likely got his transfusion from the Creator/SamRaimi [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spider-Man]] due to his organic webbing, as most Spider-Men ''need'' a web shooter for web slinging.[[/note]], much to his joy. Tycho gets [[ButtMonkey monkey-blood]].

* ''ComicBook/{{The Invaders|MarvelComics}}'': Spitfire gains superpowers from a blood transfusion from the first ComicBook/HumanTorch, even though he's an ''android'', because as an ArtificialHuman he has synthetic analogs to all human parts. In fact, this regularly occurs as he is a universal donor. Aside from its [[FountainOfYouth rejuvenating properties]], it's implied that his blood is a catalyst for latent superhuman abilities; Spitfire is implied to be a latent {{mutant|s}} and Toro, his sidekick, has his dormant mutant genes/[[ComicBook/TheInhumans Inhuman]] [[{{Retcon}} heritage]] partially activated by a transfusion.

* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo:'' In part 2, AlphaBitch cheerleader Brittany cracks her skull after a fall and loses a lot of blood. After she awakes in a hospital, she's told by a doctor that she needed an emergency blood transfusion and her cousin offered to give her his blood since they both have the same blood type and her mother was unavailable. Brittany's cousin turns out to be [[SupermanSubstitute Omegaman]] and, as a result, she receives the same powers he has.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': {{Inverted|Trope}} early on in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko'', when Peter gives blood to save Aunt May. Neither of them gets much out of it: Peter is too woozy to fight for much of the issue, and his radioactive blood nearly kills Aunt May later on, sparking another "race to find a cure" story in ''If This Be My Destiny''.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':

* This is ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s backstory; his healing factor is derived from ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s blood. Notably, he was one of many [[PlayingWithSyringes test subjects]], most of whom didn't survive, and Deadpool himself suffered some rather severe side effects.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}: The Island'', Hellboy gets drained of his blood and a prophet of the Ogdru Jahad absorbs it. This causes the prophet to begin transforming into a copy of ''Anung un Rama'', the demon that Hell wanted HB to be. The man is then driven insane.
* Spitfire of ''ComicBook/{{The Invaders|MarvelComics}}'' gains superpowers from a blood transfusion from the first Human Torch, even though he's an ''android'', because as an ArtificialHuman he has synthetic analogs to all human parts. In fact, this regularly occurrs as he is a universal donor. Aside from its [[FountainOfYouth rejuvenating properties]], it's implied that his blood is a catalyst for latent superhuman abilities; Spitfire is implied to be a latent {{mutant|s}} and Toro, his sidekick, has his dormant mutant genes/[[ComicBook/TheInhumans Inhuman]] [[{{Retcon}} heritage]] partially activated by a transfusion.
* In ''ComicBook/PS238'', Tyler is cured of an alien virus via a blood transfusion from Julie to briefly give him her super-health, but it has to be removed before the cells started attacking his own.
* In one ''ComicBook/RatMan1989'' story, the protagonist gets Franchise/SpiderMan's powers this way... and being an incompetent {{Jerkass}}, he proceeds to abuse the hell out of them while acting as a jerk. Luckily, it turns out to be [[AllJustADream Spider-Man's coma dream]], and when he awakes it turns out that ''he'' got a transfusion from Rat-Man... and thus got infected with his bad luck.
* The ''ComicBook/SavageDragon'' once let his blood be used in an attempt to cure a friend's AIDS. It seemed to work at first -- restoring him to full health, making him stronger, even giving him green skin and a fin -- but within minutes, he exploded. Years later, after [[TheSyndicate the Vicious Circle]] steals a supply of his blood from the hospital, their {{Evil Genius}}es figure out a way to keep people alive much longer after being injected. But it turns out that regular doses are necessary in order to keep delaying the explosion, so when Dragon-blood-enhanced supercriminals get arrested, they end up exploding while in custody.
* This is ComicBook/SheHulk's origin. She needs a blood transfusion and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce]] is on hand; afterwards, she is permanently changed into a Hulk, although she retains her personality and intellect. It later [[{{Retcon}} turns out]] that the Hulk's drastic change in personality is caused by a multiple personality disorder which is exacerbated by his transformation. She-Hulk's personality ''does'' change, but instead of going into an UnstoppableRage like Bruce does, she just gets sassier and more confident. She also doesn't have the insane number of alternate transformations that Bruce does.
* {{Inverted|Trope}} early on in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' when Peter gives blood to save Aunt May. Neither of them get much out of it: Peter is too woozy to fight for much of the issue, and his radioactive blood nearly kills Aunt May later on, sparking another "race to find a cure" story.

* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* During the first arc of ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'', Patriot claims that this is how he got his powers: his grandfather, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's supersoldier prototype, gave him a blood transfusion. It turns out be a lie (Patriot was addicted to [[FantasticDrug a drug that gave super-powers]]), but then he [[TakingTheBullet takes a shot from a Kree blaster]] for Cap. When he gets to the hospital after the battle, Cap is all set for this, except "the ''other'' super-soldier beat you to it."

* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' member Jonathan "Jono" Starsmore, a.k.a. Chamber, loses his powers during [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]]. This is very bad for him since the first manifestation of his powers destroyed part of his body, including some vital organs, and his power was what kept him alive. However, Jono's family the Starsmores are also a part of Clan Akkaba, descendants and followers of [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]]. Clan Akkaba, hoping to convince Jono to join them, gives him a transfusion of Apocalypse's blood. This heals his body and gives him some of Apocalypse's features, such as gray skin, red eyes, and blue lips.

->'''Anakin:''' What are you doing?\\
'''Qui-Gon:''' You're going to need better stats. I'm transferring some of my mini-chlorines to your blood.\\

'''Anakin:''' That's crazy!
-->-- ''WebComic/DarthsAndDroids'', episode [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0086.html 86]]

It bears mentioning that in RealLife blood transfusions in no way transfer the donor's genes into the recipient's DNA. The red and white blood cells last only a few months before dying without leaving a trace. If John's powers are biological/genetic/chemical in nature, and/or AppliedPhlebotinum is involved, Jack getting these powers is often justified by TheProfessor explaining that the donation triggered dormant super-genes in Jack, or actually ''did'' somehow [[ViralTransformation overwrite parts of his genome]]. If John's powers are magical in nature, then the reason Jack gets similar powers may have to do with BloodMagic. In these cases "John" might not even be the same species as Jack, such as dragon or vampire blood [[note]]of the mystical, non [[ViralTransformation viral based types]][[/note]], endowing the imbiber with power. If John's powers are from a [[TheSymbiote (symbiotic) virus]] then it reasonably would be able to transfer via blood transfusion, though you can probably count characters with these powers on one hand.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'': Hogarth is shown watching a cheesy horror movie about killer brains. A scientist in the movie claims that porpoises can communicate telepathically and theorizes that humans could gain the ability to read minds by injecting brain matter from a porpoise into their brains.

* This is what the 1969-71 series ''Series/TheImmortal1969'' is all about. The hero is a race car driver whose blood makes him immune to all diseases. An ailing bazillionaire wants him for transfusions, and is determined to [[SuperhumanTrafficking capture and enslave him]] to ensure a lifelong supply of blood.

* This is what the 1969-71 series ''Series/TheImmortal'' is all about. The hero is a race car driver whose blood makes him immune to all diseases. An ailing bazillionaire wants him for transfusions, and is determined to [[SuperhumanTrafficking capture and enslave him]] to ensure a lifelong supply of blood.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Chapter 7 of the original reveals that Sanakan and Hugh are given [[spoiler:their [[MentorArchetype mentor]] [[HumanoidAbomination Kyril's]] AlienBlood]] to become [[SuperStrength empow]][[SuperReflexes ered]] hunters. Presumably, this also applies to Lily and Soren.

* In ''Series/StargateUniverse'', Chloe Armstrong is able to cure lieutenant Scott with a blood transfusion in the episode "[[Recap/StargateUniverseS2E5Cloverdale Cloverdale]]".

* In the final episode of ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay'', [[spoiler:Rex has a transfusion of Jack's blood in order to sneak some into the Blessing site. At the end of the episode, it's revealed that doing so has granted him Jack's immortality]].