History PhysicalGod / ComicBooks

* In ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', any Echidna who absorbs enough Chaos energy becomes the immortal demigod Enerjak, and are only ever defeated by being imprisoned in an over the top way (trapped under a castle's rubble, shot into space, etc.), or having their powers mystically removed, not in physical combat. And to give an example of how strong Enerjak is in any incarnation, when Knuckles was tricked into becoming him, he ended up singlehandedly ''destroying [[BigBad Eggman's]] entire army and reducing his city to rubble.''
** And in an AlternateUniverse, the fate of the world's people in this alternate reality is unknown - while the main cast have all had their souls ripped out by Knuckles, the only city that's seen - Enerjak's capital - is completely deserted. It is possible Knuckles-Enerjak killed them all or likewise ripped out their souls. ...or that nobody sane would choose to live within a hundred miles (if that) of the tyrant.
** Mammoth Mogul's "Master Mogul" form is this as he had the power of twelve Chaos Emeralds powering him, a threat that required Super Sonic, Hyper Knuckles and Turbo Tails to fight off.

!!DC Universe
* Franchise/TheDCU's gods, both the classic ones and the ComicBook/NewGods. From the latter, the best-known example is '''ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'''. Though writers tend to differ on whether they're truly gods, or merely SufficientlyAdvancedAliens, and Kirby's original intentions are unclear. Many of their strange powers are the result of advanced technology (what would a god need with a Mother Box?), but at the same time they also embody concepts (Darkseid=Tyranny, Forever People=Youth, Mr. Miracle=Freedom, Orion=War, etc.) and claim that human beings worship them through various rituals like turning on computers and marveling at the stars.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' introduced the Endless, a primordial group of seven beings older than any god, even Darkseid, and the anthropomorphic personifications of abstract concepts like dreams, death, and destruction. While they can be potentially weakened enough to be captured, testing their patience when your name isn't [[TheOmnipotent The Presence]], Michael Demiurgos, or [[{{Satan}} Lucifer Morningstar]] is a ''very'' bad idea.
* In ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom'' #54 to #57, Cap created and ruled his own universe. [[spoiler:He turned out not to be very good at it, and had to destroy his universe after his own dark side took it over.]] Of course, it could all have been just a [[FeverDreamEpisode fever-dream]] he had after Shadowstorm blasted him.
* If ''ComicBook/DoctorFate'' is ''not'' a Physical God, he's the next best thing. The Helm of Nabu gives him the powers of, well, Nabu, who is himself a Physical God (it depends on the writer and era whether Nabu just grants his powers to the wearer of the helm, or if the wearer actually ''becomes'' Nabu when the helm is worn).
* During the Power of Ion storyline ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' Kyle Rayner took the powers that Parallax absorbed from the Central Power Battery, plus his own Lantern powers, the Oblivion's Energies and (possibly) The Ion Entity. That allowed him to be in more places at once, to better focus his creativity, to teletransport things, and bend reality to his will. His girlfriend Jade became surprised when Kyle told her, saying that his new abilities can be compared to those of God. His talk with the Spectre Hal Jordan even made clear that Kyle could alter the past and make the future go as he wanted, something that as Parallax he couldn't do at all. Rayner eventually relinquished his power to reignite the Central Power Battery and resurrect the Guardians of the Universe.
** While Parallax wasn't quite as powerful as that, he does deserve a mention, mostly due to that time he ''[[ComicBook/ZeroHour destroyed the entire universe]]'' and almost replaced it with one made [[InTheirOwnImage In His Own Image]].
* ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger is one of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe and doesn't seem to take orders from anyone other than ''{{God}}''. He is portrayed as a consummate master of magic that can shrug off anything thrown at him by the likes of ComicBook/TheSpectre on his good days. The only thing that prevents him from making the DC Universe too boring by solving everything is that he won't, or can't, interfere too much in the affairs of mortals.
* Anyone wielding the power of ComicBook/{{Shazam}}. Such an individual -- in addition to possessing the standard FlyingBrick powers of SuperStrength (strong enough to take on Franchise/{{Superman}} ''and'' most of the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica at the same time), SuperSpeed (fast enough to race ComicBook/TheFlash), {{Flight}} (at FasterThanLightTravel speeds outside an atmosphere), and NighInvulnerability -- is also TheNeedless and TheAgeless, has a HealingFactor for those rare occasions when they actually get injured, possess SuperIntelligence (complete with PhotographicMemory and {{Omniglot}} skills), and are highly resistant (if not actually invulnerable) to MindManipulation and magic.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** Kryptonians (Superman, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, ComicBook/PowerGirl, ComicBook/{{Superboy}}, ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog...) generally speaking have incredible powers (inhuman strength, speed and endurance, flight capability, heat vision, freezing breath, super-senses...) and have been considered virtually godlike.
** Ever since Superman [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman died and came back from the dead]], he has had a cult of worshipers though he tries to discourage them. Although Superman did not actually "die", he was punched into a (temporary) coma. This makes the cult's reason for worshipping him quite misaimed (though he is STILL a physical god in his own right).
** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} has also been worshipped as a goddess at different points, much to her chagrin.
** One of her enemies, [[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 Blackstarr]] can bend cosmic forces at will.
** The above-mentioned cult have turned to their attention to the temporarily-deceased ComicBook/{{Superboy}}/Kon-El.
** ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' revealed that Superman, and many seemingly dead characters who miraculously returned to life, were brought back by Nekron as part of a grand GambitRoulette. Nekron, by the way, is a nigh-omnipotent who skirts this trope when he appears in the living world, and is regularly much more powerful in his own realm.
** On the other hand, while ComicBook/SuperboyPrime has the same amazing powers, he ''doesn't'' have Superman's weaknesses outside of red sunlight, thus he's a much more dangerous threat. To the point where the Pantheon of DC's gods ''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere pulled up their stakes and left.]]''
** Superman Prime, the being Superman will eventually become as seen in ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'', plays this straight after spending ''thousands of years'' meditating inside the sun and having the last Green Lantern ring in the universe to keep his solar power at its maximum for all time. He also gets the powers of the rest of the [[LegacyCharacter Supermen from his dynasty]] in return for giving them a portion of his power to protect the Earth with. One notable ability he gained being RealityWarper.
* Dr. Manhattan of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. He experiences time on a non linear way. He can become many people. He can watch neurons. Nothing can stop him.
** Hell, it's even implied at the end of the comic that he [[spoiler:''leaves his planet '''to try his hand at creating one''''']].
** Also worth noting is his recollection of how he ended the Vietnam War. The movies shows it pretty well too but the basics are that he creates multiple copies of himself each about 100 feet tall that rip through the entire Vietcong and NVA. Apparently the Vietnamese were so terrified by him that they would only surrender to him in a scene that is a cross between platitude and worship.
** [[spoiler: ComicBook/DCRebirth reveals that he created [[ComicBook/New52 The New 52]] universe of DC comics, and not The Flash and Pandora in Flashpoint like previously believed.]]
* Franchise/WonderWoman often interacts with the Ancient Greek and Egyptian pantheons, and those gods from those groups that are still around are incredibly powerful with RealityWarping powers and the ability to manifest in multiple places at once. Unlike many examples however they can and have been killed, either by other gods murdering them or slowly by the loss of their worshipers though some like Ares and Aphrodite have figured out ways to bypass this weakness. Zeus on the other hand would fade quickly if he ever left his seat of power on Olympus.
** Diana herself has powers of divine origin (DependingOnTheWriter she is either a child of Zeus or a clay statue brought to life and empowered by the gods) and has been compared to or even outright said to be a goddess. She is one of the most powerful beings in the DCU and has even held a position as a [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 goddess]] [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 twice]].
** ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark has strength at a Kryptonian level, flight, some electricity control and for a time before ''Flashpoint'' was showing signs of affecting the weather when upset as a side effect of her divine heritage.
** Donna Troy, Cassie's predecessor, has the same powers as Diana and once held the position of Titan of the Moon.

!!Marvel Universe
* Creator/MarvelComics's gods which include Asgardians such as [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] or Olympians like [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]].
** And Jack Kirby's [[ComicBook/TheEternals Eternals]] were godlike immortals who supposedly [[GodGuise inspired the myths]]. When they were {{Retcon}}ned as [[CanonImmigrant part of the main]] Franchise/MarvelUniverse, a conflict with the real gods had to be resolved.
** Also by Jack Kirby, the AncientAstronauts/"Space Gods", the Celestials, and the Cosmic not-so-horror PlanetEater, ComicBook/{{Galactus}}.
** [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate Thor]] was apparently a more abstract type of god, who incarnated in human form to allow him to preach a message to humanity (a NewAge pacifism that seems to be almost, but not entirely, unlike the philosophy of the Thor of Myth/NorseMythology.) Ultimate Loki is more powerful than his mainstream counterpart, able to "reshuffle reality" at will-- until Big Daddy Odin gets off his cosmic duff and makes with the spanking.
** Some "Omega-level mutants" often look like Physical Gods. ComicBook/ScarletWitch, for example, has the [[WindsOfDestinyChange power to alter probability]]. At its apex, we go from "give enemy bad luck" to "make the probability of ''anything she can think of'' become 100%," becoming a RealityWarper who is limited only by the fact that as one born human her mind can't always handle it.
*** And then one must consider her son Billy, AKA Wiccan, AKA the Demiurge. He's inexperienced now, but once summoned and killed an EldritchAbomination, and will create utopian dimensions from scratch. His original codename may be foreshadowing his future status. It's Asgardian, by the way. And then, of course, there is this:
---->'''Loki:''' You're a [[spoiler:singular multidimensional messiah]]. You're going to [[spoiler:rewrite the rules of magic and all the implications of that decision are going to echo forward and backward across all realities]]. [[BlatantLies It's no biggie.]]\\
''[{{beat}}]''\\
'''Billy:''' '''''[[BigWhat WHAT?]]'''''
** Speaking of Omega-level mutants, there's Vulcan aka [[spoiler:Gabriel Summers, the third Summers brother]]. He's one of the most powerful, if not ''the'' most powerful, mutants in the ''Franchise/XMen'' universe.
** The "cosmic entities" sometimes do, too, but they tend to go [[PowersThatBe a bit beyond]] the average scale of a Physical God.
** And then there's the Beyonder -- if there's any limit to his abilities, we've not seen it. He didn't become physical until ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'', however.
*** So powerful in fact that when Doom takes his powers, he has a hard time separating his thoughts from reality. Doom has been this trope a few times.
*** Although the Beyonder fooled the Illuminati into believing he is merely a particularly powerful Inhuman, he has been acknowledged as an incomplete Cosmic Cube by Kubik and the Shaper of Worlds, both former Cosmic Cubes.
*** And how did he become physical? ''He wanted to see what it was like to be a mere mortal, including being vulnerable.'' A lot of other nigh-omnipotent characters don't have nearly so much power over their own natures.
*** How powerful can Beyonders get? In ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'', a group of Beyonders called the Ivory Kings [[spoiler:killed every other CosmicEntity in the Marvel Universe, ''including the Living Tribunal''.]]
** In recent Marvel history, there's ComicBook/TheSentry[=/=]Void. Initially based on the idea of 'the world's greatest hero who is also the world's greatest villain', the manipulations of Norman Osborn led to the Sentry allowing the Void to do whatever he wanted, as perfectly described in Siege when the President is very accurately told that there is no limit to his power set (for an example, the Void's strength can scale from being able to break the Hulk's bones to being able to tear gods apart). The Sentry ultimately got a MercyKill at the end of Siege - which only worked ''because he wanted it'' - and after he was unwillingly brought BackFromTheDead, went looking for another way to kill himself. Neither he or Doctor Strange could find one.
** Shuma-Gorath is a nigh-omnipotent multiversal conqueror/EldritchAbomination who has ''thousands'' of universes under his control, and [[spoiler: he's just one of four Many-Angled Ones]]. The results of one of his more [[GeniusLoci thorough]] [[EldritchLocation conquerings]] is...unsettling, to say the least. Oh, and he's back, and ''very'' pissed.
** Dormammu is a lesser example; while he's a fair bit below Shuma's level, he's still a staggeringly powerful [[EldritchAbomination extradimensional horror]] who, like Shuma, has conquered multiple universes and is worshipped as a deity by countless beings throughout the multiverse.
** His sister is, in turn, somewhat less powerful, but still strong enough to kick a Sorceror Supreme's ass without much difficulty.
** And then we have the "One Above All", also known as the author.
** When it comes to the physical side of things, one is hardpressed to argue that TheJuggernaut isn't one of these. He's the physical avatar of evil deity-entity Cyttorak, which makes him a living embodiment of Unstoppable Force. In practical terms, he has SuperStrength off any charts the Marvel universe can come up with, he's [[NighInvulnerability nigh-invulnerable]] ''and'' has a HealingFactor that makes for good comparison with ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, his only {{Achilles Heel}}s are a vulnerability to MindControl and to magic (one of the few ways to physically hurt him), he is literally unstoppable (once in motion, nothing, but nothing, can actually stop him), and he is an ImplacableMan taken UpToEleven (he officially doesn't need to eat, sleep or breathe and his stamina level is "infinite", meaning he never gets fatigued).
** Although probably retconned now, in the 90s, it was revealed that ComicBook/{{Gambit}} would have become one if he hadn't gone to Mister Sinister for preventive brain surgery. A version of himself from an alternate universe who never had the surgery forms a BigBad, and shows Gambit would have eventually become a being of pure kinetic energy, with the ability to manipulate all kinetic energy at will. This alternate Gambit called himself "New Sun". Because, when his powers fully awoke, he accidentally triggered all potential kinetic energy ''across planet Earth, destroying it by accident''.
** Gorr the God Butcher, a villain from ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', became one after he acquired All Black the Necrosword. The sword made Gorr so powerful that he was able to murder entire pantheons of gods across the cosmos (hence the "God Butcher" part of the name). Even multiple versions of Thor from the past, present, and future couldn't defeat him [[spoiler:until an energy construct Gorr created in the image of his dead son rebelled against him and aided Thor since it believed Gorr had become everything he hated: an evil god.]]
** David Haller, a.k.a. "Legion" (Professor Charles Xavier's AntagonisticOffspring) has the ability to create spontaneous mutations with varying attributes, potentially giving him limitless access to thousands of different power types, and there are more "being born" all the time. Due either to his immense powers, mental instability or a combination of the two, David creates a new [[SplitPersonality sub-]] [[SuperPoweredEvilSide personality]] in order to govern each one of these new mutations, hence his codename. He becomes truly a god in material form when he manages to pull a SplitPersonalityMerge but his godlike status is questioned due to the instability brought on by the constant threat of a SplitPersonalityTakeover.
** Nate Grey a.k.a. ComicBook/XMan, Cable's genetically engineered counterpart (and half-brother, since he was created from Jean's DNA, rather than her clone's) from the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' reality. He was born to "end the Apocalypse" as he puts it, and proves it on multiple occasions - starting at the tender age of 17. At the height of his powers, he was a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] so powerful that [[RealityWarper reality warping was second nature]], death was a mild irritation, and the dead could be resurrected with a stray thought, while the Multiverse was his personal stepladder. After exposure to the Life Seed, the entirety of the X-Men, including several of the above-mentioned Omega Class mutants couldn't even touch him. He proved able to move tectonic plates, and when Legion (who was rightly terrified of him) finally faced him, the 'fight' was a curt BreakingSpeech from a supremely annoyed Nate as he shut Legion down and it concluded with Nate effortlessly [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe body-jacking]]]] Legion. All this while keeping Magneto and others on a psychic leash, and having Apocalypse in chains, the latter grudgingly admitting that he was "a ruler worthy of the counsel of Apocalypse." Then, he ended up creating the ComicBook/AgeOfXMan, a whole new reality - ''not'' just an alternate universe (for one thing [[spoiler: he ''was'' that universe]]).
* And now we have Angela, who was originally an angel in the Spawn universe, got transferred over to the Marvel Universe after an interdimensional incident, is now an Asgardian and sister to Thor and Loki, and still is insanely powerful, but is considered a mere warrior in their culture. With incredible angelic powers intact, of course.
* While it's heavily implied that his true form is an immensely powerful EnergyBeing, resident PlanetEater ComicBook/{{Galactus}} of the Marvel Universe qualifies. While he appears in a different guise to different races, his default appearance seems to be a huge armored version of his original humanoid self Galan. His non-canon daughter Galacta (no, really) is closer to a typical Physical God in terms of power scale since she isn't quite as powerful as her father. [[spoiler:Her unborn child the Tapeworm Cosmic (no, really, again) will probably fit the bill, too.]]
* ''Franchise/XMen'': The Phoenix Force may or may not be this, DependingOnTheWriter.
%%* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' qualifies, seeing as how he has potentially ''infinite strength'', even managing to defeat Onslaught, who had easily overpowered ''the Juggernaut''. The Beyonder says the Hulk's power has no limitations.
%%** There was an evil BadFuture version of the Hulk named Maestro who was even '''stronger'''.

* While it's heavily implied that his true form is an immensely powerful EnergyBeing, resident PlanetEater ComicBook/{{Galactus}} of the Marvel Universe qualifies. While he appears in a different guise to different races, his default appearance seems to be a huge armored version of his original humanoid self Galan. His daughter Galacta (no, really) is closer to a typical Physical God in terms of power scale since she isn't quite as powerful as her father. [[spoiler:Her unborn child the Tapeworm Cosmic (no, really, again) will probably fit the bill, too.]]

** On the other hand, while SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime has the same amazing powers, he ''doesn't'' have Superman's weaknesses outside of red sunlight, thus he's a much more dangerous threat. To the point where the Pantheon of DC's gods ''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere pulled up their stakes and left.]]''

---->'''Loki:''' You're a [[spoiler:singular multidimensional messiah]]. You're going to [[spoiler:rewrite the rules of magic and all the implications of that decision are going to echo forward and backward across all realities]]. [[BlatantLies It's no biggie.]]//

---->'''Loki:''' You're a [[spoiler:singular multidimensional messiah]]. You're going to [[spoiler:rewrite the rules of magic and all the implications of that decision are going to echo forward and backward across all realities]]. [[BlatantLies It's no biggie.]]
----->[[[{{Beat}} beat]]]
---->'''Billy:''' '''''[[BigWhat WHAT?]]'''''

*** How powerful can Beyonders get? In ''Comicbook/NewAvengers'', a group of Beyonders called the Ivory Kings [[spoiler:killed every other CosmicEntity in the Marvel Universe, ''including the Living Tribunal''.]]

** Gorr the God Butcher, a villain from ''Comicbook/TheMightyThor'', became one after he acquired All Black the Necrosword. The sword made Gorr so powerful that he was able to murder entire pantheons of gods across the cosmos (hence the "God Butcher" part of the name). Even multiple versions of Thor from the past, present, and future couldn't defeat him [[spoiler:until an energy construct Gorr created in the image of his dead son rebelled against him and aided Thor since it believed Gorr had become everything he hated: an evil god.]]

* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'', any Echidna who absorbs enough Chaos energy becomes the immortal demigod Enerjak, and are only ever defeated by being imprisoned in an over the top way (trapped under a castle's rubble, shot into space, etc.), or having their powers mystically removed, not in physical combat. And to give an example of how strong Enerjak is in any incarnation, when Knuckles was tricked into becoming him, he ended up singlehandedly ''destroying [[BigBad Eggman's]] entire army and reducing his city to rubble.''

* The fairy-tale characters of the ''{{ComicBook/Fables}}'' comic book series. With some of them (such as Aslan or Weyland Smith) actually ''supposed'' to be gods. Others... not so much (Goldilocks).

* ''Comicbook/LastManStanding'': Hex is one, since he kind of, you know, created the ''whole damn universe''!

** Elyon, thanks to her ability to [[RealityWarper change reality with a small gesture]]. She's not invincible, but is impossible to defeat or even ''fight'' straight on;
** the Oracle, sort of: while he hasn't the power to ''do'' things on a grandiose scale, the leader of Kandrakar is practically [[{{Omniscience}} omniscient]] (it ''is'' possible to hide from him, but it's extremely difficult when he's ''not'' paying attention and next to impossible when he is) and can casually teleport himself or others around and alter memories. In fact, he was once mistaken for God due visiting Earth to pull a DeusExMachina and [[LampshadeHanging introducing himself by explaining the origin of the term Deus Ex Machina]] (he quickly explained he was not God, just appearing from nowhere to solve the unsolvable);
** among the Guardians, the Keeper of the Heart is one, once she knows how to use her powers to the fullest. While Will is too young and unexperienced to fully use her powers, [[FallenHero Nerissa]] was shown disintegrating another Guardian (''literally'': witnesses openly says she didn't even leave a body), surviving an attack whose ''recoil'' could have shattered Kandrakar, and even ''create life'';
** ''all'' the Guardians, once they receive their full power in the New Power saga. To make an example, Hay Lin was able to take an hurricane and ''close it in a small box''.

** Superman Prime, the being Superman will eventually become as seen in ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'', plays this straight after spending ''thousands of years'' meditating inside the sun and having the last Green Lantern ring in the universe to keep his solar power at its maximum for all time.
** He also gets the powers of whichever the rest of the [[LegacyCharacter Supermen from his dynasty]] in return for giving them a portion of his power to protect the Earth with. One notable ability he gained being RealityWarper.

* If ''ComicBook/DrFate'' is ''not'' a Physical God, he's the next best thing. The Helm of Nabu gives him the powers of, well, Nabu, who is himself a Physical God (it depends on the writer and era whether Nabu just grants his powers to the wearer of the helm, or if the wearer actually ''becomes'' Nabu when the helm is worn).

** Diana herself has powers of divine origin (Ares is her maternal grandfather) and has been compared to or even outright said to be a goddess. She is one of the most powerful beings in the DCU and has even held a position as a [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 goddess]] [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 twice]].
** ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark has strength at a Kryptonian level, flight, some electricity control and for a time before ''Flashpoint'' was showing signs of affecting the weather when upset as a side effect of her divine heritage.

** There was an evil BadFuture version of the Hulk named Maestro who was even '''stronger'''.

* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' qualifies, seeing as how he has potentially ''infinite strength'', even managing to defeat Onslaught, who had easily overpowered ''the Juggernaut''. The Beyonder says the Hulk's power has no limitations.

** Diana herself has powers of divine origin and has been compared to or even outright said to be a goddess. She is one of the most powerful beings in the DCU and has even held a position as a [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 goddess]] [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 twice]].

** Diana herself has powers of divine origin and has been compared to or even outright said to be a goddess. She is one of the most powerful beings in the DCU and has even held a position as a goddess twice.

** Diana herself has powers of divine origin and has been compared to or even outright said to be a goddess.

* Franchise/TheDCU's gods, both the classic ones and the ComicBook/NewGods. From the latter, the best-known example is '''ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'''.