History SuperpowerLottery / ComicBooks

* ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}. That's right, Aquaman. The ButtMonkey of Franchise/TheDCU for decades, the TropeNamer for ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman and requiring one PlotTailoredToTheParty after another to be at all relevant, he is absolutely ''not'' as weak as common opinion believes. A combination of RequiredSecondaryPowers (he can swim like a fish and punch people while under 500+ atmospheres of pressure, which is Superman level asskickery) and FridgeHorror (he commands ''everything'' that lives in the ocean; guess where Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], and [[Literature/TheBible the Leviathan]] live?) have had many writers portray him as horrifically powerful and outright ''feared'' by heroes and villains alike, and for very good reasons. And that is before considering that he is also the king of a lost civilization with its own military force of (slightly weaker) super humans, giant ocean monsters and super advanced weaponry.

** Aquaman's wife ComicBook/{{Mera}}, is no slouch in this department either. As an Atlantian, she has super strength and durability and has been shown as [[InASingleBound capable of jumping out of the water directly onto a flying plane.]] But her greatest weapon is her [[MakingASplash ability to control, manipulate and shape water to her will]]. Her feats include pushing back a tidal wave the size of a city, drawing the moisture out of a person's body, collecting the water in a person's body to flood their lungs.
** Garth the original Aqualad originally wasn't much to write home about, simply having the standard Atlantian physical stats but not on Aquaman's level. But then he became [[SidekickGraduationStick Tempest]] and learned magic from the sorcerer Atlan. Since then, Garth has gained the ability to not only manipulate water but also control it's temperature, meaning he can either heat water to the point of evaporation or freeze it solid. He can fire purple energy beams from his eyes, sense magical energies, travel through dimensions, wields minor telekinesis, summon demons, astral project and, if he is possession of Poseidon's Trident, can travel through time.

* Black Alice has the ability to instantly steal anybody's magical powers. And we do mean ''anybody''. From [[DealWithTheDevil Felix]] [[EvilSorcerer Faust]] to [[DeusExMachina the freaking]] [[PhysicalGod Spectre]].
* ComicBook/BlueBeetle. Jaime Reyes may be considered a combination of ComicBook/SpiderMan and ComicBook/IronMan, but he's got more than just that. His alien scarab is a DoAnythingRobot which grants him vast destructive power and a wide variety of abilities whenever he needs it. He's got SuperStrength, {{Flight}}, VoluntaryShapeshifting, {{Arm Cannon}}s, AdaptiveAbility to face his opponents, NighInvulnerability, and much, much more. To give you an idea of what else he can do, he can turn [[{{Invisibility}} invisible]] when he needs to, or [[ArtificialGill breathe underwater]] whenever the situation calls for it, or make a special surfboard to ride the winds inside a tornado. His ability to adapt to any situation also deserves special mention, as he can produce ''Kryptonite radiation'', and his blasts are strong enough to harm ''The Spectre''.

* Franchise/TheFlash has a tendency to fall into this, DependingOnTheWriter. While SuperSpeed sounds simple enough on paper, it's more like a GreenLanternRing in the hands of an author who knows how to use his TechnoBabble. He's used his superspeed to time travel, travel between dimensions, become intangible (and make other people or things intangible), become invisible, cure himself of detrimental conditions, increase or decrease the speed of other people and objects (including turning someone into, effectively, a living statue), create whirlwinds strong enough to lift others aloft (sometimes just by spinning his arms), extinguish fires, melt large amounts of snow and ice, fly, and power large machinery, among other things. At one point he started fabricating items from pure speed, whatever the heck that means. One of his famous tricks? Infinite Mass Punch. It's exactly what it sounds like. And it ''should'' be able to [[OneHitKO oneshot]] anybody that has a physical form, even Superman. Flash eventually ''taught'' Supes the same move.

* ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]]'' villain Amazo, by virtue of his AllYourPowersCombined. The Franchise/{{DCAU}} version became something similar through a variant of PowerCopying, and eventually becomes [[PhysicalGod a virtual god]].
* The original ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' had a character in the Heroes of Lallor named Duplicate Boy. His power? To have any power he wanted. Fortunately, he was only a supporting character and rarely appeared.
** In a similar boat: Nemesis Kid, who had the power to give himself whatever power was needed to defeat a single opponent. (Didn't stop him from getting his {{neck snap}}ped by Projectra, proving that all the power in the world can't beat awesome.)
*** Then there is Earth-Man (formerly Absorbancy Boy), who has the ability to temporarily absorb as many powers as he wants, turning him, in his words, into a "one-man Legion". Unfortunately for the Legion, he's a sociopathic xenophobe who wants to [[FantasticRacism wipe out all species except humans]].
* The ComicBook/MartianManhunter. His full list of Post-Crisis demonstrated powers covers half the StockSuperpowers page, and his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] version was even ''more'' arbitrarily powerful. And yet he is ''still'' always a victim of TheWorfEffect. "Oh my gosh if he defeated Martian Manhunter how can Superman defeat him?" Apparently the answer to this question is always "Easily". The best power he has since lost is the ability to ''gain the powers'' of whatever form he changed into! He would lose his standard set (except for the ability to shapeshift), but who cares? Used sensibly (which it generally wasn't), this gives J'Onn the winning ticket in the SuperpowerLottery all by itself.

** Superman has so many powers that an entire title's worth of ''ComicBook/XMen'' could be fielded with them (generally include EyeBeams, FlyingBrick, NighInvulnerable, SuperBreath, SuperSpeed and SuperStrength). They also tend to be at the highest end of the power spectrum for each, rendering him immensely powerful even among other equally strong and widely powered individuals. While quite a few writers have managed to sort it out and write engaging stories with him in defiance of his closeness to being a DeusExMachina, even other characters in the setting comment on (or become envious of) his many powers. The short form: With Superman around, the ''other'' guys in the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] can probably leave Supes to do his work.

** Infamous character Comicbook/{{Superboy}}-Prime explicitly has the Silver Age level of power while modern Superman, while ''still'' pretty darned OP, has been scaled down from "destroy a solar system by sneezing" level. The insane, godlike absolute height of Superman's power... in the body of a bratty teenager. This is not a good thing, obviously.

** Superman villain Hank Henshaw, alias the pre-ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} Cyborg-Superman. Originally an EnergyBeing who could infest and control all forms of technology, Henshaw upgraded his act by using Superman's birthing matrix to create a cyborg body that incorporated Kryptonian alloys and organic parts cloned from Superman. Then he upgraded again by adding Apokoliptian technology, again when he became Grandmaster of the Manhunters, and ''again'' when he joined the Sinestro Corps. The end result is a killing machine possessed of all Superman's powers, plus {{technopath}}ic control over an army of robots, the ability to instantly manufacture any Kryptonian or Apokoliptian weapon, a GreenLanternRing, and a complete inability to die. That last one is a real problem, as [[DeathSeeker he'd really like to die now, please.]]

* Franchise/WonderWoman isn't much better. Not only does she have strength, speed, and impact resistance within a hair of Superman, but she has a huge array of gear and minor abilities. Most people know about the block-anything bracers and the lasso that's unbreakable and made of truth (which is a "downgrade" from its old 'compel the target to do anything' powers, though recent writers have revealed it works by [[MindRape reaching down and grabbing someone's soul]], which is fun), but did you know her tiara can cut anything? That she can [[SpeaksFluentAnimal speak with animals]], and [[HealingFactor heals at an accelerated rate]] due to her connection to Gaia? That she's immune to fire? That thanks to the goddess Athena sharing her visions that she can see through illusions? That's not a complete list.

* Doctor Manhattan of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' (pictured above, in center), who is basically a nascent [[EnergyBeings Energy Being]] who is just discovering that he is more or less a PhysicalGod. This in a setting completely ''devoid'' of superpowers above BadassNormal. He is however also hamstrung by being omniscient along his own personal timeline, meaning he always knows the events of his past and future with perfect clarity and thus has no free will. Every action he takes is utterly deterministic because he views his future actions as having already happened. Furthermore, his mere existence has [[AlternateHistory significantly altered the course of history]] - and with the exception of some new power sources and the early adoption of electric cars, [[CrapsackWorld not for the better]]. He would go on to top all that by creating the ComicBook/New52.

* Richard Swift aka the ComicBook/{{Shade}}. You'd think that being able to create constructs and sentient beings out of [[CastingAShadow shadows]], cause an absence of light and teleport vast distances in a short amount of time would be impressive enough. But he is also virtually unkillable (as seen by when he survived getting his heart torn out by a [[ComicBook/BlackestNight Black Lantern]]). His powers are considered to be outside supernatural forces such as magic and continued to work when the Genesis event depowered everyone else. A future version of himself was able to create corridors through time made of shadow. It's been stated by Dr Fate that even the ''Spectre'' would have a tough time dealing with the Shade.
* Eve Eden aka ComicBook/{{Nightshade}} has a similar power set to the above mentioned Richard Swift. Like Swift, Eve can create objects and beings made out of shadow, [[PowerOfCreation which has used to create living shadow homunculi and two ravens which she used to serve as scouts]]. She can make herself [[{{Intangibility}} intangible]] by transforming into a two-dimensional shadow creature and also gains super strength in this form. She is able to teleport to other locations by passing through the Land of Nightshades, her realm of origin.
* ComicBook/SwampThing. As an Avatar of [[GreenThumb "The Green"]](the plane of existence for the hive-mind and life force of all plant-life on Earth), Swamp Thing can inhabit and animate vegetable matter anywhere, including alien plants, even sentient ones, and construct it into a body for himself. As a result, bodily attacks mean little to him, he can easily regrow damaged or severed body parts, and can even transport himself across the globe by leaving his current form, transferring his consciousness to a new form grown from whatever vegetable matter is present in the location he wishes to reach. He even grew himself a form out of John Constantine's meager tobacco supply on one occasion.

* ''ComicBook/TheEternals'', created by Creator/JackKirby, are an entire race of people who each won the Superpower Lottery at birth. Each and every one of them is born with their own innate GreenLanternRing, in the form of cosmic energy that suffuses them. Basic Eternal powers include: CompleteImmortality, [[MadeOfIron invulnerability to most forms of harm]] (including disease, poison, and extremes of heat and cold), a HealingFactor (for anything they're not invulnerable to), EyeBeams, the ability to [[WaterIsAir breathe underwater]], SuperStrength, [[FlyingBrick flight]], {{Telepathy}}, [[MasterOfIllusion casting illusions]], MindControl, [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleportation]], and, last but not least, [[BalefulPolymorph transmutation]]. And that's just the base power set. Some Eternals have trained themselves to use cosmic energy in different ways.

** Franklin Richards, son of the heroes Susan and Reed Richards, suffers from intermittent [[GooGooGodlike omnipotence]], including at one point creating a universe in his hands out of boredom. In the many times Franklin has been given a temporary PlotRelevantAgeUp, he for whatever reason always gets ''weaker'' after growing up. Supposedly, he's more powerful as a child because [[AchievementsInIgnorance he doesn't know that half the things he does are supposed to be impossible.]] Or that they're probably bad ideas. In at least one AlternateTimeline, he marries the X-Men's Rachel Summers, another major winner of the lottery, and has a son. His son, Jonathan/Hyperstorm, of course far eclipses ''both'' his parents. In [[ComicBook/EarthX another]], Franklin [[spoiler:becomes the next universe's Galactus.]]

* [[Characters/GhostRider Cosmic Ghost Rider.]] Start with [[spoiler:Frank Castle, aka. the Punisher,]] give him the powers of Ghost Rider, then give him the Power Cosmic (as one of the aforementioned Heralds of Galactus), then let Thanos augment him [[BadFuture for a few million years]] and take it from there. He has a piece of the Time Stone from his Thanos-ruled reality, so he can time-travel, and chains forged from the bones of Cyttorak (the guy who gave Juggernaut his powers: anything he wraps in them is completely unable to move). In his first solo series, he winds up fighting the Marvel roster from [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse another dystopian future,]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqcJJ6KWkAEnwsn.jpg:large and just slaughters whole teams of heroes at once.]]

* Black Bolt, the King of ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'', is probably the ultimate example of this in the MarvelUniverse. A basic listing of his powers include a supersonic voice that, at max power, can destroy a planet (and, amplified by technology, has split open reality itself ''twice''); telekinesis; superhuman strength; matter and energy manipulation; transmutation; and flight. In nearly 50 years of existence, he's never lost a real fight, at worst being stalemated (or limited by circumstances). The only significant class of superpower he doesn't possess is telepathy, and that's because he's TheVoiceless.

* In ''Comicbook/{{Runaways}}'', Nico's Staff of One lets her do ''anything'' (with the apparent limit of resurrection being off-limits)...but only once per effect. Lately, she's gained some measure of magic ability on her own, at least enough to fly around on her own power.

** ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'' has basically confirmed that ''nothing'' is off limits for the Staff of One, provided the blood sacrifice is big enough. For example, [[spoiler:when Nico is bleeding out, she's able to cast one last spell... that brings her BackFromTheDead.]]

** ComicBook/ScarletWitch is pretty much all-powerful at this point, thanks to her initial [[WindsOfDestinyChange Power Of Probability]] being redefined into a RealityWarper by writers apparently haunted by Laplace's demon.

** Jean and Cyclops' daughter, ComicBook/RachelSummers, is arguably every bit as powerful as her mama, if not more so - for instance, she didn't need the Phoenix to master molecular manipulation, she's mastered Time Travel to the point of being able to travel across millennia, and she's effectively the only person to consistently and ''successfully'' control the Phoenix Force, to the point of being called 'the One True Phoenix'. Needless to say, she gets nerfed a lot, but she's still fairly impressive, flattening an entire Avengers squad in one shot during ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen.
** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, through the effects of power inflation, has reached this point. In older stories, an injured Wolverine actually required medical treatment when his healing factor could not regenerate fast enough. Modern stories feature him being burned down to a skeleton and healing, or regenerating an entire body from a drop of blood. One storyline brought his regenerative abilities back to a more believable level, hand-waving all its previous exaggerated exploits with [[AWizardDidIt magic]].
** Iceman at his full potential is not just AnIcePerson, but has full control over moisture itself. This includes absorbing bodies of water to increase his size, teleportation (not quite, but close enough) by traveling through water vapor, and he's physically immortal, since he can reconstitute his body from ''any'' source of moisture, and even killed a villain by drawing the water from her body.
** Then there's [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey]], the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse's LaserGuidedTykeBomb answer to Cable (and thus son of Scott and Jean, brother to Rachel), with all the power that Cable should have and then some. Certainly, he was strong enough to beat seven kinds of crap out of the Age of Apocalypse's titular tyrant, treat Apocalypse's OmnicidalManiac son as a passing annoyance, accidentally resurrect two people, and beat waves of superheroes. Then he managed to fix the intentional defect in his powers and promptly started treating the multiverse as his personal step ladder, taking on beings that wiped out universes before AscendingToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Then he descended again and won fights with entire supervillain teams. He's lost almost all of his powers since, but he'll probably get them back some day, seeing as how many times he's already lost and regained them before.

** The previously mentioned Exodus, Bennet du Paris, has PsychicPowers on such a scale that he could take on Apocalypse (ironically, the one who activated those powers in the first place) and entire teams of X-Men, and call himself "Magneto's heir in spirit ''and power''" with perfect justification. He once boasted that his powers - which primarily include telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation - were so vast that Rogue couldn't steal more than one. He was technically right about that, too. When Wolverine and Rogue asked their resident BlindSeer what he could do, the answer they got was "Whatever he wants".
** Hope Summers, as the 'Mutant Messiah', technically lucked out power-wise - she's like Rogue, but she can copy as many powers as she likes, without draining those she's copying and dealing with their pesky thoughts in her brain, and she might well be an Omega Class telepath and telekinetic on top of that (if Stryfe is to be believed, anyway). Oh, and she's a former host of the Phoenix. Of course, if she's not around another mutant, her powers are largely reduced to being a BadassNormal trained by Cable.

** Then of course, there's [[Comicbook/{{Exiles}} Mimic]], who is basically AllYourPowersCombined personified. He can copy up to five other mutants at a time, but only gets half their power. Sounds kind of weak, until you realize that the different powers interact. In his first appearance, he'd mimicked Wolverine, Beast, and Colossus, among others. Yes, his claws were bone, and only half as long as Wolvie's. Yes, he was only half as strong as Beast. But when he [[VoluntaryShapeShifting turned himself into living metal]], those claws became much deadlier, and his animalistic strength got taken UpToEleven. This is a guy who can ''rig'' the Superpower Lottery.
** The "normal" MarvelUniverse version of Mimic also gets this to some degree. He has permanently taken on the abilities of the original five X-Men, and can take also on the powers of anyone else he's around. He returned after a long absence by proving to be comatose... until Wolverine [[HealingFactor stood too close]]. It hasn't happened yet, but he could easily hit god level if he has their full potential instead of being stuck at the level the powers were when he got them. Unfortunately, unlike Exiles Mimic, he is not entirely stable. [[note]]No, really, think of what each X-Man's greatest feat has been, and imagine him or her being able to operate at that level all the time easily. If Mimic's powers are as expandable for them as they proved to be for the original wielders, even Jean's full ''non-Phoenix'' potential could move mountains and control matter at a molecular level, as well as giving him influence over every mind within (an ever bigger) range. Scott's eyebeams can amp up to "stagger the Juggernaut or disintegrate a Sentinel" class. The full physical ability of the Beast could make him Spidey-class agile and nigh-Colossus class strong, Iceman's full ability, as an Omega, would be unlimited control of both water and temperature as well as turning to ice rendering him MadeOfAir (think a colder Hydro-Man), and even Angel's maneuverability at its maximum could make him all of the above... and impossible to hit. Death from above. If this happened when he was on the 'evil' side of the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, he could become worse than all the {{Big Bad}}s combined if the writers didn't have this unfortunate tendency to forget he exists for decades at a time.[[/note]]
** At last count, Legion had a ''thousand'' powers, with more developing. The thing is, each power is under the control of [[SplitPersonality a separate personality]], and they're the only ones who can use it (although there are ways around even ''that''). A sane and functional Legion would be a reality warper of terrifying scale. As it is, he still caused the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse and the Age of X.

** ComicBook/{{Rogue}}'s mutant power is using her touch to absorb memories and abilities -- and that includes powers, be they mutant or not. This, for instance, is how she was a FlyingBrick in TheNineties: she had absorbed ComicBook/MsMarvel's powers while she was a member of the Brotherhood. Throughout the years, this has brought plenty of trauma to her, putting quite a damper on her relationship with Gambit (at least until Xavier helps bring her powers under control). Though her PowerCopying abilities are usually balanced out by PowerIncontinence and the psychological trauma that sometimes comes along with absorbing other people's powers, there have been times where she has had complete control over her abilities, and even briefly having the ability to ''use any power of anyone she had EVER touched. Simultaneously.'' That list of people includes nearly the entire extended roster of the X-Men and the Avengers just ''for starters.''

** Betsy Braddock as ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} has historically been a powerful telepath, telekinetic and ninja, especially after getting upgraded by the Phoenix Force Jean from an alternate dimension. Then she gains the power of the Amulet of Right, the artifact that powers her twin brother Brian to become ComicBook/CaptainBritain, and takes the title. Keep in mind that she still retains her innate mutant powers (whereas her brother wasn't a mutant and thus had no powers beforehand), all while she has the vast powers of Captain Britain. This means she effectively has ''two'' different sources of power: her mutant abilities and her magical empowerment. For the former, she's the third most powerful telepath in the world, can create powerful forcefields, psionic weapons, read minds, control minds, and use a variety of special TK-based abilities. For the latter, she can fly at vastly superhuman speeds, benchpress over 500 tons, is practically NighInvulnerable to most forms of normal damage, and can [[BarrierWarrior manipulate a nigh-indestructible forcefield]] for both offense and defense. She's ''[[SuperiorSuccessor even more]]'' overpowered than her brother!
** Ororo Munroe aka ComicBook/{{Storm}}. Her power of WeatherManipulation has made her one of the most powerful mutants in existance granting her control over water, ice, air and lightning. She has also demonstrated the ability to control natural forces that include cosmic storms, solar wind, ocean currents, and the electromagnetic field. She has demonstrated the ability to separate water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen via electrolysis, allowing her to breathe underwater. While in outer space, she is able to affect and manipulate the interstellar and intergalactic media. Storm can alter her visual perceptions so as to see the universe in terms of energy patterns, detecting the flow of kinetic, thermal and electromagnetic energy behind weather phenomena and can bend this energy to her will. She also has the RequiredSecondaryPowers that grant her immunity to the effects of her abilities. This isn't even getting into her mastery of martial arts and thievery, telepathic resistance and magical potential due to her ancestry.
* William "Billy" Kaplan (Wiccan) of the ComicBook/YoungAvengers takes after his mother, who happens to be the ComicBook/ScarletWitch. He has both magic ''and'' the ability to [[RealityWarper warp reality]] at will. Although he's only in his teens, his power is so immense that it's pretty much just his [[UnskilledButStrong inexperience]] and [[SquishyWizard human squishiness]] holding him back from being a PhysicalGod. Thus far, he's managed to access his full power (or close to it) exactly once. He proceeded to use said power to instantly destroy an EldritchAbomination and then step outside of his own universe to make adjustments at will, and he did it all with about as much effort as most people use to edit a text file. He's also going to form Utopian dimensions from scratch at some point in the future, so not only can he warp reality, he will one day be able to ''create it''.
* Due to bombardment by extra-dimensional energies, ComicBook/MonicaRambeau can transform herself into any form of energy within the electromagnetic spectrum. Among the many energy forms she has assumed and is able to control are cosmic rays, gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet radiation, visible light, electricity, infrared radiation, microwaves, radio waves, and neutrinos. In many of these forms she can turn invisible and intangible and in human form can project the energies she transforms into in the form beams for offense. If she encounters a new or unfamiliar form of energy, can often duplicate it given enough time for analysis, as seen in a [[ComicBook/JLAAvengers Marvel/DC crossover]] when she duplicated [[Franchise/GreenLantern Kyle Rayner's ring energy]]. Avengers: No Road Home, has revealed she is also immortal.

* In the pre-reboot universe of ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'', Knuckles the Echidna was this. Genetic alteration by his father granted him amazing Chaos Energy-based powers that, when accidentally unlocked to the fullest, made him a RealityWarper. Enerjak, which Knuckles was once was, was also a RealityWarper with the same level of power.

** One cannot forget Linda Danvers, the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Earth-born angel]] version of Supergirl. She was a FlyingBrick with PsychcPowers (telekinesis and, for a while, pyrokinesis) and shapeshifting.

** Aquaman's wife Mera, is no slouch in this department either. As an Atlantian, she has super strength and durability and has been shown as [[InASingleBound capable of jumping out of the water directly onto a flying plane.]] But her greatest weapon is her [[MakingASplash ability to control, manipulate and shape water to her will]]. Her feats include pushing back a tidal wave the size of a city, drawing the moisture out of a person's body, collecting the water in a person's body to flood their lungs.

** His wife Mera, is arguably more impressive than Aquaman. As an Atlantian, she has super strength and durability and has been shown as [[InASingleBound capable of jumping out of the water directly onto a flying plane.]] But her greatest weapon is her [[MakingASplash ability to control, manipulate and shape water to her will]]. Her feats include pushing back a tidal wave the size of a city, drawing the moisture out of a person's body, collecting the water in a person's body to flood their lungs.
** Garth the original Aqualad originally wasn't much to write home about. But then he became [[SidekickGraduationStick Tempest]] and learned from Atlan. Since then, Garth has gained the ability to not only manipulate water but also control it's temperature. He can fire purple energy beams from his eyes, sense magical energies, travel through dimensions, wields minor telekinesis, summon demons, astral project and, if he is possession of Poseidon's Trident, can travel through time.

* Comicbook/DoctorStrange, DependingOnTheWriter, can go from "merely" one of the stronger Earth bound heroes to perhaps the most powerful superhero in mainstream comics. His powers enable him to do almost ''anything'' -- at his best/worst, he ''is'' [[AWizardDidIt the Wizard who does it]] -- as he has learnt to command the most primal eldritch energies permeating the universe and is backed up by a host of otherdimensional magical patrons. But in his own titles he needs that level of power, because his RoguesGallery is ''also'' one of the most powerful in mainstream superhero comics, consisting of multiple [[EvilSorceror Evil Sorcerors]], TheLegionsOfHell, at least one nigh-omnipotent OmnicidalManiac, and demonic [[DimensionLord Dimension Lords]] whose mere presence in our reality constitutes a doomsday event, amongst other diabolical horrors and cosmic menaces. Strange has collected and inherited artifacts that amplify his powers even further or protect him from numerous mystical dangers, and on top of all that he is a trained martial artist and a retired world-class surgeon. Put simply, there's a reason he's called the Sorceror Supreme.

* Richard Swift aka the ComicBook/{{Shade}}. You'd think that being able to create constructs out of [[CastingAShadow shadows]], cause an absence of light and teleport vast distances in a short amount of time would be impressive enough. But he is also virtually unkillable (as seen by when he survived getting his heart torn out by a [[ComicBook/BlackestNight Black Lantern]]). His powers are considered to be outside supernatural forces such as magic and continued to work when the Genesis event depowered everyone else. A future version of himself was able to create corridors through time made of shadow. It's been stated by Dr Fate that even the ''Spectre'' would have a tough time dealing with Shade.

* [[Characters/GhostRider Cosmic Ghost Rider.]] Start with [[spoiler:Frank Castle, aka. the Punisher,]] give him the powers of Ghost Rider, then give him the Power Cosmic (as one of the aforementioned Heralds of Galactus), then let Thanos augment him [[BadFuture for a few million years]] and take it from there. He has a piece of the Time Stone from his Thanos-ruled reality, so he can time-travel, and chains forged from the bones of Cyttorak (the guy who gave Juggernaut his powers: anything he wraps in them is completely unable to move). In his solo series, he winds up fighting the Marvel roster from [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse another dystopian future,]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqcJJ6KWkAEnwsn.jpg:large and just slaughters whole teams of heroes at once.]]
* The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk has unlimited strength, accelerated healing, the ability to breathe underwater, dynamic durability, and the ability to leap as high as Superman, and unlike Supes he has a high resistance to MindControl. Also, as a bonus, Bruce Banner is one of the smartest men in the Marvel Universe, to the point where ComicBook/NormanOsborn decided he preferred fighting the Hulk.

** For what that matters, Loki, Thor's adoptive brother and arch enemy, who is a [[SorcerousOverlord master in sorcery]] and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulation]] and even in his "''SquishyWizard''" interpretation is still capable of lifting up to 30-50 tons with his bare hands. Killer Movies [[http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f98/t551221.html even has a list of his powers]].

* ComicBook/{{Ultron}} may be one of the most overpowered supervillains ever. His entire body is made of Adamantium and Vibranium, which means he's MadeOfIndestructium to the point where even ComicBook/TheMightyThor struggles just leaving a dent in it -- before he repairs himself anyways. He's shown more durability than freaking ''Thanos'', and that's just the tip of the iceberg. His energy blasts, at max, can wreck planets no problem. He treats some of the heaviest-hitters of the Marvel Universe as an annoyance, went toe-to-toe with Comicbook/TheSentry and took ''no damage'' in the fight. His {{Technopath}} abilities deserves mention, as he could enslave the techno-organic Phalanx race through sheer force of will, and then used that to conquer the Kree Empire. He's so feared, that even ''ComicBook/DoctorDoom'' (himself a lottery winner) has stated Ultron is the most terrifying thing that ever lived, a more than valid claim.

** ComicBook/JeanGrey[=/=]Phoenix gets this, but she went mad with power. Now Jean didn't actually have that much power after she fused with the Phoenix Force, but then [[RunningTheAsylum she suddenly is more powerful than ever before, and more dangerous]]: Jean Grey ''alone'' can lift upwards of twenty tons with her brain (and, based on her displayed showings, this is a ''drastic'' underestimate). With limited Phoenix power, she can use external objects as a sense of touch and recompose matter at a molecular level. [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Unhinged]], she can teleport anywhere in the universe at will and devour stars. Then it turns out she has ''[[PhysicalGod one more]]'' level beyond that where she can exist outside of reality proper and has total control over space and time itself. On top of all that, if you kill her she comes back basically whenever she feels like it. Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
** Jean and Cyclops' daughter, ComicBook/RachelSummers, is arguably every bit as powerful as her mama, if not more so - for instance, she didn't need the Phoenix to master molecular manipulation, she's mastered Time Travel to the point of being able to travel across millennia, and she's effectively the only person to consistently and ''successfully'' control the Phoenix Force, to the point of being called 'the One True Phoenix'. Needless to say, she gets nerfed a lot, but she's still fairly impressive, flattening an entire Avengers squad in one shot during ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen.

** ComicBook/{{Rogue}}'s mutant power is using her touch to absorb memories and abilities -- and that includes powers, be they mutant or not. This, for instance, is how she was a FlyingBrick in TheNineties: she had absorbed ComicBook/MsMarvel's powers while she was a member of the Brotherhood. Throughout the years, this has brought plenty of trauma to her, putting quite a damper on her relationship with Gambit (at least until Xavier helps bring her powers under control). Though her PowerCopying abilities are usually balanced out by PowerIncontinence and the psychological trauma that sometimes comes along with absorbing other people's powers, there have been times where she has had complete control over her abilities, and even briefly having the ability to ''use any power of anyone she had EVER touched. Simultaneously.'' That list of people includes nearly the entire roster of the X-Men and the Avengers just for starters.

** Infamous character Comicbook/{{Superboy}}-Prime has this level of power... in the body of a bratty teenager. This is not a good thing, obviously.

* ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}. That's right, Aquaman. The ButtMonkey of Franchise/TheDCU for decades, the TropeNamer for ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman and requiring one PlotTailoredToTheParty after another to be at all relevant, he is absolutely ''not'' as weak as common opinion believes. A combination of RequiredSecondaryPowers (he can swim like a fish and punch people while under 500+ atmospheres of pressure, which is Superman level asskickery) and FridgeHorror (he commands ''everything'' that lives in the ocean; guess where Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], and [[Literature/TheBible the Leviathan]] live?) have had many writers portray him as horrifically powerful and outright ''feared'' by heroes and villains alike, and for very good reasons. And that is before considering that he is also the king of a lost civilization with its own military force full of super-technological weaponry.

* Black Bolt, the King of ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'', is probably the ultimate example of this in the MarvelUniverse. If he hadn't been created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby, he'd probably get called a GodModeSue a lot more often. A basic listing of his powers include a supersonic voice that, at max power, can destroy a planet (and, amplified by technology, has split open reality itself ''twice''); telekinesis; superhuman strength; matter and energy manipulation; transmutation; and flight. In nearly 50 years of existence, he's never lost a real fight, at worst being stalemated (or limited by circumstances). The only significant class of superpower he doesn't possess is telepathy, and that's because he's TheVoiceless.

* ComicBook/{{Ultron}} may be one of the most overpowered supervillains ever. His entire body is made of Adamantium and Vibranium, which means he's MadeOfIndestructium to the point where even ComicBook/TheMightyThor struggles just leaving a dent in it -- before he repairs himself anyways. He's shown more durability than freaking ''Thanos'', and that's just the tip of the iceberg. His energy blasts, at max, can wreck planets no problem. He treats some of the heaviest-hitters of the Marvel Universe as an annoyance, went toe-to-toe with Comicbook/TheSentry and took ''no damage'' in the fight. His {{Technopath}} abilities deserves mention, as he could enslave the techno-organic Phalanx race through sheer force of will, and then used that to conquer the Kree Empire. He's so feared, that even ''ComicBook/DoctorDoom'' (himself a lottery winner) has stated Ultron is the most terrifying thing that ever lived, and a more than valid claim.

** Superboy-Prime isn't the only ComicBook/{{Superboy}} to win the lottery. Time travel and an OvernightAgeUp have revealed Kon-El will develop all of Superman's Kryptonian abilities, plus his [[{{Telekinesis}} tactile telekinesis]] will develop into full-blown telekinesis with which he can affect entire city blocks--and block magical attacks, one of Superman's few weaknesses.

** Superman has so many powers that an entire title's worth of ''ComicBook/XMen'' could be fielded with them (genrally include EyeBeams, FlyingBrick, NighInvulnerable, SuperBreath, SuperSpeed and SuperStrength). They also tend to be at the highest end of the power spectrum for each, rendering him immensely powerful even among other equally strong and widely powered individuals. While quite a few writers have managed to sort it out and write engaging stories with him in defiance of his closeness to being a DeusExMachina, even other characters in the setting comment on (or become envious of) his many powers. The short form: With Superman around, the ''other'' guys in the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] can probably leave Supes to do his work.

* ComicBook/TheEternals, created by Creator/JackKirby, are an entire race of people who each won the Superpower Lottery at birth. Each and every one of them is born with their own innate GreenLanternRing, in the form of cosmic energy that suffuses them. Basic Eternal powers include: CompleteImmortality, [[MadeOfIron invulnerability to most forms of harm]] (including disease, poison, and extremes of heat and cold), a HealingFactor (for anything they're not invulnerable to), the ability to [[WaterIsAir breathe underwater]], SuperStrength, [[FlyingBrick flight]], {{Telepathy}}, [[MasterOfIllusion casting illusions]], MindControl, [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleportation]], and, last but not least, [[BalefulPolymorph transmutation]]. And that's just the base power set. Some Eternals have trained themselves to use cosmic energy in different ways.