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A Massive Chart of Every Superhero’s Powers Ever

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Re: A Massive Chart of Every Superhero’s Powers Ever

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Post by talmand »

Ensorceled wrote: post #6

The chart seems to vacillate from most important power to signature power depending upon the hero. eg. Captain America is under "Super Strength" when his signature ability is "Discs Throwing Mastery" of his shield while Wolverine is under his signature ability "Claws" while his most important ability is "Super Healing". Still a glorious chart.

There are all kinds of problems along these lines. It seems as if someone can be only listed once on the chart regardless of the sum of their abilities.

Batman would be listed on almost all of the Mastery category. He certainly would be on almost all the of Martial Arts category. As well as many of the other categories since Batman is often stated as one of the most dangerous characters in the DC Universe due to his abilities and drive despite no super powers.

Sandman doesn't turn into sand, he is sand. He should be under Shape-Shifting just as Clayface is.

Restructure Reality doesn't have the Beyonder.

There's probably more but that's what I saw on first glance. Something like this would be much better if it could be expanded but I would think the list would be incredibly huge.

Fun to look through regardless.

Re: A Massive Chart of Every Superhero’s Powers Ever

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Post by talmand »

DannoHung wrote: post #12

Is Deadpool on here? Is awareness of the 4th wall listed as a super power?

That's a hard one.

Deadpool's breaking of the 4th wall typically makes him to be considered insane by the other characters. But other Marvel characters have broken the 4th wall to their advantage so it stands to reason it could be listed as an ability of some sort.

I believe there are examples on the DC side as well. I've always felt that the Joker understood he was a comic book character so that it doesn't matter what he does as none of it is real.

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Post by talmand »

jpreiland wrote: post #10

I see Emma Frost twice (top-left turn to diamond, and just below the center at reading & influencing thoughts)... are there more than one? (I don't know a lot about comics) Also, can't seem to find my boy Emplate. edit: didnt mean to come off as critical. this chart is flippin cool.

I only know of the one, but as always happens, there have been versions of the character for story lines outside the normal chain of events in the major books. The character started out as a telepath and later gained the diamond form somehow. They could also add her under Sexual Temptation as that's the way she's almost always presented.

Re: A Massive Chart of Every Superhero’s Powers Ever

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Post by logicallee »

talmand wrote: post #15
logicallee wrote: post #9

Screw comics -- I want this guy to do my market research!!

Why? The analysis you would get would amount to Microsoft only produces Windows, Apple only produces iPhones, Samsung only produces phones, Sony only produces the PS3, etc.

It's not like the chart is organized by whether the character belongs to Marvel or DC Comics - that's not what I meant.

Maybe I should have said "product research". Something like the detailed graphic linked would be useful to have as an overview of the competitive landscape, organized into a useful taxonomy.

Re: A Massive Chart of Every Superhero’s Powers Ever

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Post by talmand »

logicallee wrote: post #17
talmand wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? The analysis you would get would amount to Microsoft only produces Windows, Apple only produces iPhones, Samsung only produces phones, Sony only produces the PS3, etc.

It's not like the chart is organized by whether the character belongs to Marvel or DC Comics - that's not what I meant. Maybe I should have said "product research". Something like the detailed graphic linked would be useful to have as an overview of the competitive landscape, organized into a useful taxonomy.

That's not what I meant. It's not organized by Marvel or DC at all. What I was referring to was that, for the most part, the chart only focuses on one particular ability of each character regardless of whether a character has more than one ability.

In some cases the choices are quite strange. It would be as if someone said the iPhone is awesome solely because it has volume buttons.

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