!0 Surprising Superhero Powers You Probably Didn’t know about
Generally speaking, most superpowers are fairly well known.
Spider-Man sticks to walls, Professor X has telepathy, Superman has every power ever,
and Batman has infinitely deep pockets.
That being said there are numerous smaller hidden powers that the casual audience may
not know about.
Sometimes they’re cool and interesting, other times they’re laughable and confusing.
Here is our list of 10 Surprising Hidden Superpowers Superman’s Telepathy
We had to start this list with some overcompensating form Superman.
Not content with having all the cool powers in one go, at one time Supes even had telepathy.
Not only that, but it was at one point claimed that Superman’s ability to fly was achieved
through Superman performing telepathy on himself.
We are assuming that the writers didn’t understand the difference between telepathy
and telekinesis, as this explanation of Superman’s flight actually makes less sense than him
just inexplicably being able to fly.
It’s not the only crazy power Superman has had though.
He has also sported telescopic vision, shapeshifting powers and even self-duplication powers.
While we certainly love the man of steel, it does get a little grating sometimes that
he seemingly has every power in the book.
Thankfully in recent years Superman’s powers have been reigned in a lot more, making him
slightly less overpowered than before.
Wolverine’s Bone Claws Hardcore fans will likely already know this,
but Wolverine actually has bone claws underneath his metal claws (which were themselves only
gloves when the character debuted in The Incredible Hulk).
Part of the reason this isn’t as well known is due to the fact that it’s a fairly recent
addition to the comic books.
At one point in the comics it finally dawned on Magneto that he is the master of magnetism,
and Logan’s skeleton is laced with metal.
As such he did what you’d think he would have done a long time ago, and ripped the
adamantium from Wolverine’s skeleton.
For a while this left Logan without any claws, until eventually, thanks to his healing factor,
they regrew.
It was then revealed that the claws were actually part of Wolverine’s mutation all along,
and they were not something added by the Weapon X Program as we had previously been left to
believe.
Squirrel Girl First introduced in Marvel Super Heroes Volume
2, #8: Squirrel Girls very existence comes with a bunch of powers hidden to many.
The official baby sitter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones’ daughter, Squirrel Girl powers
are obvious.
She has a three-foot-long prehensile tail, buck teeth allowing her a mean bite, has great
climbing ability and generally has squirrel related powers.
Maybe it’s because we think of Squirrels being cute, but somehow this theme just doesn’t
work quite as well as Spider-Man or Scorpion.
All intimidation aside, Squirrel Girl is actually a better fighter than you’d believe at first.
Not only that, but she has the ability to command an army of squirrels which in the
past, have been used to defeat Doctor Doom of all people.
While we’re not exactly sure how much sense this makes, we do know that it’s going to
be frustratingly hard to look at Doctor Doom the same way, now that we know that Rocky
has kicked his ass.
Beast Boy’s Half Transforming We all know that Beast Boy, who is probably
best known for his role in the Teen Titans TV show, has the ability to transform into
any living thing he sees.
Regardless of whether it’s a lion, a tyrannosaurus rex or even an alien.
The side of that fans often miss however, is that beast boy also has the ability to
half transform.
For example, should he need to swim and manipulate objects he could quite easily transform his
lower half to that of a shark or octopus, while leaving his upper half his usually elf
looking self.
This aspect of his powers actually can make him more useful.
It allows him to really become pretty much anything he wants, within reason.
Now we just have to sit back and wait for the day Beast Boy saves the day while in the
form of a green centaur.
The Joker’s Super-sanity One of the theories most played with regarding
the Joker is his super-sanity.
While not an outright superpower in of itself, Grant Morrison in his graphic novel: “Arkham
Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth” and in his run on Batman, proposed the idea
that Joker is super-sane.
As the Joker is clearly not insane (something the comics make very clear) it has been proposed
that The Joker is so sane that it’s impossible for us to conceive it.
This is why he constantly claims to be insane (something insane people don’t do) and why
no treatment seems to work on him.
To the Joker, the rest of the world looks a bit crazy.
Needless to say, this has sprouted numerous fan theories.
The most popular of these theorises that The Joker is in fact so sane, that he realises
he is in a comic book, and that is why he is so violent and cruel.
He knows that none of them exist, so why should it matter.
While that is just a fan theory, it’s rooted in some very interesting comic book lore.
Bigby Wolf’s Reverse Lycanthropy Fables is by far one of DC’s most popular
comics, despite featuring no superheroes.
It does feature some super powered characters however, including the hero Bigby Wolf AKA
The Big Bad Wolf.
Bigby was the son of both a Wolf and the North Wind, with huge imposing size, the power to
huff, puff and blow houses down and the ability change between man and beast.
While you would imagine that the chain smoking sheriff, who transforms into both wolf man,
and giant wolf, would be a werewolf, this is not the case.
Bigby is actually a reverse lycanthrope.
Rather than being a man who becomes a wolf, he is a wolf that becomes a man.
It was only after being stabbed with a lycanthropy stained blade, that Bigby was able to take
the form of a human, allowing him to stay off the farm and patrolling the streets as
the Sherriff of Fabletown.
Nightcrawler’s Super Spatial Awareness Ever wonder why Nightcrawler never accidentally
teleports himself into a wall?
The reason is actually quite simple.
In addition to being able to stick to walls, teleport and have a really cool tail, Nightcrawler
has super spatial awareness, meaning he always has a rough idea of the space he is going
to teleport into.
This means that Kurt Wagner (pronounced Vog-nur) while only being able to teleport short distances,
has complete freedom when it comes to teleporting around.
He knows he’s safe and this lets him fight alongside the X-Men.
It’s a pretty logical power seeing as if you misjudged the distance you were going
to teleport by an inch you could end up in a lot of trouble.
This power allows the blue elf to move and fight freely, being able to teleport and outmanoeuvre
dozens of men at a time, as well as defeat other mutants with relative ease.
And let’s not forget, it makes for a great circus trick.
Daredevil’s Atmosphere Detection Remember what we said about Nightcrawler teleporting?
Well, Daredevil can sense that before Kurt has even got to the room.
Daredevil’s supreme senses are well known by fans, but it goes well beyond touch, sound
and smell.
Daredevil can detect minute changes in the atmosphere, so when characters such as Nightcrawler
teleport, they create a slight change in the atmosphere around them, which Daredevil can
sense.
Couple that with the aforementioned amazing smell, hearing and touch and you’ve got
a character who is very hard to sneak up on.
It’s very hard to fool his radar and even if you can, he is one of the best hand to
hand fighters that Marvel has to offer.
It’s powers like this which are why Daredevil’s radar sense far exceeds Peter Parker’s spider
sense.
Daredevil, despite being blind, is in many ways able to see more of the world than anyone
else.
He experiences everything but sight, and while we know he’d love to look at the sky again,
the gifts he does have make for an incredible crime fighter.
Matter Eater Lad He can eat anything…
we’re not really sure what else to say.
Matter Eater Lad can eat anything he wants, and has the tooth and jaw strength to bite
into anything he wants.
This allows him to perform various super hero acts such as… eating burgers… eating fences…
you get the idea.
All joking aside we’re sure you’d want Matter Eater Lad on your side if you needed
to spring someone out of jail.
It’s quite difficult to make Matter Eater Lad sound cool, which is probably why he very
rarely appears in comics, but we couldn’t make a list of surprising hidden powers without
including him.
Maybe he needs to be a villain, that way his ability to eat everything would make him more
of a threat than a laughing stock.
If Killer Croc can scare people with the threat of a bite, maybe we can go one further and
make Matter Eater Lad a terrifying henchman for someone like Lex Luthor.
Aquaman’s Impenetrable Skin Aquaman has a tough time being taken seriously
due to people misunderstanding how his powers work.
Aside from having telepathic ability that allows him to influence those around him,
including humans, despite him being known more for manipulating sea life, he also has
near impenetrable skin.
Due to living deep under the sea, Aquaman’s Atlantean skin has adapted for the powerful
pressure of the ocean.
This means that when he’s walking on land, he’s damn near impossible to stab.
That coupled with immense super strength and endurance that comes from living under the
water and being able to swim at sonic speeds.
Not to mention having a trident that can pierce Superman’s skin, Aquaman is the second strongest
member of the Justice League after The Man of Steel himself.
Now all we have to do is hope that the DCEU will break the habit and do Aquaman justice
when the new movie comes out.
Are there any powers you think we should have included?
We know that Superman could probably fill a list all of his own.
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