Greetings nerdy list afficionados and welcome back to top 10 nerd today we’re looking
at super villains who aren’t satisfied with just stealing money oh no they need to steal
people’s powers Superhero powers specifically now this can be for a number of reasons maybe
you just want that specific persons power set or maybe it’s to discredit them or just
cause they can.
I’m Sasha and these are the Top 10 Supervillains Who Stole Their Super Powers.
Number 10 – Parasite it’s all in the name this isn’t even something the parasite could
stop even if he wanted to now there have been several parasites but they all have the same
power set.
The first version appeared in action comics #340 (August 1966) in 1966 it varies whether
or not the creature needs to absorb energy to survive or whether it is simply an accent
to abilities it already possesses.
But Parasite is well known for absorbing superman’s powers by touching the man of steel this drains
him and then allows parasite to become even more dangerous than before.
Most are familiar with the post crisis parasite rudy jones and the monstrousness of his appearance
was definitely ramped up.
The thing is this drain is temporary so to keep it up the parasite must be able to renew
his connection to the energy source.
In the superman tas series from the 90s the parasite first appeared in the episode "Feeding
Time and was able to kidnap superman for a time and keep him chained so that he could
return to feed from him periodically until Superman finally managed to escape even without
powers . Parasite is not going anywhere anytime soon simple concept and design but it really
works.
Number 9 – Rogue – Rogue is going low on this lsit cause she’s been on the side
of good for decades now her villainy is well in the past.
However when she was still with the brotherhood she performed one of her most infamous actions
the draining of MS Marvels powers to the point that carol was rendered comatose and Rogue
permanently gained her powers of flight and super strength.
This was the event that changed rogues life and turned her away from the path of darkness
and lead her to the x-men plus there was some manipulation from mastermind in there as well.
Rogue’s very powers are a constant reminder of what she absorbed from Carol it took her
years to get back on her feet after awakening from her coma.
It would be a large contributing factor to her alcoholism and carol would hold the grudge
for some time which makes sense until it just suddenly vanished.
I dunno sistergood?
Number 8 - Circe Steals Wonder woman’s Powers – Circe first debuted in Wonder Woman vol.
1 #37 in 1949.
So post crisis what was these twos beef Circe is empowered by the soul of Hecate and she
is convinced that a cryptic prophecy means that Hecate will transfer her powers and hence
circes to diana as Hecate was the goddess of the moon and diana shares the name of the
moon goddess the thing is Diana doesn’t want Hecates soul at all ok so when did she
take wonder woman’s powers well that happened Circe stole them in the one year later storyline
saying she was going to avenge wronged women since diana had no interest in doing so.
She completes a spell to give her the powers and proceeds to go out and about as wonder
woman she mostly killed slave traders . This was brief and was mainly an excuse to draw
her in the costume more than anything else but it made you wonder she stole those powers
pretty handily I feel like she’s holding back on us.
How do you feel about wonder woman’s rogues gallery.
Number 7 - Sebastian Shaw – Sho sebastain shaw can absorb kinetic and thermal energy
and channel it back at the person or just use it to augment his own strength and stamina
so this is a bit different than your standard yoink and use power swap but can still leave
the opponent drained and Shaw significantly more powerful.
His very base power involves a drain on others and he likes to test the limits of his abilities
see how much he can absorb and what he can withstand and the more he absorbs the more
damage he can take.
If we get enough power he can manifest it as a sword and use this energy sword in battle
but that isn’t an everytime thing it’s a super charged thing.
Number 6 - Spider-Man Doctor Octopus – In the superior spider-man run Doctor Octopus
didn’t just steal peter’s power he stole his body an this whole life when he transferred
his dying consciousness into peter’s body and trapped peter in his sickened husk of
a shell.
Thus would begin an arc which while some had railed against it many found themselves enjoying
as Octavius decided to be a better spider-man than Peter ever had been and turned his life
around but of course Peter wasn’t really gone and his consciousness began to manifest
more and more in otto’s mind and well he should have been more horrified about how
his friends and family were like Peter seems legit nothing to see here.
Moving on I’m telling you how could you go back to your friends if you were replaced
by someone acting super sketch and no one noticed it’s a horror story a nightmare
just devastating.
Number 5 - Arthur Petrelli – That’s right we’re talking about heroes a series that
most agree started off strong and then just kind of tapered off.
Arthur Petrelli’s very ability is to take powers from other post humans and this is
no temporary transference once the power is taken he cannot return it it’s his and that
person is left without them and he’s been using this ability to amass many powers and
become a threat behind the scenes a proper super villain, as you do.
He would end faking his own death and for a time he would only be able to communicate
telepathically.
Didn’t he take peter’s powers you ask , yes he did when he hugged him but Peter
would get his powers back when he injected himself with the formula.
Arthur was going to perfect the formula and spread it to the world which would have been
disastrous.
Heroes was a time.
Number 4 - Reverse Flash Speedforce – The reverse flash’s entire existence is completely
tied to the Flash’s now in both his pre and post crisis origins Eobard Thawne recreated
the flash’s powers but it was in post crisis that he more stole then duplicated them.
Eobard was from the 25th century an obsessed fan who even went so far as to get plastic
surgery to look like Barry Allen.
He would use the cosmic treadmill to recreate the accident that created the flash he would
then travel back in time to meet the flash and see that we was going to become the reverse
flash cause paradox city all of this would push the already unstable Thawne over the
edge and he would come to hate barry allen and use his idols own powers against him and
recognizing the paradox he would do it the only way he could by making Barry’s life
as miserable as possible.
And man does he ever succeed.
Number 3 - Professor Ivos Robot otherwise known as AMAZO which is an abbreviation of
The Android or Professor Ivo's Android, this android is capable of duplicating the powers
of the entire justice league even at times powers that aren’t innate like say for example
the green lantern.
He is said to be the first android and was built by the immortal doctor ivo and he uses
superior absorption powers he can also duplicate objects and at his peak replicate more than
one power at once so he is a huge threat for the justice league and one that if possible
it is best to send none powered or meta individuals up against this android, this android has
been around since the 60s and has had some intriguing adaptaions one of the most nuanced
was actually in justice league unlimited where it gained proper sentience and tried to discover
its purpose in the universe.
Number 2 - Deathstroke Steals Speedforce – Slade Wilson would steal the flashes powers to try
to his son by siphoning the speed force off of kid flash cause you know it comes off of
them like an energy an aura and any aura can be harnessed he also tries to steal wally
west’s powers this is so he can go back in time and save his son.
He is able to harness this power thanks to a special suit called the Ikon suit which
can tap into the speed force by touching those who wield it.
Wally actually agrees to help cause Slade promises he’ll live a good life and give
up being Deathstroke.
But really he lied he just wanted the power for himself and he goes on an epic speed fueled
crime spree and then he goes back to save his son priorities that’s how it goes when
you’re a villain dad.
Number 1 - All for One – Yep back to my hero academia anime and in the number one
spot what reality is this an awesome one that’s what.
The leader of the league of villains all for one has a unique quirk that has made him a
threat for generations and has ensured he is philosophically opposed to heroes wielding
the opposing quirk one for all.
He has lived since the manifestation of quirks and has stolen many many abilities he can
also combine the quirks he has stolen with devastating results he is known by the world
as the symbol of evil now he can actually redistribute the quirks he takes to others
he just does so rarely.
And if he does it is always for a purpose.
All for one has battled all the holders of all for one but seems to be grooming a successor
to take his place or well for whatever he is planning.
His whole face is just scar tissue by the way thanks to a battle with all might.
The parallels between all might and all for one and their mentorships is fascinating there
are a lot of little elements that elevate my hero for some above other shonen.
I’m Sasha and those were 10 villains who stole their powers from heroes tell us which
of these villains is their fave down below.