We've talked about tons of pregnant superheroes in the past but now it's time to flip the
script as while many can conceive, some superheroes just weren't made to get pregnant or simply
would likely refuse the idea.
I think consent is pretty important when it comes to pregnancy so I'm going to count those
who would simply refuse.
Even though comics don't always seem to take that into consideration, but it's 2019 and
they probably should.
Join me as we look at some of the superheroes who are unable to conceive as we count down
the top 10 superheroes who can't get pregnant.
Some of them may even have tried but it just didn't work out.
Feel free to enter your guesses as to who might be impregnable in the comments below
before we get started.
And be sure to stick around till the end of this list where we will have some bonus content
coming your way.
Alright, let's get counting.
10 Black Widow
Sssscch.
Ouch.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
I didn't want to go there but it is a fact.
In the MCU anyways Black Widow was deemed infertile.
Poor Natasha struggled to get a break in the MCU but soon she'll have a standalone at least.
But I mean other than her aforementioned infertility; she is also dead.
So even if she wasn't infertile, she wouldn't be able to have children anyways.
Cause you can't have babies when you are trapped inside the soul stone.
I don't think.
Can you?
Probably not.
Silver lining here of course is there are alternate versions of Black Widow in the comics
who do have children.
So yay!
9 Lyra
Lyra is known as She-Hulk on earth 8009.
Her people no longer breed in the traditional way.
Living in a world where women rule, men are kinda kept as breeding slaves--shady--and
babies are made in tubes.
She herself is the daughter of earth 616 Hulk and earth 8009 Thundra who stole Hulk's dna
via a kiss to use to make her tube baby.
While Thundra was sent to earth 616 to find a mate at one point after the devices her
earth uses to make babies broke, she ended up finding a way to get the park to repair
their baby incubators, known as Cradles.
While I'm sure Lyra would be able to conceive as she was originally sent on a mission to
do just that, she likely never will have reason to, now that the Cradles have been repaired.
Also after years of making test tube babies, you would think you might evolve slightly
to be unable to breed or that their might be complications after decades of not utilizing
those organs throughout generations.
Hmmm.
8 Raven
While Raven has gotten romantic with a few different heroes over the years, she has always
been fairly guarded when it comes to her heart.
This is because her powers are so tied to her emotions.
Having children seems to be a very emotional experience for mothers.
You are creating life, putting your body through a lot of stress and you often find yourself
falling in love with your newborn but you can also suffer from postpartum depression.
It's a rollercoaster.
So while Raven might be physically able to have children, emotionally this would not
be an option for her.
It would be too risky and I don't think Raven would ever permit it to happen for that reason.
She often keeps herself guarded to protect those she cares about.
And becoming pregnant would endanger her friends and loved ones too much.
As well as the world.
As well as herself.
As well as the baby.
7 Lavagirl
That's right.
I'm taking you back to 2005.
Remember Sharkboy and Lavagirl?
Directed by Robert Rodriguez after the amazing Spy Kids films.
Oh my goodness, so much nostalgia.
This film told the story of Max and his imaginary world which comes to life, creating Sharkboy
and Lavagirl.
Lavagirl's powers allow her to produce fire and lava.
She can withstand super hot temperatures.
Even at one point being rejuvenated by being thrown into a volcano.
While we haven't seen her for awhile, let's fast forward and imagine somewhere there now
exists and Lava Woman, all grown up.
If she was a teen in 2005, she'd be in her late twenties, early thirties today.
And unfortunately, I would think her being kind of one with lava might make it hard for
her to conceive.
Her baby would also need to have fire powers too.
And if it didn't, it might be too hot in her womb to survive.
Who knows?
Although if we could imagine an adult version of Sharkboy and Lavagirl that could conceive,
would that mean flaming shark babies? :o
6 Nebula
I don't know this for sure but I would argue it's very likely that Nebula, especially in
the MCU is unlikely to get pregnant.
Within the Marvel Cincematic Universe, we know that her and Gamora were raised by Thanos
in a heavily competitive environment.
The two adoptive sisters were constantly competing to best one another, with Nebula often failing.
This lead Nebula to both resent Gamora throughout her life and to suffer as she had parts of
her replaced and upgraded as everytime she lost to Gamora, Thanos would work to fix her
and make her better.
To the point that when Thanos tortures her by pulling her apart in order to get Gamora
to reveal the location of the soul stone, we see that she is almost all cybernetic at
this point.
If she is as much of a cyborg as she appears than it is more than likely that she is no
longer able humanoid enough to conceive.
5 Most Male Superheroes
Humanoid males do not have the reproductive organs needed to carry offspring, as such
they really can't get pregnant.
At least not usually.
Venom and Eddie Brock have both shared the burden of their mutual offspring, though the
symbiote tends to appear the more female of the two as it is the one who actually gives
birth.
Though Eddie one time wore it while it was doing so, which is as close as you can really
get for someone who can't conceive yourself.
And Quasar once was impregnated by Ayesha, aka Her, after she was rejected by Adam Warlock,
aka Him.
Though the pregnancy never came to full term as Ayesha removed her pod from within Quasar.
Yeah, she does not carry her own children being a perfect being.
I imagine if she and Adam had got it on, it would likely involve some kind of egg laying
thing, like birds.
Or maybe she would let Adam impregnate her as he was considered her perfect mate.
4 Rogue
I mean we all knew I was gonna mention Rogue right.
She often times can't touch anyone and even when she can it requires great control over
her powers and a level of focus.
Even if she was able to conceive, she might have to spend her entire pregnancy focusing
on protecting her baby as she would kind of be in contact with it the entire time.
Unless it somehow magically got her immunity.
Even worse, imagine if it got Rogue's powers and was draining her from within.
Yikes!
I know what you want to bring up too.
The alternate version of her who has a kid with Captain America in What If vol 2, issue
114.
That version of Rogue though is more Carol Danvers than anyone else.
This was in a reality where Carol's consciousness had basically taken a hold of Rogue which
gave her more control over her powers but also kind of didn't quite make her Rogue anymore.
So if we're talking Rogue-Rogue this is less likely to happen.
3 Alita, Battle Angel
Alita is a hero who is capable of feeling romantic love, possible even able to have
sex depending on the body she inhabits but she is ultimately a cyborg.
So at the end of the day unless you have some crazy level of cyborg body specifically designed
for the task of somehow creating life, she would be unable to get pregnant.
And to be honest I feel like Alita is too busy playing Motorball and plotting revenge
to get pregnant.
She has other goals and she's not stopping until their achieved.
A very determined cyborg hero if every I did see one.
Though if she applied the same focus towards getting pregnant, maybe it could happen.
She has done things that no one thought was possible before.
2 Variant
Scarlett Taylor ends up transformed into a cyborg in a similar way to Cyborg.
Her life was saved because she was on a mission in the middle east that resulted in her being
fatally injured.
As a result, the CIA turn to STAR Labs to save her life.
STAR Labs uses Cyborg and the Mother Box to turn her into a Cyborg.
The whole transformation is very Frankenstein or Bride of Frankenstein-esque.
It saves her but Agent Taylor is now full cyborg.
She adopted the alias, Variant.
As a result of being almost completely metal and computer parts, save for her head, it
could be safely assumed that she would be unable to have children.
Though this did not stop DC from shipping her and Vic Stone hard on the cover of Cyborg
vol 2, issue 6.
1 Ghost
Elisa Cameron is known as Ghost.
She is first appeared in Comics' Greatest World, week 3 in 1993.
She went on to have her own Darkhouse miniseries which spanned 3 volumes titled Ghost Special.
Elisa Cameron was dead and had ghost like abilities: flight, phasing, teleportation
and invisibility.
Though she would later go on to discover that her death was more complex than she originally
thought as she unravelled the secrets behind it.
Also Ghost is pretty cool.
She teamed up with Barb Wire and makes her sister's wellbeing the priority.
So can ghosts get pregnant?
While Ghosbuster might have us believe they can get freaky, I feel like if ghost babies
were a think Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore would've been having them in Ghost.
So it seems impossibly for Elisa to get pregnant.
Thanks for watching, nerd squad.
Are there any superheroes that you feel like we missed?
Which superhero would you most want to see have a miracle pregnancy?
Would you like a top 10 list on pregnancy scares or anything else pregnancy related?
Let us know in the comments below.
And speaking of comments, let's turn to some comments from one of our latest videos, top
10 superheroes Storm hooked up with.
Jabree N comments, "I want Storm to be in Black Panther 2.
Or...
GIVE HER A SOLO MOVIE!"
Yes!
I would love to watch a Storm solo movie.
And see her in Black Panther 2.
The question is which do I want first.
I feel like we could easily continue this powerful female superhero trend we are on
and make sure Storm gets one too.
We have Black Widow, Wonder Woman 1984 and Birds of Prey coming up after all.
Michael Reese says, "If you want to be Storm's lover you got to have self-esteem."
Lol.
That is true.
If Storm were one of the Spice Girls.
Oh my gosh!
If the X-Men ladies were Spice Girls...
Someone draw that, please!
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