Greetings nerdy list aficionados and welcome back to top 10 nerd today we’re looking
at more super powers you may not have known about today’s candidate is Warren Worthington
III, Angel, also ArchAngel.
Oh yes we have choices, I’m Sasha and these are the Top 10 Super powers you didn’t know
Angel had.
Let’s get started.
Number 10 - Eyes Of Birds Of Prey - Warren is known for having the wings of an Angel
but he also shares a lot of traits with birds such as the lightness of his bones.
The flexibility of his wings and the keenness of his senses.
Not only does he have eyes that can withstand the speeds at which he flies which is far
faster than any human could fly without goggles to avoid some serious eye damage he also can
still sight things from this velocity and from great heights.
Not to mention he can breath that’s a key factor.
Ever been on a rollercoaster and you can’t breath eep stress.
Number 9 - Cope with reduced temperatures - Angel also has the ability to withstand
great temperature changes and just stand extreme temperatures for longer than your average
human, especially cold.
This is why you can see him walking around the arctic in essentially regular x-men gear
or light clothing and being pretty much unphased.
What does this have to do with being angel and having wings “shrug” I dunno blood
flow.
Number 8 - Healing Factor - Writer Grant Morrison gave the X-men universe the concept of secondary
mutations these were another mutant ability that one could have on top of their main one
at first attempts were made to have them at least a thematic connection to the first power.
Though some would eventually just not so when it came to Angel’s second ability we were
looking at healing.
Why healing cause angel so that meant that on top of the wings, the flight, the super
strength and heightened senses the dexterity the te,perature resistance now he could also
heal and not just a little bit we were talking intense wolverine level healing though this
would expand over time.
He would also be able to use his blood to heal others provided the had the same blood
type, why?
Cause angel.
Some people love the secondary mutation thing and others feel that it’s a little bit overkill.
Number 7 - Resurrection Abilities - Piggy backing off of that we have the fact that
his healing powers got so intense they led into resurrection so this was after Angel
was resurrected himself because what’s a tour in comic books without a little bit of
death.
Well when angel came back at first he was suffering from amnesia as you do and he was
shown to resurrect a dead dog why cause the longer angel has existed the more people draw
connections to him being or being descended from actual angels who has time for subtly
there are dogs to resurrect.
Number 6 - Lift 200lbs /20 tons - So Angel is strong really strong in his base form he
can lift up to 200 lbs which ok maybe you’re not impressed this is a world of superheroes
after all what’s lifting 200lbs between friends average city.
However, after Warren is transformed into archangel his strength drastically increased.
He could then at that point after being modified by apocalypse lift 20 tons.
See now that’s worth writing home about Angel’s transformation into a horseman of
Apocalypse was one of the coolest out there and is still an iconic storyline.
Number 5 - Paralyzing Feathers - One of the big changes during the apocalypse arc was
of course angels’ wings because before this his wings had been mutilated to the point
where they had to be amputated so one of the things apocalypse did was replace them with
awesome evil looking metal wings...of doom.
They were made of an organic metal and did still have feathers, feathers that could and
did fire projectiles with paralysing features.
However Angel wasn’t in complete control of these wings in fact he would sometimes
shoot out feathers as a response to his emotions even on a subconscious level.
The paralysis is temporary but still watch out, you don’t want to stand too close.
Number 4 - Mutant X Breathing Fire - Of course Angel has found his way across the multiverse
perhaps not as much as some others but definitely enough to make a small splash.
Here we get to look at mutant X a comic centering around Havok who is transported to a parallel
Earth which was a reimagining of the 616 think of it a bit like a proto and way less intense
ultimate verse.
So in this universe yes angel was around and he could breath fire, this was part of his
transformation into a horseman of apocalypse which in this universe came with a very different
look which included dragon wings and chalk white skin and of course the fire breathing
I mean if you’re going to look like a dragon you better hope for some of those dragon perks.
Number 3 - Cheyarafim - So speaking of Angel’s Angel connection we have the the Cheyarafim
who first appear in Uncanny X-Men #429 they are said to be a group of angel like mutants
the natural enemies of the Neyaphem demon descended or like mutants like Nightcrawler.
They claim that these mutants were around since biblical times and are some of the basis
on which the scriptures are based it is said that Angel is meant to be one of these creatures
descendants.
Take that just having wings and abstract metaphor literal angel.
Number 2 - Celestial Technology, So the modifications that Apocalypse made to Angel have been a
part of him for some time and it appears that the celestial technology Apocalypse used for
these enhancements to angel still appear for example even when Angel regrew his natural
wings they still appeared to have some if this tech inside them.
For a time Warren could even switch between his wings.
So soothing angel wings or scary metal demon wings you know whatever goes with your outfit.
Number 1 - Cosmic Wings - In 2012 Marvel debuted an all new x-men comic that was quite confusing
if you were only kinda paying attention because it involved bringing the time displaced original
x-men to the future which of course also meant Angel for he is one of the original X-men
and initially he had his standard white fluffy angel wings but he would later submit to the
vortex and be granted cosmic wings and he kept them after there was an option to return
them cause he wanted to save his powers so that he could potentially change his future
cause well like many of the young x-men he wasn’t a fan of what he saw in the future.
With these wings he could move faster than the speed of light and shoot cosmic blasts
the wings could absorb energy for sustenance which enabled him to exist and survive in
space.
But Cable would ultimately remove this wings and replace them with a pair of wings from
mimic that he had grown during an earlier encounter.
No more cosmic wings for Warren.
So those were 10 powers you didn’t know Angel had, how many of these were you familiar
with let me know down below along with which X-man we should tackle next.
I’m Sasha and thanks so much for watching Top 10 Nerd….