demosthenes
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Franklin Richards came back in time to teach himself.
What mutant in X-Men has the coolest/best powers?
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Franklin Richards came back in time to teach himself.
Winterfang
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OH, well if he is a God he could time travel I gu-
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!
Rastafarian42
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Opena
2 differences being Nightcrawlets range is like 3 miles and he get tires the more he carries.
He is, but he decided to come back from the future to show his past self what a goddamn boss he is.
Opena
i have shamed myself
demosthenes
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Hehe. You've seen the original?
Winterfang
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Hahaha yeah, it's an old comic but it caught me by surprise. Jeez.
DonasaurusRex
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yeah i wonder if sonic attacks and ice would work cause otherwise what a pain would need force shields or cage of some time, does he have a limit to what he can endure.
DonasaurusRex
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WHAT? ....WHAT? thats all tony stark is is really smart, same goes for hank pym...they solve problems.
DonasaurusRex
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because he didnt make it alone , xavier helped then they split lol he should send his followers to be shield interns they get psychic blocks put in
But why couldn't he reverse engineer it? I mean yeah Xavier's smart but he's no Reed.
Supermanisdead
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Different from Domino in that his luck powers only work for good. Like he couldn't use his luck to gamble, but Domino can. Longshot also only has 4 fingers per hand and a mullet.
The telepathy blocking helmet thing is BS made up by the movies and then added into the comics. Magneto originally just had natural telepathy blocking as part of his powers.
No. Tony Stark has a suit of robot armor and Hank Pym grows/shrinks. Being a genius doesn't set you apart in Marvel, because there's like, more than a dozen smartest man in the worlds running around now.
BlackNMild2k1
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Those 2 geniuses happen to use their intellect to create something that made them stand apart in the Marvel Universe.
And Longshot is an alien. Yes Mags use to keep telepaths out through will a lone.
But their intellect itself didn't make them stand apart at all, which is my point. Being smart doesn't set Tony or Pym or Reed apart. Having a power suit, being a shrinking/growing guy, and stretching a whole bunch are what make them notable.
When someone asks "What is Iron Man/Giant Man/Mr. Fantastic's super power?" nobody says "Being smart". They say "A robot suit/growing and shrinking/being stretchy."
Not a one of these guys could save Aunt May from a bullet wound or find a diplomatic solution to a squabble between super heroes. Intelligence counts for jack all in the Marvel Universe.
Damn, Magneto is so fucking overpowered
It's hard to believe any of this after reading F4/FF. Being smart is king in Marvel U... just ask the Future Foundation.
DonasaurusRex
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how the heck does it not set reed apart???? Reed's power is his intellect, its what makes the council of Reed's so dangerous. And the character you want is Amadeus Cho , his main power is his ability to do parallel equations and get out of situations, and intellect is also The Leaders "power" as well. I cant say I agree at all. I get what youre saying about tony and hank, but without their ability to make their gear...what is their power? Ironman doesnt have a "power" his power isnt "proton cannon" its whatever he can design and engineer, and hanks power is whatever he can discover thru science espeically in his pre Avengers days *pre as in giant/ant man is older than the Avengers*. The only character ill give you is Doom, because he's the master of Science AND the Arcane arts so he has other abilities....but to say Hank Pym, Tony Stark , and Reed Richards arent defined by their intellect. If you wont consider what they devise to get things done with that intellect valid proof of this, then ok you are right.
Boss Riovane
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Amadeus Cho may have words with you. The man single handedly brought a team together to defend the Hulk during WWH. He chilled with Hercules during the gods warring fiasco and his power was he is just fucking smart.
Genius is never allowed to actually solve problems in Marvel, not really. Where was intellect when the Avengers and X-Men went to blows? Where was it during Civil War? Where was it leading up to House of M?
Being smart doesn't pay in Marvel. Having cool gadgets and powers for the inevitable smackdowns does. Reed Richards can't even find a way to stop Dr. Doom and Galactus from attacking Earth every other year.
Im not much a comic buff, but reading this thread makes me ask the question: are these guys just "smart" smart or also "clever" smart? "Smart" smart Is oftentimes a big cop out in fiction when the author can't think of a good way to get things done or tie them together, so they just end up having the "smart" smart character pull a random fact out of his ass that saves the day. Clever, on the other hand, is the display of actual ingenuity to solve a problem and takes a whole lot more thought on the part of the writer than saying "Luckily, Tony Stark knows of his one obscure weakness and brought just the thing to turn the fight around!"
If you're looking at it like that, intelligence is as much a super power as anything else, because it's just the writer imposing a ridiculous power onto the character that doesn't really have much relation to actual intelligence. Hence, the whole "Batman beats anyone as long as he has 24 hours of prep time" argument. That's not realistic intelligence, that's a stealth super power.
If you're looking at it like that, intelligence is as much a super power as anything else, because it's just the writer imposing a ridiculous power onto the character that doesn't really have much relation to actual intelligence. Hence, the whole "Batman beats anyone as long as he has 24 hours of prep time" argument. That's not realistic intelligence, that's a stealth super power.
Who cares about AvX, Civil War and House of M? In big events like that, nothing matters except variant covers and heroes punching each other in the face. I'm talking about REAL good comics: Hickman's FF in particular is a love letter to the Richards' intellect.
preach!
SquiddyCracker
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It's a miracle that all the good guys have the instant death powers in x-men.
Prof X could control and kill all humans, and even other psychic mutants according to some comics, but nope, he's a good guy.
Prof X could control and kill all humans, and even other psychic mutants according to some comics, but nope, he's a good guy.
Boss Doggie
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Yeah, never really liked him.
TrAcEr_x90
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whos the most powerful? I feel it would be iceman? magneto couldn't do shit to him?
Escape Goat
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TrAcEr_x90
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hahaha!!
Is he immune to psychic attacks as well? Or perhaps a passive attack such as forming a TK bubble around his head until he runs out of oxygen and suffocates?
Trojita
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He needs to use technology to block Psychic abilities and a TK Bubble would probably kill him.
Sebastian Shaw's power would be more useful in a world without other super powered people.
DonasaurusRex
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yeah i wonder is sue storm could just pop a bubble inside him or if vision could phase and bust em in the heart.
Escape Goat
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Its also thematically important. Xavier could achieve his dream in an instant and make the suffering go away by using his powers. But he'd be asserting his vision on other people which is exactly what he is fighting against.
twinturbo2
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This is my vote, too. Plus, she's hot.
Aquavelvaman
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Batman. He gets all the coolest toys!
I wonder if Mr. Fantastic actually has muscles or if he just squishes his body in the right places.Who cares about AvX, Civil War and House of M? In big events like that, nothing matters except variant covers and heroes punching each other in the face. I'm talking about REAL good comics: Hickman's FF in particular is a love letter to the Richards' intellect.
preach!
PastorOfMuppets
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Have they ever explained why some people with super powers are considered mutants and some aren't? I know non-mutant superheros in the Marvel universe got their powers via accident and/or technology but not necessarily everyone would know their origins. Like Spider-Man or
Like the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man seem to escape the mutant thing even though on the surface, their powers aren't that different from what you'd find in a mutant.
Anywho, my answer to the question would be Scarlet Witch. The power to change reality itself is kinda big.
Like the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man seem to escape the mutant thing even though on the surface, their powers aren't that different from what you'd find in a mutant.
Anywho, my answer to the question would be Scarlet Witch. The power to change reality itself is kinda big.
Probably Mystique.
Besides her shape shifting, she kind of like wolverine-lite. She ages at an extremely slow pace, has regenerative abilities, super human agility, is immune to most poisons, can move her organs to avoid serious injury, etc.
So besides all the things one could gain by changing appearance, unless you're living in a world with a ton of other mutants or become a crime fighter ... you'd have to be really dumb or incredibly unlucky to not love an extremely long life.
If the situation is that there are a ton of mutants or I'm a crime fighter ... Sebastian Shaw.
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Actually current Mystique can not only increase and decrease her mass, she actually can mimic certain powers as well. That makes the choice even harder regardless of situation.
Besides her shape shifting, she kind of like wolverine-lite. She ages at an extremely slow pace, has regenerative abilities, super human agility, is immune to most poisons, can move her organs to avoid serious injury, etc.
So besides all the things one could gain by changing appearance, unless you're living in a world with a ton of other mutants or become a crime fighter ... you'd have to be really dumb or incredibly unlucky to not love an extremely long life.
If the situation is that there are a ton of mutants or I'm a crime fighter ... Sebastian Shaw.
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Actually current Mystique can not only increase and decrease her mass, she actually can mimic certain powers as well. That makes the choice even harder regardless of situation.
While obviously they've crossed over tons of times since ... the characters were created in different eras, and their 'worlds' reflected and continue to reflect that difference to some degree.
Way back in the day, super heroes were typically alien (Super Man), tech/training (Batman), or accident (Fantastic Four, Spiderman, etc), basically because they took their cues from the sci-fi of the time. The deeper point your getting at though is the comic story telling was just simpler back then in terms of societal issues. It was much more black/white, good/evil with much less in terms of discussing deeper issues. Basically political propaganda versus communism (Superman and especially Captain America) was as far as they would go.
Stan Lee came up with the idea of mutants as a reaction to the fear of nuclear/cold war. The genetic mutations that created them are due to background radiation from nuclear testing. Part and parcel to this era however was the implications of the holocaust. The story telling got much deeper in terms of allegory, and continued to evolve along with then/now-current social commentary - racial issues, homosexuality, etc. Basically the mutant 'stigma' is allegory to the issues of the day.
I hate mixing heroes together, then you get that mess.
OMG HE'S A MUTANT WE SHOULD HATE HIM!!!!
OMG HE'S COOL A SUPERHERO!!!
They both have powers :/
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