Superhero Powers

[Gentlegamer]

The question is: do you really think you're worthy of that power? Or would you provide the means for your defeat, as Thanos did?

 

[JamesDJarvis]

a whole set of powers? I'd go with Superman. The saturday morning JLA cartoon do anything superman: "Oh can't figure out how to advance the story.. hey lookit what superman can do this time " - Superman.

The "why the heck is there a whole league of superheroes when we have superman?" superman. How common is kryptonite anyway?

 

[Ambrus]

The question is: do you really think you're worthy of that power? Or would you provide the means for your defeat, as Thanos did?

Worthy or not it would be a hell of a ride while it lasted; and with control of all time it would last as long I'd care for it to.

How common is kryptonite anyway?

By the looks of it in Smallville, there's as much of it just lying around the ground in Kansas as you'd care to collect.

 

[ARandomGod]

I'd pick Dark Pheonix... Telekenisis and telepathy, in all it's forms. The two of those together can do anything! Plus she's immortal. That's always a plus.

Really the immortality factor is the most important to me. Of course, this would be a more interesting pole-thread if there were a limited number of set powers to choose from... but hey, there sort of is, it's limited by the existing media!

The "why the heck is there a whole league of superheroes when we have superman?" superman. How common is kryptonite anyway?

If I were superman, the very first thing I would do is hire some guys, use my superpowered vision to pinpoint the location of ALL kryptonite lying in the open (in any unleaded area), and I'd put it all in a big lead box. Then I'd throw that box out of the solar system... I'd try to aim for a black hole somewhere.

I mean, really, why isn't he activly defending against that stuff? Especially in the "Smallville" series. THe stuff's everywhere! He really needs to get some money and harvest it all, and remove it from the earth. Come ON man. Of course, something I'd do in Smallville is team up with his good friend, Lex Luthor. You KNOW that guy's got a good heart... um... OR at least the power to remove the kryptonite!


Edit: At the very LEAST my 'supersuit' would be made of lead. With a lead hood/face covering and leaded crystal lenses. Geez man, have some common sense. So the clothes would be heavy, would he really even notice?

 

[NewLifeForm]

This looks like a job for...

It was actually comic books that got me into gaming in the first place and I remain a huge comics fan. As far as one power, Shape Change has always been a favorite, but my favorite hero has been and always will be Green Lantern. I'm not sure if I'd consider his abilities to be a single power, but the argument could definitely be made.

In regards to Kryptonite... The entire mass of the planet Krypton, which was likely Earth-sized, exploding in the same direction that the rocket which carried Kal-El to the 3rd rock from the Sun we call home went.

NewLifeForm
No Evil Shall Escape My Sight

 

[Ambrus]

The entire mass of the planet Krypton, which was likely Earth-sized

IIRC, Krypton was actually much much larger and denser than earth. The increased mass and gravity explains why Kryptonians were/are so strong and tough and why it was so difficult for any Kryptonians to escape the exploding planet with rockets or starships. That's why only a single baby in a small ship could be launched out of the planet's gravity well.

But it wasn't all of the mass of Krypton that is toxic to Superman, only those meteor chunks which, IIRC, passed through a mysterious nebula on their way to earth were transformed into the toxic red, green, gold, ect, kryptonite that we all know and love. In theory the rest of the planet's mass is harmless to Superman.

 

[Clueless]

Oh come on guys. Beyonder, of course.

 

[TonyLB]

The question is: do you really think you're worthy of that power?

See, that's again my bid for "All I want is flight." How much extra work would that actually be? Yeah, I'd want to go around and rescue people from burning buildings, and such... but if there's a bank robbery, my inclination would be to say "Hey, flying yes, bulletproof NO! I'm leaving that one to the police." Limited powers let you live your own life.

It's what knocked out my (literal) runner-up, "super-speed." Yes, an incredibly cool power to have, but... oy... no matter how fast you are, can you ever do all the "transporting organ transplants cross-country" and "searching for young campers lost in the wilderness" that needs to be done? And if you don't, can you face yourself in the mirror afterwards?

 

[Anime Kidd]

Give me an indestructable skeleton, a set of retractable claws, heightened senses, and a super fast healing factor and I'm set!

If not that, then I guess a Green Lantern power ring would be cool, sans the silly vulnerability to the color yellow that is...

Kane

Ditto. Everytime I've every thought of having super powers I'd always think wolverine. Or have a truly cosmic-level telekinesis/force control.