Best Mutant Power

[gideonkain]

So I brought home my comic book collection from my parents house after 10 yrs, and it was awesome! But I noticed that even though I claimed my favorite was Cyclops growing up, I have far more Wolverine-centric books, including X-23 stuff.

What super-power, or lesser known character do you think is the best?

 

[LFC Scouser]

Does it have to be a mutant like the title said or a super power/lesser know character like you said?

 

[bdcjacko]

Telekinesis, which is a super power, not a magic spell, for clarification purposes.

 

[captaincabbage]

Mutant: Nightcrawler. I always wanted to be night crawler as a kid, glowing eyes and everything.

Other superpower: I'd just want an Iron-Man suit. I know it's not technically a superpower, but damnit it's so cool!!

 

[Sinclair Solutions]

Mutant: Wolverine; sorry to hop on the popular bus, but the guy IS a badass.

Power: I really would like to control time. Slow it down, stop it, etc. It would help me so much.

 

[Johnnyallstar]

I always loved Magneto, because while it's an incredible power, it's limited in it's own right, not like raw telekinesis. The reason why Magneto was so awesome was because of the level of his power, not just the nature of it.

 

[TheRealCJ]

The ability to blend into any given crowd of non-mutated humans.

 

[viranimus]

Kind of dig Gambits power of Energy creation. With enough focus it could be used to destroy the planet. However, that would have been up till recently. Since the Disney buyout of Marvel, Marvel is now dead to me. So my answer would be none. Damned Nazi supportin, Childhood destroying, Preteen oversexualizin, Purveyors of an unrealistic world view. Have to step in and screw up everything for everybody.

 

[Faux Furry]

Either an accelerated regenerative healing factor (see Wolverine [http://marvel.wikia.com/Wolverine], Sabretooth [http://marvel.wikia.com/Victor_Creed_%28Earth-616%29] or DeadPool [http://marvel.wikia.com/Wade_Wilson_%28Earth-616%29] for examples)or the ability to raise oneself from the dead (see Mr. Immortal [http://marvel.wikia.com/Craig_Hollis_%28Earth-616%29] for an example of this power).

They're not as showy as some other mutant powers, but they are the most practical in every day situations and most disasters known to Man or beast that don't involve invasions by space aliens, killer robots or angry elder gods.

There's little that one needs eye beams that can pulverize mountains for except saving money on TNT or bazooka shells (unless one is an assassin or terrorist who needs to smuggle a super weapon where ever one goes).

 

[TitanGear]

Id have to say Juggernauts ability would be my favorite. Or impenetrable skin

 

[000Ronald]

"Best" and "What I Like Most" are two very separate things. In fact, "Best" tends to be very hard to define.

Take Mad Jim Jaspers [http://marvel.wikia.com/James_Jaspers_%28Earth-238%29], for example (a creation of Alan Moore, if I recall correctly). One of the most powerful mutants in any reality, capable of manipulating reality on a pan-dimensional scale. Think Scarlet Witch on crack. Downside? He was fucking insane. Not to mention his very existence was ripping reality apart. Eventually they had to destroy his entire universe to kill him.

OK, OK, that's a little over the top. Let's take...I dunno, Nate Gray [http://marvel.wikia.com/Nathaniel_Grey_%28Earth-295%29] for an example. You said you liked Cable, right? Well, this guy is what would happen if Cable didn't need to restrain himself to hold off the T-virus. The result? He's the strongest psychic alive. Telekinisis, Telepathy, Astral projection, the whole works. He inherited his father's energy blast powers, too, only strong enough to rip a planet in half. Downside? He was supposed to die before he turned 18. I say supposed to because, through some wacky hijinks, he managed to not be...well, dead.

So...yeah. Game-breaker powers tend to come with a massive cost. Just sayin'.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

I'll take the ability to absorb/mimic other peoples' powers. I win?

 

[000Ronald]

I'll take the ability to absorb/mimic other peoples' powers. I win?

What, no power of Ham-acting? What's the deal?

Of course, Mimic was pretty cool.

 

[Layz92]

Colossus is pretty cool. Gambit is cool. My very favourite is Doctor Strange because you don't mess with the sorceror supreme, although that other guy is now the sorceror supreme.

I'll take the ability to absorb/mimic other peoples' powers. I win?

Not really, in the Marvel universe anyway. Take for example my vote on most OP character, The Sentry. A guy (finnily enough called Absorbing Man) who copies any power used on him tries to take on The Sentry and gets his powers overloaded and is then melted. The Sentry reforms even when destroyed down to molecules (Dr. Manhattan style), he can fight Galactus with neither winning, he can fight the Hulk with neither winning, no one has ever found a proper weakness in him (other than his wife). He tore Carnage in half. Seriously the guy just ruins everyone's day. He can destroy whole planets if he so wishes.

Oh and Purple Man is fairly OP as well. Not in a fight but his powers are just so unfair.

 

[WolfThomas]

The telekinesis/telepathy combo present in Jean Grey, Psylocke, Nate Grey, Nathan Summers, Rachel Grey, Mantis, Moondragon, etc. It's pretty nifty.

Since the Disney buyout of Marvel, Marvel is now dead to me. So my answer would be none. Damned Nazi supportin, Childhood destroying, Preteen oversexualizin, Purveyors of an unrealistic world view. Have to step in and screw up everything for everybody.

That's kind of an over-reaction. I mean Disney is kind of evil, but nothings really changed in Marvel. In fact if they'd bought it years ago, many a good series wouldn't have been canceled (we miss you Captain Britain and MI:13) as Disney's funding means they can take a lot more chances on low selling series, as well as more risks in producing films like Thor. It also gives them acess to the Pixar, which hopefully means some sweet computer-animated movies in the future.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Wolverine/Deadpool's healing factor is one of the best powers to have.Not dying -ever-,seems like a good deal to me.

 

[evilstonermonkey]

I think the super powers that themselves aren't great but are used really imaginatively by the people with them are awesome. Like someone else menioned, Magneto has a very limited version of telekinesis, and yet uses it so well that it is seriously badass. I don't know the guy's name, but I vaguely recall some guy with his body covered in holes getting in a fight with spiderman. Spider man punched him, the guy moved one of the holes to be where he was punched, spidey's arm and fist went through the hole to exit another one on the guys face. Long story short, spiderman punched himself in the spidernose.

 

[Oliman43]

Either a super healing power, just like wolverine if its a mutant power, or being able to be The Batman!