Altered Powers
Sometimes super-people (hero or villain) who are used to specific set of abilities could find themselves with their powers diminished, qualities augmented or talents radically changed, temporarily or permanently.
Name:
Altered Powers
Aliases:
Start year:
1946
First issue:
All-American Comics (1939) #71 Doiby Dickles, The Human Bomb!
Overview
Examples of this concept
- Superman Blue and Superman Red: Superman becomes an energy being and develops new and unusual abilities.
- Silver Age Batman: Batman suffered several transformations that included gaining temporary superpowers or a change in his appearance, beyond the concept of the dark detective.
- Genesis: DC event where most of superpowers started to malfunction or change.
- For a time, Spider-Man developed organic web-shooters.
- Ultimate universe: Ben Grimm developed an energy form during the Ultimatum arc.
