There are as many super-powers as there are superheroes in the comic book world, with at least one character having pretty much any power that can be thought up. However, there's a limit to how many truly unique powers creators can come up with. While there's a huge range of different powers within the Marvel universe, there are way morecharacters than there are unique abilities. To combat this problem, Marvel grants its heroes and villains unique combinations of powers at varying strengths, but it’s still possible to group the Marvel characters into ‘umbrella’ power categories: the super-strong, the super-fast… and the super-healers. Healing factors are surprisingly common within the comic book world – characters who recover in an instant are capable of continuing an epic battle across page after page, can be counted on to return from the dead, and when coupled with a more offensive weapon-power, can become near-unbeatable. That’s what makes these guys so fun – watching the attempts t...
