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* Several [[Nigh Invulnerable]] characters are said to have little or no sense of touch -- Diamond Lil of [[Alpha Flight]], Hardbody of the [[Next Men]], Alea of [[Wildcore]], etc.
** This is implied to be part of why [[Irredeemable|Max Damage]] became a supervillain.
* The ''[[
* And let's not forget [[Great Lakes Avengers|Mister Immortal]], Craig Hollis. His one and only power: he can't ever stay dead. He discovered it by trying to commit suicide when his girlfriend did the same. And while all the loved ones around him died. And continued to die. [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|He will, according to reliable sources, outlive things like stars, planets, and Galactus.]]
** Considering [[Galactus]] is a being which used to be mortal and was born in the universe that existed previous to the current Marvel universe (and gained his powers through surviving the death of his universe and the big bang that created the current one), it [[Fridge Logic|stands to reason that Mr. Immortal would be a strong contender]] for becoming the [[Cosmic Horror|Galactus]] of the universe that follows the eventual death of the current Marvel universe.
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*** It gets worse in the current continuity. {{spoiler|Why is he a robot? A group of scientists (including Caulder) gave him an injection of nanites to protect his life, when they hired him to drive for them. When the superbike he was testing went out of control, the only thing they could think of to do to save him was to consume his still completely concious body, and convert it into an indestructible robot.}}
** Steve "Mento" Dayton enhances his telepathic and telekinetic abilities with a helmet of his own design... but between the loss of his wife and the helmet's unforeseen side effects, [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]].
* ''Vertigo'' example: in ''[[
** Another example from the third issue of the [[Spin-Off]] series ''Jack of Fables'', in which Jack learns that his overbearing lust for adventure has cursed him with being the center of all stories, including the ''Sword in the Stone"- where he plays the stone, after getting Excalibur shoved through his chest.
* In ''[[
* The title character in ''[[
** And to top it all off, she is the only one for whom the blasted thing works ''at all''. A more selfish soul would ditch the thing in a heartbeat rather than deal with the problems it has, but [[Comes Great Responsibility|all Emp ever wanted was to be a superhero...]]
** Another character called Cinderblock is implied that his current form (a man with cinderblocks for his head and hands) doesn't have the normal bodily functions. His ability is to manipulate concrete and stone - but he doesn't like using it because of the massive collateral damage it causes.
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** This is somewhat subverted because Jackie has the ability to create women from the Darkness which he can sex all he likes.
*** But this usually goes horribly wrong.
* This was the motivation behind one-time ''[[
* The protagonist of the Top Cow one-shot ''Murderer'' sees/hears the thoughts of everyone around him all the time. This results in him knowing things he'd rather not (like how much his grandmother secretly hates him) and being so overwhelmed by other people's thoughts that it's hard to focus on his own. He speaks in broken fragments full of pauses<ref>e.g. "Wife. Got sick. Lost job. No money. No food. Just want. Family okay."</ref> because he can't concentrate well enough to string together a whole sentence. The title comes from the fact that the only way for him to turn his power off (and even then, only for a few hours) is to be in someone's mind as they're dying.
* Velcroman from a comic by German artist [[Walter Moers]] is about a superhero all covered in velcro (not a suit, but due to a biological-nuclear accident). In a world which is completely covered with fuzz, because of a [[Running Gag|biological-nuclear catastrophe]].
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