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The abilities of the characters in the marvel universe are broken down into categories to help give the readers and writers a reference for the stories. Overtime the abilities of characters can change or are revealed to be greater or less than they originally were defined in the Marvel Universe. For instance, the Thing of the Fantasic Four, now able to lift somewhere between 50 and 75 tons, could only lift between 3 and 10 tons as Spiderman can when he first appeared. Over time the writers invented reasons to make the character more powerful.
Below is a list of different types of abilities and the categories and power levels of each. These are the definitions used in the Marvel Universe and correlate with the Marvel Universe profiles currently on the Marvel Website.
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[edit] Intelligence: Ability to think.
Level 7
- Immeasurable (alien, "omniscient")
Level 6
- a) Superhuman (possessing genius in virtually all intellectual areas; such a being possesses an intellect allowing him or her to master every worldly subject and giving him or her the ability to adopt concepts completely foreign to his or her society or environment.
- b) Extraordinary genius (intellects beyond what is normally experienced on Earth, with the ability to conceive concepts centuries beyond current conventions).
Level 5
- Genius (possessing an extremely high IQ and creative talents; such a being is a genius or has an intellect on par with an individual who is the best authority in the world on a subject)
Level 4
- a) Genius (with the limitation of being clinically insane)*.
- b) Intellectually Gifted (possessing a significantly higher than average IQ and creative talents).
Level 3
- a) Intellectually Gifted (but without the benefit of a full college education.)
- b) Learned (Above normal intelligence with a full college background)
Level 2
- a) Above normal (significantly above average IQ)
- b) Normal
Level 1
- a) Below normal (minor mental defeciencies)
- b) Learning impaired (major mental defeciencies)
[edit] Strength: Ability to lift wieght above ones head with arms fully extended.
Level 7
- a) Incalculable
- b) Superhuman Class 100 (able to lift significantly in excess of 100 tons).
Level 6
- a) Superhuman Class 90 (able to lift in the 100 ton range, but not significantly more than 100 tons).
- b) Superhuman Class 75 (able to lift in the 75 ton range).
Level 5
- Superhuman Class 50 (able to lift in the 50 ton range).
Level 4
- a) Superhuman Class 25 (able to lift in the 25 ton range).
- b) Superhuman Class 10 (able to lift in the 3 to 10 ton range)
- c) Enhanced Human (900 pounds to 2 ton range)
Level 3
- Peak human (able to lift twice one's body wieght; 400 to 800 pound range; could compete in Olympic wieghtlifting.)
Level 2
- a) Athlete (able to lift more than one's own body wieght; 180 to 350 pound range).
- b) Normal (able to lift ones own body wieght.)
Level 1
- a) Below normal (cannot lift within one's own body wieght)
[edit] Speed: Ability to traverse distance
Level 7
- Warp Speed (faster than light)
Level 6
- a) Speed of Light (186,000 miles per second)
- b) Sub-light speed (150,000 miles per second)
Level 5
- a) Escape Velocity (Mach 30 range)
- b) Orbital Velocity (Mach 20 range)
- c) Supersonic (Mach 2 to Mach 4.6)
Level 4
- Speed of Sound; Transonic (700 to 800 mph)
Level 3
- a) Subsonic (250 to 500 mph)
- b) Artificial Winged Flight limit (200 mph)
- c) Natural Winged Flight limit (150 mph)
- d) Superhuman (100 mph on ground)
- e) Enhanced human (65 mph on ground)
Level 2
- a) Peak Human (40 mph)
- b) Athlete (30 mph)
- c) Normal (15 to 20 mph)
Level 1
- Below Normal (cannot attain 15 mph)
[edit] Fighting Ability
Level 7
- Master of all forms of combat
Level 6
- Master of several forms of combat
Level 5
- Master of single form of combat
Level 4
- Experienced fighter
Level 3
- Some training
Level 2
- Normal
Level 1
- Poor
[edit] Energy Projection
Level 7
- Virtually unlimited command of all forms of energy
Level 6
- Able to discharge multiple forms of energy
Level 5
- Long range, long duration, single energy type
Level 4
- Medium range, duration, single energy type
Level 3
- Short range, short duration, single energy type
Level 2
- Ability to discharge energy on contact
Level 1
- None
[edit] Agility: Ability to move body with flexibility and coordination.
Level 7
- Metahuman (far beyone the natural limits of the human body; elastic form, etc)
Level 6
- Superhuman (considerably beyond the natural limits of the human body)
Level 5
- Enhanced human (beyond the natural limits of the human body)
Level 4
- Peak human (significantly above average; such as an olympic gymnist)
Level 3
- Athlete (above average; such as typical athlete)
Level 2
- Normal
Level 1
- Below Normal (noticeable difficulty with balance and equilibrium)
[edit] Reflexes
Level 7
- Metahuman (instantaneous)
Level 6
- Superhuman (virtually instantaneous)
Level 5
- Enhanced human (beyond the natural limits of the human body)
Level 4
- Peak human (significantly above average; such as an olympic archer or martial artist)
Level 3
- Athlete (above average; such as typical athlete)
Level 2
- Normal
Level 1
- Below Normal (noticeable difficulty with reaction time)
[edit] Examples
Wolverine
- Intelligence: Level 2 a
- Strength: Level 4 c
- Speed: Level 2 b
- Durability: Level 4 a
- Energy Projection: Level 1
- Fighting Skills: Level 7
- Agility: Level 5
- Reflexes: Level 5
Captain America
- Intelligence: Level 3 a
- Strength: Level 3
- Speed: Level 2 a
- Durability: Level 3 b
- Energy Projection: Level 1
- Fighting Skills: Level 7
- Agility: Level 4
- Reflexes: Level 4
Spiderman
- Intelligence: Level 4 b
- Strength: Level 4 b
- Speed: Level 3 d
- Durability: Level 3 a
- Energy Projection: Level 1
- Fighting Skills: Level 4
- Agility: Level 6
- Reflexes: Level 6
Hulk (Gestalt Green)
- Intelligence: Level 6 b
- Strength: Level 7 b (Level 7a under optimal conditions)
- Speed: Level 3 e
- Durability: Level 7 d
- Energy Projection: Level 1
- Fighting Skills: Level 4
- Agility: Level 2
- Reflexes: Level 3
Note that these match exactly the levels on the Marvel Website and the levels on the Marvel Universe Master Edition (with the exception that reflexes and agility are not included in all of these).
