Healing factor
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A healing factor is a term used to describe the ability of some characters in fiction to recover from bodily injuries or disease at a superhuman rate. The term itself is most commonly applied to comic book characters in the Marvel Universe, although other quickly-regenerating characters exist.
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[edit] Artistic license
The efficiency of a character's healing factor, as with all "powers", varies frequently, depending on the situation and the writer writing it, with, as a story is being told, drama being the key factor.
Broad displays of artistic license have often led to debates among fans of particular comic book characters that have superhuman rates of healing, such as Wolverine, Deadpool, Sabretooth, Hulk, et cetera, as to which comic characters heal faster, or exactly which level their healing factors are.
[edit] Comics
[edit] Marvel Comics
There are numerous characters within the Marvel Universe that possess some form of accelerated healing ability. The source of these "healing factors" ranges from genetic mutation to artificial enhancement to magic. The exact limits of some character's healing powers is often a source of debate among fans since many of their healing powers have appeared to fluctuate in efficiency. Marvel continuity has also established that all mutants heal slightly faster than normal humans. [1]
Marvel Comics characters known to possess a "healing factor" include:
[edit] Ultraverse
[edit] DC Comics
- Creeper [28], [29]
- Manhunter (Both Paul Kirk and his clones)[30], [31], [32]
- Swamp Thing [33]
- Vandal Savage[34]
[edit] Outside of comics
Non-comics characters who can heal rapidly in one manner or another include:
- Adam Monroe[35]
- Arvin Sloane[36]
- Arcueid Brunestud[37]
- Ciel[38]
- Claire Bennet[39]
- The Creeper[40]
- Dante[41]
- Dorian Gray[42]
- Freddy Krueger[43]
- Godzilla[44]
- Hugo Danner[45]
- Jason Voorhees[46]
- Jenova[47]
- Immortals from the Highlander television series and films[48]
- Max Evans[49]
- The Orks from Warhammer 40,000
- Peter Petrelli[50]
- Prometheus, of ancient Greek myth, who regenerated his liver after it was daily torn out by a raptor during his punishment.[51]
- Sadako Yamamura[52]
- Slayers,[53] Vampires,[54] Demons,[55] and Werewolves[56] from The Buffyverse.
- The Twins[57]
- Trolls from the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game
- Vampires, Lycans, Hybrids and True Immortals from the Underworld films[58]
- Vergil[59]
- Werewolves, unless confronted with silver[60]
- Yakushiji Tenzen[61]
[edit] References
- ^ Uncanny X-Men #210
- ^ X-Men: Search For Cyclops #1 (Oct. 2000)
- ^ Wolverine vol.2 #147 (Feb. 2000)
- ^ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Update '89 #1 (Jul. 1989)
- ^ Wolverine vol.2 #1-4, Iron Man Annual #1 (Nov. 2007)
- ^ Wolverine vol.2 #79-80, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Wolverine 2004
- ^ Wolverine: Origins #6, Wolverine: Origins #10-15
- ^ Wolverine vol.2 #88, Wolverine Annual '95, Cable & Deadpool vol.1 #34,
- ^ Bloodstone vol.1 #1-4 (Dec. 2001-Mar. 2002)
- ^ Incredible Hulk vol.1 #340, Incredible Hulk vol.1 #455, Wolverine vol.2 #145
- ^ Iron Man (vol 4) #6, Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #28
- ^ Wolverine vol.2 #114
- ^ Civil War: Battle Damage Report (Mar. 2007)
- ^ Sub-Mariner vol.2 #3 (Oct. 2007)
- ^ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Wolverine 2004
- ^ X-men vol.2 #211
- ^ X-Men vol.2 #2-5
- ^ Sabretooth: Death Hunt #1-4, Wolverine vol.2 #124, Wolverine vol.2 #125
- ^ She-Hulk vol.2 #16
- ^ Ultra Girl #1 (1996), All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #12 (Dec. 2006)
- ^ Marvel Presents #1, Rampaging Hulk vol.1 #8, Captain America vol.1 #357, Marvel Universe #7
- ^ Underworld #1-6 (2006), All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z: Update #2 (2007)
- ^ Incredible Hulk vol.1 #181, Blaze vol.2 #4, She-Hulk vol.2 #16
- ^ Marvel Spotlight vol.1 #3 (Mar. 1972), Werewolf By Night vol.1 #8, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Update '89 # 8 (Dec. 1989)
- ^ J2 #5 (1999), All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #12 (Dec. 2006)
- ^ Wolverine vol.1 #1, Wolverine vol.2 #90, Wolverine vol.2 #150, Wolverine vol.3 #43
- ^ Sludge (Ultraverse character)
- ^ Showcase #73 (April, 1968)
- ^ Creeper I
- ^ Detective Comics #437-443 (1973) #1 (Oct. 2000)
- ^ Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics
- ^ Comic Book DB - Manhunter (02 - Paul Kirk)
- ^ Swamp Thing index
- ^ JSA: Classified
- ^ From the Heroes television series,Four Months Later... 2nd season episode, origial airdate of September 24, 2007
- ^ From the television series Alias, All The Time In The World season 5 episode, original airdate May 22, 2006
- ^ From visual novel, manga and anime Tsukihime
- ^ From visual novel, manga and anime Tsukihime
- ^ From the Heroes television series,Genesis 1st season episode, origial airdate of September 26, 2006
- ^ Jeepers Creepers, 2001 horror film and it's sequal Jeepers Creepers II released in 2003
- ^ From the Devil May Cry video game series
- ^ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- ^ A Nightmare on Elm Street film series, Freddy vs. Jason
- ^ Godzilla 2000: Millennium
- ^ Gladiator, a science fiction novel written by Philip Wylie in 1930 and one of the earliest examples of a superhuman "superhero" character in American literature.
- ^ Jason X, 2002 science fiction/horror film in which his regenerative powers are first mentioned throughout the Friday the 13th film series.
- ^ From Final Fantasy VII and its various spin offs.
- ^ Highlander film released circa 1986, Highlander II: The Quickening released in November of 1991
- ^ From the Roswell television series,Pilot episode, origial airdate of October 6, 1999
- ^ From the Heroes television series,Homecoming episode, origial airdate of November 20, 2006
- ^ PROMETHEUS : Greek Titan god of forethought, creator of mankind ; mythology ; pictures
- ^ From the japanese novel, manga and film 'Ring, it's sequel and prequel, Ring 0: Birthday
- ^ Buffy the Vampire Slayer, episode Villains original airdate May 14, 2002
- ^ Angel, episode I've Got You Under My Skin original airdate February 15, 2000
- ^ Angel episode I Will Remember You original airdate November 23, 1999
- ^ Angel episodeUnleashed original airdate October 15, 2003
- ^ The Matrix Reloaded due to their ability to become incorporeal, which heals injuries sustained while in corporeal form.
- ^ Underworld horror/action film released in 2003 and it's 2006 sequel, Underworld: Evolution
- ^ From the Devil May Cry video game series
- ^ The Wolf Man film released in 1941 Cycle of the Werewolf novella written by Stephen King circa 1983, The Monster Squad film released in 1987
- ^ From the anime and manga Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, anime episode 22 "The Haunted" origial airdate of September 6, 2005
