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. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Injury or bodily injury is Damage or Harm caused to the Structure or function of the Body caused by an outside agent or The term itself is most commonly applied to comic book characters in the Marvel Universe, although other quickly-regenerating characters exist. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative The Marvel Universe is the fictional Shared universe where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place
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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. Artistic license (also known as dramatic license, poetic license, narrative license, licentia poetica, or simply license) is a colloquial Deadpool is a fictional Comic book character sometimes depicted as a Mercenary or Antihero; he appears in books published by Marvel Sabretooth is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics Supervillain created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John This article is about the comic book character and series For all other media appearances see Hulk in other media.
Comics
Hulk recovering from having his skin and most of his muscle tissue torn away. This article is about the comic book character and series For all other media appearances see Hulk in other media.
Marvel Comics
There are numerous characters within the Marvel Universe that possess some form of accelerated healing ability. The Marvel Universe is the fictional Shared universe where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place 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:
Ultraverse
DC Comics
- Creeper [28], [29]
- Manhunter (Both Paul Kirk and his clones)[30], [31], [32]
- Swamp Thing [33]
- Vandal Savage[34]
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. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Anais is the name of two Fictional characters from the Marvel Universe who have similar powers Warren Kenneth Worthington III is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Blackheart is a Demon that appears in the fictional Marvel Universe. Bloodscream ( Zachariah Ravenscraft) is a Fictional character, a Comic book Supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe Cyber is a Fictional character, a Marvel Supervillain and enemy of Wolverine of the X-Men. Daken ( Akihiro) is a Fictional character who exists in the, and was born a mutant. 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Sabretooth is a Fictional character, a Marvel Comics Supervillain created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John She-Hulk ( Jennifer Susan Walters) is a Marvel Comics superheroine Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema, she Ultra Girl ( Suzanna "Suzy" Lauren Sherman derived from the Kree name Tsu-Zana) also known as Ultra-Girl, is a fictional Ulysses Bloodstone is a Fictional character, an immortal monster-hunter in the Marvel Universe. Underworld ( Jackie Dio) is a Fictional character, a Supervillain in publications from Marvel Comics. Wen-Di-Go (or more commonly Wendigo) is a monster in the fictional Marvel Comics universe. Werewolf by Night (birth name Jacob Russoff, legal name Jack Russell) is a Fictional character, an Anti-heroic Werewolf in the Wild Thing ( Rina Logan) is a fictional character from Marvel Comics who exists in the MC2 universe an alternate future to the Marvel Universe. Sludge was a comic book series from Malibu Comics, set in the Ultraverse. The Creeper ( Jack Ryder) is a fictional Comic-book Superhero in the DC Comics universe Manhunter is the name given to several different DC Comics Superheroes Antiheroes as well as the Manhunters, an entire race of Androids The Swamp Thing is a Fictional character created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson for DC Comics and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy Vandal Savage is a Fictional character, a Supervillain published by DC Comics. Adam Monroe, also known as in feudal Japan, is a Fictional character portrayed by David Anders in the NBC Science fiction Arvin Sloane is a Fictional character played by Ron Rifkin. He was the former director of SD-6 on the Television series, Alias. is a Fictional character in the popular Japanese Visual novel and Anime series Tsukihime, who also makes an appearance in the second is a fictional character in the popular Japanese Visual novel and Anime series Tsukihime,who also makes an appearance in the 2d fighting game Claire Bennet, portrayed by Hayden Panettiere, is a Fictional character on the NBC Science fiction drama series Heroes Appearance The Creeper is an ancient creature usually dressed in long tattered duster and face-concealing stetson Dante is the fictional Protagonist of the Devil May Cry Video game series published by Capcom. The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published Novel written by Oscar Wilde, first appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine Freddy Krueger is a Fictional character from the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' series of films Etymology Name "Godzilla" is a combination of two Japanese words and. Hugo Danner is a Fictional character, the Protagonist of the 1930 American novel Gladiator, by Philip Gordon Wylie (1902-1971 Appearances Square 's Final Fantasy VII was one of the first major Console role-playing games released for the Sony PlayStation and was Square's largest game Immortals are a group of Fictional characters seen Highlander is a film and television franchise that began with a 1986 Fantasy movie starring Christopher Lambert, who plays Connor Max Evans is a Fictional character created by Melinda Metz for the young adults Book series Roswell High and adapted by Jason The Orks are a race from the Fictional Warhammer 40000 universe Warhammer 40000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or just 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame in a Science Peter Petrelli, portrayed by Milo Ventimiglia, is a Fictional character on the NBC Science fiction drama series Heroes In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Προμηθεύς "forethought" is a Titan known for his wily intelligence who stole Fire from Zeus [51]
- Sadako Yamamura[52]
- Slayers,[53] Vampires,[54] Demons,[55] and Werewolves[56] from The Buffyverse. Character Sadako's character is not directly portrayed in Ring, but is expanded briefly in Rasen and to a much greater extent in Ring 0 Birthday, A Slayer, in the fictional Buffyverse established by Buffy and Angel, is a young Female bestowed with In the fictional world of the Television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, a vampire is a species of demon In the fictional Buffyverse established by ''Buffy'' and ''Angel'', a Demon is a kind of nonhuman life form generally believed to be evil In the Buffyverse, created by Joss Whedon, werewolves are introduced as a type of demonic humanoid. " Buffyverse " is a term coined by fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel to refer to the shared Fictional universe in
- 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]
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- ^ 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
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- ^ From Final Fantasy VII and its various spin offs. is a Console role-playing game developed by Square (now Square Enix) and published by Sony Computer Entertainment as the seventh installment in the
- ^ 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
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- ^ Angel, episode I've Got You Under My Skin original airdate February 15, 2000
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- ^ Angel episodeUnleashed original airdate October 15, 2003
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- ^ 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
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