Has there ever been a superhuman out there aside from Thor, who didn't get their abilities through an accident, an experiment or technology?

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Just curious, because when you think of it, nearly every one of those costumed schmoes got their crazy-ass superhuman powers through some kind of external source. Iron Man's some rich brainiac that made his suits, Captain America got his cake from the super-soldier serum, Hulk got his superpowered temper tantrums from tinkering around with gamma radiation. Hell, I've even heard rumors on Internet forums about that Black Widow chick (RIP) having gone through some shady-ass experimentation involving the same kind of research work that the super-soldier serum was developed off of.

With how crazy things have been over the years, I'm seriously starting to wonder how much more it can escalate to. Maybe in the future, it gets to the point that you don't even need experiments or technology, but are just born with superpowers? On an additional note, how would even society even deal with randos spontaneously getting superpowers, when we're already struggling to adjust with the current wave of costumed freaks? Especially when we're STILL reeling from whatever BS that purple jackass pulled a couple of years ago.

Posted Jul 7, 2026, 9:59 PM UTC

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