Respect Black Bolt (Marvel, 616)

##History

Blackagar Boltagon is the king of the Inhumans. Because he was exposed to the Terrigen Mists when he was still an embryo, unlike other members of the Inhumans, who are exposed when they come of age, Black Bolt has received significant power. he is able to manipulate electrons in the air for a variety of effects, as well as unleash a massive sonic force if he ever utters a word. Because of this, he has undergone extensive training to never utter a single word.

##Physicals

Strength

• Manages to stagger The Thing with one blow

• Sends a gunman flying with a punch

• Destroys a large stone bridge

• Downs Shatterstar, a Kree warrior, and then tackles him into a wall

• Sends a group of enemies flying simply by clapping

• Punches an alien warrior into a metal wall

• Destroys a helicopter in a single strike

• Punches an enemyinto two cars, causing both to break

• Breaks out of hands made of stone

• Narration claims he is a close second to Hulk, and using knowledge of Hulk's weak point, he is able to momentarily down Hulk

• Harms The Sphinx who in the same comic was no-selling attacks from The Thing for reference, in this era Thing was strong enough to overpower and lift a large hydraulic press

• Sends The Thing flying 100 feet

• Punches The Thing through several large stone pillars

• Staggers Dr. Doom, who is wearing armor stolen from a rogue Watcher

• Uses his electrons to amp his physicals enough to fight somewhat evenly with Thor

• Splashes water at the Human Torch hard enough to hurt him

• Sends Namor flying through a dam

• Overpowers Gladiator for reference, Gladiator RT

• Overpowers Gladiator again later

• Easily sends a metal door and a guard behind it flying

• Stops the strike of a herald of Galactus from an alternate universe

• Flies through the tentacle of a demon summoned by Dr. Strange

• Stops two Moloid fighters from fighting. In another panel, they easily broke a large stone statue

• Breaks out of chains and through a metal door

Speed

• Sidesteps a charge from the Human Torch

• Intercepts a missile before it hits Attilan

• Dodges a shot from a ray gun

• Keeps up with an orb moving "at the speed of a space missile" before it vanishes into a maze

• Intercepts the Hulk as he falls from orbit

• Outspeeds a shock wave from an explosion

• Dodges a laser attack from the Kree warrior Shatterstar

• Moves himself and Medusa out of the way of some kind of futuristic cannon

• Intercepts a blast from a gun

• Weaves through fire from a military aircraft

• Dodges "blasts of solidified gravity" from Graviton

• Flies into space in time to intercept a solar flare

• Dodges Gorgon's shockwaves

• Dodges attacks from two accusers

Durability

• Intercepts Hulk falling from space and is fine

• Gets up from a hit from Hulk

• Survives a large burst of energy

• Tanks "enough force to kill a dinosaur"

• Takes more hits from The Hulk

• Gets up from a hit from The Thing with little injury and a few issues ago The Thing supported the weight of an oil rig

• Survives a punch from a Skrull whose strength is amped a hundredfold

• Tanks more serious hits from The Thing, only falling for a ruse

• Survives a hit from Gladiator that leveled a marble building

• Takes hits from Vulcan, who is capable of easily destroying Shi'ar ships

• Causes New Attilan to be destroyed, and he and Thanos survive

• Gets up from a stomp from Thanos

• And having his head slammed into the ground by Thanos. Although, in both cases, Thanos was explicitly not trying to kill Black Bolt

• Gets stabbed through the chest by Magik, and later is shown to still be able to fight

• Survives Dazzler turning the energy from his voice on him although he doesn't get back up for a while. For reference, the "last time" Dazzler mentions was apparently enough power to shatter mountains

• And his best durability feat. He is inside the T bomb when it explodes which rips a hole in space and is light years across. Way later, he is shown to have survived this. Circumstances of his survival are unclear, and may be linked to his part in a Kree genetic prophecy.

##Electron Manipulation:

Electron Beams:

Black Bolt frequently uses his electron manipulation to form an energy attack

• Destroys some kind of artillery

• Destroys a gun before the gunman can pull the trigger

• Destroys an "atomic cage"

• Vaporizes a truck

• Sends pieces of the ground, as well as Graviton flying

• Creates a counter explosion that counderacts a solar flare

• Defeats a large amount of Alpha Primitives with one attack

• Staggers Adam Warlock

• Easily tears through rock and creates a huge explosion

• Harms Thor

• Uses some kind of lightning attack to destroy a machine

Other:

Electron Manipulation is pretty broad, and Black Bolt has demonstrated the ability to do a wide variety of things with it, although he does this much less in the modern age

• The Master Blow allows Black Bolt to focus all of his power into a single powerful strike. It almost knocks out The Thing, and he is unable to continue fighting after using it.

• Creates an electron field to contain defeated soldiers

• Absorbs energy from a weapon

• Hardens water to create a bridge

• Fixes The Thing's robe

• Softens the ground to cause a robot that looks like The Mandarin to sink

• Melts ice created by the Mandarin

• Hypnotizes the Mandarin

• Deactivates Baxter Building alarms

• Compels Maximus to fall asleep

• Opens a hatchway

• Absorbs energy from a ship to slow down its implosion

• Creates a buffer zone to make a crash survivable

• Causes Hulk to attract lightning bolts

• Hurts The Sphinx

• Sends The Sphinx flying out of his spaceship

• Sculpts a rock into a statue of The Thing

• Magnetizes and contains mini black holes

• Creates antimatter

• Uses electrons to stop other Inhumans from succumbing to a disease

• Switches his mind back into his body and Maximus's mind back into Maximus's body

• Able to track Lockjaw

• Draws away Johnny Storm's energy

• Preforms a mental attack

• Narration claims he could turn men into stone

• Medusa claims he could cause every electron in somebody's body to collide with an adjacent electron

• Overpowers Vulcan, an Omega Level energy projector

Voice:

• Destroys a large portion of the Great Refuge as well as a negative zone barrier surrounding it

• Destroys a cage Karnak and Gorgon were unable to break out of.. For reference, Karnak has the ability to find the flaw in anything and can use that to break diamond blocks

• A single word destroys a large ship, causes damage for hundreds of yards, and creates a tidal wave

• Destroys a dome Iron Man and Vision are unable to affect, and that withstood a nuke dropped by Skrulls

• A shout shreds several buildings, as well as knocking out Hulk because of a ringing in his ears

• A word causes a cave to collapse

• A shout completely destroys the Great Refuge, and even causes damage to nearby mountains

• Narration claims his voice could shatter mountains

• Removes all of the rocks below Attilan so it can fly

• Dazzler channeling his voice clashing with Moonstone creates a massive amount of light

• [Amped] Overloads Doom's energy absorbing armor he took from a rogue Watcher

• Downs Gladiator by whispering into his ear

• Destroys a device and creates a large explosion

• Narration claims he could split a planet

• When he's unable to control his voice, he causes damage to an entire planet

• With a declaration of war, destroys several military helicopters

• Turns a Skrull into paste

• Destroys a large Skrull ship

• [Amped] While his voice is amplified and focused, he creates a tear in space

• Causes a large amount of damage to a building, as well as incapacitating a group of Avengers with a whisper

• A weapon harnessing his voice destroys a large amount of Skrull ships

• Melts Vulcan's flesh off

• [Amped] The T-Bomb, which is powered by his voice, creates a massive explosion check the bottom of the durability section for more details.

• Sends The Unspoken flying a great distance

• Destroys all of the rocks in an avalanche, which Jean Grey claims to be a billion tons

• From Attilan, which is situated above earth, his voice causes tremors on earth

• Destroys a large portion of a wall and harms Ronan the Accuser.

• Knocks out an alternate universe herald of Galactus

• [Amped?] Destroys Attilan and injures Thanos. The Terrigenesis Bomb was detonated by Black Bolt's voice, but its unclear if the bomb actually contributed to the damage

• Destroys Thanos's armor, although he can't harm Thanos himself

• One shots Iron Man, Namor, and Beast.

• Disintegrates tentacles of a demon summoned by Dr. Strange note that in these feats and the previous two feats Black Bolt was weakened

• Leaves no remains of a group of soldiers defending a wall

• Kang diverts his scream to Tunguska, which causes the Tunguska event, the Tunguska event was an explosion estimated to have an energy range between 10-15 megatons of TNT.

• Johnny Storm claims he could crack the moon in half, although this may be hyperbole

• Overpowers a heat blast from Johnny Storm

• Kills Ahura wearing Kang's armor.

##Other

• [Mental Ability] Purges every thought from his mind at night

• [Mental Ability]Can commune with Medusa in a shared mindscape

• [Mental Ability] Resists Maximus' mental powers, although he is usually unable to do this

• [Mental Ability] Stops a creature from digging too deep into his mind

• [Skill] Ben Grimm describes fighting him as "like fighting a silent Daredevil

• [Skill] Defeats Ronan The Accuser in sword combat

• [General]Karnak is unable to detect any flaws in him

• [Respect] Ronan the Accuser bows before him

• [Respect] A cosmic being blinks when Black Bolt prepares to use his voice

• [Respect] The Beyonder bows before him because apparently The Beyonder is an Inhuman Mutant

• [Durability] Survives a brutal cucking

• [Durability] No-sells a second one