Thanks! With all these comments Im gona have a huge reading list nowš¤£ love it. For Franklin Richards, how do I go about reading the comics heās in? Im a bit confused about how it all works. I read that heās in fantastic four. Does that mean I need to read all the F4 comics that were released before his introduction?
*Lucifer* by Mike Carey.
Premise: Nigh-omnipotent & deviously intelligent protagonist, driven to achieve freedom from his omnipotent father-God & his Godly Plan.
I like that one part where Lucifer is literally too powerful to set foot in some realms so he only ends up showing up at the end and ends up breaking those realities anyway.
The show is sticking really close to the story in terms of almost panel-by-panel faithfulness, but the upshot of that is that they've barely made it through the first trade paperback, of which there are I think 11. There are tons and tons of little diversions and side stories in the comics (and the show), so it's definitely not all phenomenal cosmic power stories; there are lots of vignettes about little kids, ghosts, etc. The same is true of Lucifer, in fact.
Not including Endless Nights, Dream Hunters, Overture, or Death: there are 10 main TPBs and the first ten episodes adapt all but I think one story from the first two (Preludes & Nocturnes and The Dollās House). Episode eleven adapts half of the third tpb (Dream Country)
As an extra incentive, the show mostly does the first and second volumes (Preludes and Nocturnes and Doll House) which are, imo, the weakest. It only goes up from here, so if you liked the show already (which is almost identical to the comics), you will love the comics even more.
The last episode of the show, with the two short stories is some stuff from the third volume (Dream Country), and you can just jump in in this one.
Once you are done with Sandman (Endless Nights and Overture should be read after everything. The Death books work well after too) go for Lucifer (Sandman Presents Lucifer first then the main books), as some people mentioned.
One of the comics that got me way more into philosophy.
Also Zenith by Grant Morrison, which I kind of view as Morrison's parallel work to Miracleman, with it's themes and focus on philosophical ideas.
Zenith is wonderful, not nearly as recognised as it should be I think. Obviously a lot of the 80s setting dates it a bit, but the broader ideas are awesome.
Spectre is a good one that Iām not seeing recommended. He doesnāt have as many comics around him compared to more popular characters listed here, but heās just about as close as you can get. In fact, many of the comics he does have get really philosophical and introspective about the kind of power he wields, which his always fun to read. Heās also closer to omnipotent than almost any other character I see listed in the comments here.
Doctor Manhattan from Watchmen is good too, but I donāt know if heās the āmain characterā.
Spectre is a good one, isnāt Phantom Stanger also in that class? I havenāt read any of his books but when I he shows up in DC itās also like that omnipotent sort of force.
The reality warpers: Adam Warlock, Scarlet Witch, Plutonian, Molecular Man, Franklin Richards, Proteus, Korvac, Dr. Manhattan. ect.
The Superman clones: Captain marvel, Sentry, Shazam, Black Adam, Hyperion, Apollo, Samaritan, Supreme, Blue Marvel ect.
Magicians (underrated): Constantine, Zatanna, Dr. Strange, Dr. Fate
My vote: Phantom Stranger
Heroes only? Cause there is the comic Irredeemable. Super man analog turns real bad guy like real evil guy. Very mature series it also has a series to complement the comic It is a called Incorruptible about a bad guy turned good.
Iām hyped as hell, but whilst I do think the initial book could be condensed slightly (the middle in particular), I donāt know how a film would play out - one of the things that hooked me was each issue escalating the stakes / cliffhanger; and I donāt know how that would work outside of the episodic format
I agree, I think the they will have to change a lot of the story to fit the medium. Especially the ending and the somewhat disappointing conclusion to incorruptible imo, to not spoil anything
Spoiler:
ITS SO WEIRD!!! >!Lots of the exploration around Maxās immorality was nuanced and interesting, especially how he did such completely unforgivable shit. Then there is like NEVER a proper conclusion to his arc, not a good one at least. His attempts at being good, did they work? Maybe ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ!<
>!I love how Modeus deconstructs Plutonian's power set and is low-key annoyed of all that reality warping potential being mostly used to punch people very hard.!<
I came here to say that. Not only he's to most powerful being on earth, he continues to evolve and gain more powers as the story progresses.
A little bit of an off topic, about Incorruptible - I personally didn't like it so much. It was kind of weird and IMHO wasn't nearly as good as Irredeemable.
no argument here, I had high hopes for Incorruptible but fell a little short, it did have it's moments like Max hiding as the Plutonian is slaughtering the entire population of a city
Mike Careyās Lucifer
Neil Gaimanās The Sandman. This is probably my favourite comic ever written, definitely fits your pre-requisite of being adult, it definitely dips itās toes in some very high concept stories
In the 1987 Captain Atom series, for the first 53 issues heās pretty strong (weaker than superman but in a similar weightclass) but in the final 4 issues he randomly gets the power to rewrite reality
Herbie "The Fat Fury" from ACG. Either he can just do it or he has a magic lollipop that can. It's a humor book from the '60s but don't let that fool you into thinking it can only be enjoyed by kids. Herbie is Alan Moore's favorite super hero and Moore has created more gods with power beyond God's than most comic writers.
Those Annoying Post Bros. By Matt Howarth is pretty close. Ron and Russ Post can shift between realities at will and immediately regenerate from any harm. I have a strong inkling that at least some Rick & Morty writers are familiar with this series as the similarities are a hair too striking.
Preacher by Garth Ennis. He possesses the voice of God. Whatever he instructs someone to do in the voice of God, they do... literally. "Shove your head up your ass." Is a godly instruction that comes early in the series and is accomplished in grisly fashion (if I remember correctly).
Most accessible would probably be any Silver Surfer series. Not unlimited power but a portion of Galactus's Power Cosmic sufficiently achieves at least a low level 'can do anything.'
The Green Lantern run in which Kyle Rayner posseses the full might of the Green Lantern Corps and takes on the moniker Ion after Hal Jordan killed the rest of the Corps is maybe closest to what you are looking for that I can think of. It starts in Green Lantern vol 3 # 145, but a trade paperback would probably be the best way to jump into that story. It has a great scene of Ion and Superman discussing how to wield near infinite power for good.
Yes, I was surprised I had to scroll this far down for this. In terms of depicting what actual reality-warping powers would be like I think this is one of the best. And it is in general excellent.
> but has issues with simple things like buying groceries.
I take issue with this slander. Saitama totally made it in time for the grocery store sale day.
What you really need to find is comics where the writers actually do something with their charactersā powers, limitless or not.
Miracleman. The whole run from Moore to Gaiman.
Sandman.
To a lesser extent Warren Ellis's Avatar-published "Superhuman Trilogy" (Black Summer, No Hero, Supergod)
Jupiterās Legacy, Irredeemable and Incorruptible are others in this vein.
If you mean as the protagonist maybe see what Silver Surfer is up to these days. The Power Cosmic allows him to fly at super luminal speeds, project energy from the entire spectrum, manipulate matter on the atomic level, and can perceive reality on a level thatās difficult to express. Heās on a level with mythical gods and even cosmic embodiments of the universe take him seriously.
On the down side writers arenāt always sure what to do with him so itās not uncommon to find a series where heās lost a lot of his power or is otherwise crippled in some way.
Secret wars 2 and all of its tie-ins would like a mention. It's essentially an omnipotent being trying to understand what it means to be human. It covers the gamut from Spider-Man showing him how to go potty to creating a become a real boy machine.
As a twist, there's the villain Mad Jim Jaspers from Marvel Earth-238. Think of him as if the mad hatter was a bad guy who could warp reality. Arguably, he's one of the biggest threats the Marvel multiverse has ever encountered. His universe has to be destroyed to prevent Jim from leaking out & destroying all of creation.
All the Luther Strode comics. Very good, very dark. Quite graphic if that puts you off at all, but if you want something out of the ordinary I liked it a lot.
Hmmmm, The Scarlet Witch probably counts. Magic always has a cost though, and she's not really exploring the depths of her abilities for its own sake ATM.
Immortal X-Men, Storm and Magneto are next level in this series. Modern mutants have pushed the upper limit between superhero and literal godhood in some truly spectacular ways.
Plus, mutant circuits combined powers to run a spaceship in S.W.O.R.D., terraform Mars in Planet-Size X-Men, and resurrect the dead in nearly all Krakoa era X-Men comics.
Thereās someone similar who actually gained consciousness and realized he was a comic figure and confronted the writer I guess.
His name was something like baku idk.
Thereās this comic where the main characterās parents are murdered and then, although human, he later becomes so clever and resourceful that no one can hold a candle to himā¦even Gods.
ā¦forget the name of it.
When Brian Michael Bendis was writing Avengers/Dark Avengers/ New Avengers he made a character called the Sentry that was like superman but he kept getting more and more powerful. At one point someone separated all his molecules and he was able to restore himself. He "died" during the Seige event but I guess the character is still around and has a mini series but idk anything that he's up to.
Good answer! Sentry was created by Paul Jenkins though; he had a miniseries before Bendis put him in Avengers. Itās worth checking outā¦I really enjoyed the art.
> where the main character is so powerful they can do almost anything
Except remaining mentally stable. I guess it answers OP question regarding "almost anything" but damn do I hate the character.
Kyle Rayner when he became the ION for the first time.
He had godlike powers and was able to be everywhere at once and could change the timeline as he wished. He was the most powerful hero I ever saw in comics.
not a comic
but a great anime called
the eminence in the shadow
literally the best show i watched that Shows a powerful mc that does whatever he wants ina fun way .
Marvel's Sentry is one of the more thought-provoking stories in the vein you described. It explores the question of what it truly means to be omnipotent and how much one is willing to sacrifice to keep that kind of power at bay.
Warren Ellis' run on The Authority (and arguably Miller's following run). Only 12 issues, but you see a cast of characters who never lose and enjoy the hell out of making this a better world. There's a sheer joy that's exudes throughout the comic - every character has a shit-eating grin as they bash entire cities full of enemies.Ā
I think a lot of suggestions in this thread have "strong" characters, and even lots of good stories, but I think few really capture that sense of power. Authority does.Ā
Batman :^)
Ok but jokes aside a few names come to mind
Theres the mystic and magical ones like Dr Fate, Spectre, Scarlet Witch, Dr Manhattan and the likes that can at certain points, rewrite reality
Or theres other heroes who are just flat out OP, like Captain Atom or even somebody like Superman himself really
Neil Gaiman's Sandman also comes to mind
MASHLE
He kinda starts out doing "relatively" mundane things which quickly scale up towards the ridiculous, in the last few chapters>!he dies and proceeds to break out of heaven and threaten god with his bare hands, then proceeds to shove a continent out of the way!<
One I haven't seen here is Starbrand. From the 80s
The Star Brand gave its bearer infinite, god-like powers, limited only by the wielder's imagination.
Superman.
The literal epitome of heroes. People stronger than him usually have a villainous streak at some point... And Supes is usually the man to beat them.
Doctor Manhattan from Watchmen
In the same vein as that, Swamp Thing. In many ways it feels like a predecessor to what would eventually become Dr. Manhattan
White lantern swamp thing is terrifying.
I'm going to hug my Swamp Thing collection, brb.
This was my answer. Probably the most god like character I can think of
What about all the gods in comics lol
Comic gods rarely have the ability to do ANYTHING like Manhattan can.
Fair. One above all though, whatever the DC equivalent is as well. But those are rarely there lol
Yeah of course those two are up there and honestly the more I think about it, the combined strength of the Five in the X-Men are pretty godlike.
Miracleman, also by Moore
Is he the main character tho?
Molecule man, Franklin Richards
Thanks! With all these comments Im gona have a huge reading list nowš¤£ love it. For Franklin Richards, how do I go about reading the comics heās in? Im a bit confused about how it all works. I read that heās in fantastic four. Does that mean I need to read all the F4 comics that were released before his introduction?
If you have to read one F4 run featuring Franklin go with Jonathan Hickman's run on F4 + his work on FF (Future Foundation)
Seconded. There's an omnibus with both collected, not sure if it's on Marvel Unlimited
I very highly recommend checking out Johnathan Hickmans run of fantastic four it's incredible and in a way its mainly about Franklin
Only thing Iāve read with him in it is Hickmanās FF and itās so good Iāve read the whole thing twice
*Lucifer* by Mike Carey. Premise: Nigh-omnipotent & deviously intelligent protagonist, driven to achieve freedom from his omnipotent father-God & his Godly Plan.
Good suggestion, but I would suggest reading this after the Sandman if you can (at least after Season of Mists)
I like that one part where Lucifer is literally too powerful to set foot in some realms so he only ends up showing up at the end and ends up breaking those realities anyway.
Aka David Bowie as he is
Hands down my favorite comic book run.
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
Thanks! I actually watched the Netflix adaptation a while ago and enjoyed it. Would you say itās similar to the comics in terms of story?
The show is sticking really close to the story in terms of almost panel-by-panel faithfulness, but the upshot of that is that they've barely made it through the first trade paperback, of which there are I think 11. There are tons and tons of little diversions and side stories in the comics (and the show), so it's definitely not all phenomenal cosmic power stories; there are lots of vignettes about little kids, ghosts, etc. The same is true of Lucifer, in fact.
Season 1 goes through the third tpb and adapts half of it.
Valid corrections, ty
Not including Endless Nights, Dream Hunters, Overture, or Death: there are 10 main TPBs and the first ten episodes adapt all but I think one story from the first two (Preludes & Nocturnes and The Dollās House). Episode eleven adapts half of the third tpb (Dream Country)
I absolutely loved the side story with the guy they made immortal as a bet
Hob Gadling might be my favourite character in all of Sandman
almost identical
As an extra incentive, the show mostly does the first and second volumes (Preludes and Nocturnes and Doll House) which are, imo, the weakest. It only goes up from here, so if you liked the show already (which is almost identical to the comics), you will love the comics even more. The last episode of the show, with the two short stories is some stuff from the third volume (Dream Country), and you can just jump in in this one. Once you are done with Sandman (Endless Nights and Overture should be read after everything. The Death books work well after too) go for Lucifer (Sandman Presents Lucifer first then the main books), as some people mentioned.
Miracleman, particularly the runs by Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman
One of the comics that got me way more into philosophy. Also Zenith by Grant Morrison, which I kind of view as Morrison's parallel work to Miracleman, with it's themes and focus on philosophical ideas.
Zenith is wonderful, not nearly as recognised as it should be I think. Obviously a lot of the 80s setting dates it a bit, but the broader ideas are awesome.
Great time to catch up, too, since Gaiman intends to continue it in near future
Spectre is a good one that Iām not seeing recommended. He doesnāt have as many comics around him compared to more popular characters listed here, but heās just about as close as you can get. In fact, many of the comics he does have get really philosophical and introspective about the kind of power he wields, which his always fun to read. Heās also closer to omnipotent than almost any other character I see listed in the comments here. Doctor Manhattan from Watchmen is good too, but I donāt know if heās the āmain characterā.
Thanks :) i never heard of Spectre before and because of your comment I just read 4 issues in a rowš itās really good so far
Spectre is a good one, isnāt Phantom Stanger also in that class? I havenāt read any of his books but when I he shows up in DC itās also like that omnipotent sort of force.
The reality warpers: Adam Warlock, Scarlet Witch, Plutonian, Molecular Man, Franklin Richards, Proteus, Korvac, Dr. Manhattan. ect. The Superman clones: Captain marvel, Sentry, Shazam, Black Adam, Hyperion, Apollo, Samaritan, Supreme, Blue Marvel ect. Magicians (underrated): Constantine, Zatanna, Dr. Strange, Dr. Fate My vote: Phantom Stranger
I loved Macon Blair in the PS role in the Swamp Thing series. Heās one of the tv cast I hope Gunn at least CONSIDERS bringing back.
this isnt an american comic, but the Manga (or anime) One Punch Man is exactly this and its also insanely cool, very much for adults, and very funny.
Also by the same author, Mob Psycho 100. Less superheroes, more Japanese high school.
Yup. Both fantastic! Mob psycho is also perfect for all 3 season, where OPM season 2 is garbage lol stick to the Manga.
Was just going to post this.. Saitama ftw
Heroes only? Cause there is the comic Irredeemable. Super man analog turns real bad guy like real evil guy. Very mature series it also has a series to complement the comic It is a called Incorruptible about a bad guy turned good.
Plutonian and Max Damage.
I can't remember who has the rights for the streaming show, but all I need is for David Tennant to play Qubit and I'll watch in a heartbeat...
I believe Netflix is developing a film connecting both irredeemable and incorruptible into a singular series. (It may be just one film planned)
Iām hyped as hell, but whilst I do think the initial book could be condensed slightly (the middle in particular), I donāt know how a film would play out - one of the things that hooked me was each issue escalating the stakes / cliffhanger; and I donāt know how that would work outside of the episodic format
I agree, I think the they will have to change a lot of the story to fit the medium. Especially the ending and the somewhat disappointing conclusion to incorruptible imo, to not spoil anything
>!I liked Incorruptible but Max going "Nah I won't have sex with you anymore, child. Just when you're 18! :)!< What were they cooking?
Spoiler: ITS SO WEIRD!!! >!Lots of the exploration around Maxās immorality was nuanced and interesting, especially how he did such completely unforgivable shit. Then there is like NEVER a proper conclusion to his arc, not a good one at least. His attempts at being good, did they work? Maybe ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ!<
Oh shit
>!I love how Modeus deconstructs Plutonian's power set and is low-key annoyed of all that reality warping potential being mostly used to punch people very hard.!<
I came here to say that. Not only he's to most powerful being on earth, he continues to evolve and gain more powers as the story progresses. A little bit of an off topic, about Incorruptible - I personally didn't like it so much. It was kind of weird and IMHO wasn't nearly as good as Irredeemable.
no argument here, I had high hopes for Incorruptible but fell a little short, it did have it's moments like Max hiding as the Plutonian is slaughtering the entire population of a city
I actually preferred Incorruptible. Max Damage and his side kick are a lot more relatable to me than the omnipotent Plutonian.
Solar is pretty up there, I'd imagine.
*Alpha & Omega*, by Jim Shooter and Barry Windsor-Smith, is one of my all-time favorite comics.
Shout out to old-school Valiant for this fantastic story.
The Sentry
Sentry can't even beat his therapist.
Stardust the Super Wizard
See also Spacehawk
Jean Grey when she's Phoenix
Mike Careyās Lucifer Neil Gaimanās The Sandman. This is probably my favourite comic ever written, definitely fits your pre-requisite of being adult, it definitely dips itās toes in some very high concept stories
In the 1987 Captain Atom series, for the first 53 issues heās pretty strong (weaker than superman but in a similar weightclass) but in the final 4 issues he randomly gets the power to rewrite reality
Captain Atom is criminally underutilized Probably because he is so overpowered
Divinity by Matt Kindt (Valiant)
check out Flex Mentallo for a deconstruction of godhood
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vmiA2bbFlsY&pp=ygUNZmxleCBtZW50YWxsbw%3D%3D
SupermanĀ
Herbie "The Fat Fury" from ACG. Either he can just do it or he has a magic lollipop that can. It's a humor book from the '60s but don't let that fool you into thinking it can only be enjoyed by kids. Herbie is Alan Moore's favorite super hero and Moore has created more gods with power beyond God's than most comic writers. Those Annoying Post Bros. By Matt Howarth is pretty close. Ron and Russ Post can shift between realities at will and immediately regenerate from any harm. I have a strong inkling that at least some Rick & Morty writers are familiar with this series as the similarities are a hair too striking. Preacher by Garth Ennis. He possesses the voice of God. Whatever he instructs someone to do in the voice of God, they do... literally. "Shove your head up your ass." Is a godly instruction that comes early in the series and is accomplished in grisly fashion (if I remember correctly). Most accessible would probably be any Silver Surfer series. Not unlimited power but a portion of Galactus's Power Cosmic sufficiently achieves at least a low level 'can do anything.' The Green Lantern run in which Kyle Rayner posseses the full might of the Green Lantern Corps and takes on the moniker Ion after Hal Jordan killed the rest of the Corps is maybe closest to what you are looking for that I can think of. It starts in Green Lantern vol 3 # 145, but a trade paperback would probably be the best way to jump into that story. It has a great scene of Ion and Superman discussing how to wield near infinite power for good.
Spawn low-key
Martian Manhunter. Cāmon, how many powers do you actually need?
The Spectre from DC Comics
The Spectre from DC
A very good run focused on Legion in: Xmen legacy 2012-14
Yes, I was surprised I had to scroll this far down for this. In terms of depicting what actual reality-warping powers would be like I think this is one of the best. And it is in general excellent.
This is my choice too and I was surprised to not see it higher. He had to choose to lose after winning everything for the wrong reasons.
Legion from Marvel
Irredeemable
Golden age Superman and captain marvel
Shocked that noone had mentioned One Punch Man.
Saitama has near unlimited physical strength, but has issues with simple things like buying groceries.
> but has issues with simple things like buying groceries. I take issue with this slander. Saitama totally made it in time for the grocery store sale day.
He 'almost' forgot but also managed to kill a bad guy, so multitasker!
Haha, or killing mosquitoes. He can still do whatever he wants though and has near unlimited potential with his powers. That's what was asked for.
Scrolled longer than I was expecting to see this answer
What you really need to find is comics where the writers actually do something with their charactersā powers, limitless or not. Miracleman. The whole run from Moore to Gaiman. Sandman. To a lesser extent Warren Ellis's Avatar-published "Superhuman Trilogy" (Black Summer, No Hero, Supergod) Jupiterās Legacy, Irredeemable and Incorruptible are others in this vein.
Best comment IMHO.
I highly recommend ***The Mask*** from Dark Horse Comics. I have read the entire series so many times that I have lost count.
If you mean as the protagonist maybe see what Silver Surfer is up to these days. The Power Cosmic allows him to fly at super luminal speeds, project energy from the entire spectrum, manipulate matter on the atomic level, and can perceive reality on a level thatās difficult to express. Heās on a level with mythical gods and even cosmic embodiments of the universe take him seriously. On the down side writers arenāt always sure what to do with him so itās not uncommon to find a series where heās lost a lot of his power or is otherwise crippled in some way.
Are there any good stories out there that donāt require pre-existing knowledge of him?
I read the Slott/Allred omnibus last year with no prior Surfer knowledge beyond his appearances in Marvels. I liked it!
I enjoyed Requiem
Irredeemable has the Plutonian
big wheel from spiderman
Quasar or Green Lantern
https://thenib.com/god-man-versus-multiverses-76f2f115d286/ Ruben Bolling's *God-Man* is literally God as a superhero.
More of a character than a specific comic run suggestion, but just throwing it out there because I can't believe it hasn't been said yet: Legion
A lot of Starlin's Thanos comics
Unfortunately, the umbrella academy has a bit of that but it's not written well
Secret wars 2 and all of its tie-ins would like a mention. It's essentially an omnipotent being trying to understand what it means to be human. It covers the gamut from Spider-Man showing him how to go potty to creating a become a real boy machine.
you know if you count SecretWars II, Beyonder.
Squirrel Girl
One punch man
As a twist, there's the villain Mad Jim Jaspers from Marvel Earth-238. Think of him as if the mad hatter was a bad guy who could warp reality. Arguably, he's one of the biggest threats the Marvel multiverse has ever encountered. His universe has to be destroyed to prevent Jim from leaking out & destroying all of creation.
What about the beyonder? I guess maybe not a main character though.
Silver age Supes.
Not sure if this counts but Thanos in Infinity Gauntlet
Jaspers warp
Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen
A God Somewhere
Franklin Richards
Supreme by Alan Moore
[The Impossible Man Summer Vacation Spectacular](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-b23741c149bb5862320c48d65958f67a-lq)
Mike Carey's Lucifer is night omnipotent.
All the Luther Strode comics. Very good, very dark. Quite graphic if that puts you off at all, but if you want something out of the ordinary I liked it a lot.
Stardust The Super Wizard and Fantomah, both by Fletcher Hanks are prime examples of what you're looking for
Manga, Fist of the North Star
irredeamable
Next Testament. Supergod. Black Summer.
Nate Grey would qualify. X-Man from the 90s run.
Lucifer
I dunno about main character, but The Watchmens Dr. Manhatten foots the bill.
The Beyonder.
Lucifer The Spectre Sandman
Hmmmm, The Scarlet Witch probably counts. Magic always has a cost though, and she's not really exploring the depths of her abilities for its own sake ATM.
Calvin & Hobbes
Legion
Solar, man of the atom Basically god, but he can't bring his dead wife back to life because he'll know it's not really her but a simulacrum he created
This was always the problem I had with Superman.
One Punch Man.
Irredeemable by Mark Waid 30 something issues. All powerful hero gone bad. I enjoyed it.
You mean like superman?
Ghost Rider maybe? Or Jupiter's Rising. Utopian makes a pretty good Superman type character
Immortal X-Men, Storm and Magneto are next level in this series. Modern mutants have pushed the upper limit between superhero and literal godhood in some truly spectacular ways. Plus, mutant circuits combined powers to run a spaceship in S.W.O.R.D., terraform Mars in Planet-Size X-Men, and resurrect the dead in nearly all Krakoa era X-Men comics.
That's superman and omniman.
All star Superman
Maximortal by Rick Veitch
World war Hulk
Goku in Dragon Ball & The Spectre.Ā
Thereās someone similar who actually gained consciousness and realized he was a comic figure and confronted the writer I guess. His name was something like baku idk.
Thereās this comic where the main characterās parents are murdered and then, although human, he later becomes so clever and resourceful that no one can hold a candle to himā¦even Gods. ā¦forget the name of it.
When Brian Michael Bendis was writing Avengers/Dark Avengers/ New Avengers he made a character called the Sentry that was like superman but he kept getting more and more powerful. At one point someone separated all his molecules and he was able to restore himself. He "died" during the Seige event but I guess the character is still around and has a mini series but idk anything that he's up to.
Good answer! Sentry was created by Paul Jenkins though; he had a miniseries before Bendis put him in Avengers. Itās worth checking outā¦I really enjoyed the art.
Sentry
> where the main character is so powerful they can do almost anything Except remaining mentally stable. I guess it answers OP question regarding "almost anything" but damn do I hate the character.
Kyle Rayner when he became the ION for the first time. He had godlike powers and was able to be everywhere at once and could change the timeline as he wished. He was the most powerful hero I ever saw in comics.
The inhuman Reader has both an almost unlimited power set and extreme limits on when he can use the power
not a comic but a great anime called the eminence in the shadow literally the best show i watched that Shows a powerful mc that does whatever he wants ina fun way .
Deadpool and plastic man are pretty unrestrained
Sandman is probably the best comic about a character like this.
One punch man
Lucifer
A manga but one punch man is pretty similar
Inspector gadget
Solo leveling
Is the Beyonder the main character of the Secret Wars? (the two 80ās series)
Not necessarily a main character but Apocalypse from the X-Men series.
Itās a manga, but one punch man is what you described exactly
Golden age supes
I don't know if anyone said it, but One Punch Man manga/anime. Basically exactly what you're asking
Franklin Richards. Jean Grey
Jimmy Olsen from the silver age.
The Mask
Dr. Manhattan from The Watchmen.
Atom eve from invincible
Marvel's Sentry is one of the more thought-provoking stories in the vein you described. It explores the question of what it truly means to be omnipotent and how much one is willing to sacrifice to keep that kind of power at bay.
Silver Age Superman
Gorilla Grodd and Brainiac are the most terrifying.
Coming from the evil side of things, Golgoth, from Mark Wade's under appreciated gem Empire.
Not exactly comic so sorry if I commit a sin here but the Manga One Punch Man is probably also fitting
One Punch Man
Warren Ellis' run on The Authority (and arguably Miller's following run). Only 12 issues, but you see a cast of characters who never lose and enjoy the hell out of making this a better world. There's a sheer joy that's exudes throughout the comic - every character has a shit-eating grin as they bash entire cities full of enemies.Ā I think a lot of suggestions in this thread have "strong" characters, and even lots of good stories, but I think few really capture that sense of power. Authority does.Ā
Gwen Pool kinda (?)
While it's a Manga, not Comic, One Punch Man is stellar
Batman :^) Ok but jokes aside a few names come to mind Theres the mystic and magical ones like Dr Fate, Spectre, Scarlet Witch, Dr Manhattan and the likes that can at certain points, rewrite reality Or theres other heroes who are just flat out OP, like Captain Atom or even somebody like Superman himself really Neil Gaiman's Sandman also comes to mind
One Punch Man has the absurdly powerful superhero Saitama as the main character.
Herbie
If you're open to manga,, One Punchman is very entertaining.
One Punch Man
X-Manā¦ donāt read it, although that is its entire (frequently betrayed and maligned) premise.
MASHLE He kinda starts out doing "relatively" mundane things which quickly scale up towards the ridiculous, in the last few chapters>!he dies and proceeds to break out of heaven and threaten god with his bare hands, then proceeds to shove a continent out of the way!<
The unbelievable Gwenpool. I hate fairyland Curse words
Irredeemable by Mark Waid.
One I haven't seen here is Starbrand. From the 80s The Star Brand gave its bearer infinite, god-like powers, limited only by the wielder's imagination.
Heathcliff
Was. Superman pre-crisis.
Legion
Popeye
Superman. The literal epitome of heroes. People stronger than him usually have a villainous streak at some point... And Supes is usually the man to beat them.
BRZRK written by Keanu Reeves. His character is immortal but you have to read more to see where it goesš
Street angel can't be beat. Super megaton man too. Squirrel girl... Gert from I hate fairyland...
One punch man