Healing factor
A healing factor is the ability of some characters in fiction, most notably comic book characters, to recover from bodily injuries or disease at a superhuman rate.
Comics
Hulk recovering from having his skin and most of his muscle tissue torn away.
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 Comics characters known to possess a "healing factor" ability include:
- Agent X[1]
- Agent Zero[2]
- Anais[3]
- Anole
- Anti-man
- Blackheart[4]
- Bloodlust[5]
- Bloodscream[6]
- Candra
- Captain America
- Captain Marvel
- Courier
- Cyber[7]
- Daken[8]
- Deadpool[9]
- Elixir[10]
- Elsa Bloodstone[11]
- Exodus
- Fantomex
- Gamora[12]
- Ghost Rider
- Groot
- Hate-Monger (after he becomes a being of pure energy)
- Hulk[13]
- Hulkling
- Julia Carpenter
- Lady Deathstrike[14]
- Lizard[15]
- Luke Cage[16]
- Mantis
- Marrow
- Mephisto
- Mister Sinister
- Monet
- Morph
- Mystique
- Native[17]
- Nina Price
- Nova
- Omega Red[18]
- Pandemic[19]
- Patriot (Eli Bradley)
- Puma
- Random
- Rev
- Romulus
- Sabretooth[20]
- Scorpion
- Selene
- She-Hulk[21]
- Skaar
- Spidercide
- Spider-Man
- Symbiote
- Tigra
- Tomi Shishido
- Ultra Girl[22]
- Ulysses Bloodstone[23]
- Underworld[24]
- Vampires[25]
- Warpath[26]
- Wendigo[27]
- Werewolf by Night[28]
- Wildchild[29]
- Wild Thing[30]
- Wolverine[31]
- Wyre[32]
- X-23[33]
In addition to the above, all Asgardians are able to heal much faster than humans.
Ultraverse
DC Comics
- Achilles Warkiller
- Amazo[36]
- Argus[37]
- Bane[38]
- Black Lantern Corps using their black rings
- Brother Blood (Sebastian Blood IX)
- Cassidy
- Cicada[38]
- Congorilla
- Connor Hawke[39]
- Creeper[40][41]
- Czarnians[42]
- Darkseid
- Deathstroke[43]
- Doomsday[44]
- Dove (both Don Hall and Dawn Granger)
- Etrigan the Demon[45]
- Equus
- Flash and anyone else who receives their powers from the Speed Force[46]
- General Wade Eiling[47]
- Grace Choi
- Graxonites
- Griffin[48]
- Hawk (Hank Hall)[49]
- Hawkgirl (all versions, due to Nth Metal)[50]
- Hawkman (all versions, due to Nth Metal)[50]
- Hawkwoman (all versions, due to Nth Metal)[50]
- Hourman[51]
- Icon[52]
- Indigo Tribe by using their Power ring
- Jim Harper (clone)
- Kent Shakespeare
- Killer Croc
- Knockout[53]
- Kryptonians, provided they are exposed to or possess a charge of energy from a yellow sun or similar forms of energy[54]
- Lobo[55]
- Looker
- Manhunter (both Paul Kirk and his clones)[56][57][58]
- Manuel Lago
- Martian Manhunter and other Green Martians[59]
- Misfit[60]
- Mon-El[61]
- Neron
- Nightblade
- Northwind
- Plastic Man
- Psycho-Pirate[62]
- Orion[63][64][65]
- Resurrection Man after he dies.
- Ryan Kendall
- Sasha Bordeaux
- Saturnians[66]
- Scandal Savage[67]
- Sebastian Faust
- Shaggy Man[68]
- Simon Dark
- Solomon Grundy[53]
- Superman
- Swamp Thing[69]
- Timber Wolf[70]
- Tracer[71]
- Ungarans
- Vampires
- Vandal Savage[72]
- Vixen
- Vuldarians
- White Martians
- Wonder Woman
- Man Wolf
- Xenusians
- Xombi
- Yao Fei
Wildstorm
Image Comics
- Amy Belcher[77]
- Angela and other angels
- Gary Hampton
- Hellspawn[78]
- Malcom Dragon[79]
- Malebolgia and other demons[80]
- Ripclaw
- Savage Dragon[81]
- SuperPatriot[82]
- Tremor[83]
- Virus[84]
Top Cow Comics
- The Angelus wielders
- The Darkness wielders.
- Witchblade and the Excalibur wielders[85]
Valiant
Dark Horse
Aspen MLT
- Aspen Matthews and the Blacks[90]
Caliber Comics
Dynamite Entertainment
IDW Publishing
Chaos Comics
Outside of comics
Non-comics characters who can heal rapidly in one manner or another include:
- Adam from The Buffyverse
- Adam Baylin[94]
- Adam Monroe[95]
- Adria[96]
- Adric[97]
- Akira Fudo from the anime and manga Devilman
- Alchemists, they can heal fast using the Philosopher's Stone or cutting a short part of their life span.[98]
- Alchemy Warriors using their kakuganes[99]
- Alexander Anderson[100]
- Alex Mercer from the video game Prototype
- Alice[101]
- Alien Bounty Hunter[102]
- Alucard and other vampires[103]
- Ancients[104]
- Angels[105]
- Arcueid and other vampires, from the visual novel game Tsukihime.
- Arthur Petrelli, after contact with Adam Monroe[106]
- Arvin Sloane[107]
- Arystar Krory The Third[108]
- Barnabas Collins and other vampires from the television series Dark Shadows
- Bill Compton and other vampires[109]
- Blake, Anita[110]
- Bo Jones and other succubus, from the TV series Lost Girl
- Bonnie Bennett and other witches from The Vampire Diaries series.
- Boris Tepes Dracula[111]
- C.C., from the anime Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion.
- Captain, from the anime and manga Hellsing.
- Captain Scarlet[112]
- Casshern, from the anime Casshern Sins
- Castiel and other angels, from the TV series Supernatural.
- Cell[113]
- Chimera Ants[114]
- Chiropterans[115]
- Claire Bennet[116]
- Creed Diskenth from the anime and manga Black Cat.
- The Creeper[117]
- Crusniks[118]
- D, his symbiote, Left Hand, can heal any wound he has by consuming the four elements and converting the resulting energy into life force.[119]
- Dante[120]
- Demons and Angels[121]
- Diagon, from the Ben 10 television series
- Doren, Allison[122]
- Dorian Gray[123]
- Edward Cullen and other vampires[124]
- Elders[125]
- Eikichi Onizuka[126]
- Elder Toguro[127]
- Evangelion Unit 01 after devouring the fourteenth angel's S² Engine.[128]
- Father[129]
- Faust VIII from the anime and manga Shaman King
- Freddy Krueger[130]
- Furyans[131]
- Goa'ulds[132]
- Gods, from the book series Everworld.
- Godzilla[133]
- Grim Reapers[134]
- Gua[135]
- Hollows (only Menos and Gillian Class can regenerate)[136]
- Homunculi[137]
- Hugo Danner[138]
- Human Servants from the novel series Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
- Imhotep[139]
- Immortals from the Highlander television series and films[140]
- Inuyasha[141]
- Iron Maiden Jeanne from the anime and manga Shaman King
- Isabelle Tyler[142]
- Jack Harkness[143]
- Jack Jeebs, from the film series Men in Black
- Jacob Black and other werewolves[144]
- Jaffas[145]
- Jak from the video game Jak and Daxter
- James Heller from the video game Prototype
- Jasmine[146]
- Jason Voorhees[147]
- Jenova[148]
- Jin Kanzaki/ZET[149]
- Jeremy Gilbert and anyone else who uses magical objects, can heal from any fatal wound made by supernatural beings, from The Vampire Diaries series.
- John Mitchell and other vampires from the television series Being Human
- Jun Fudo, from the anime and manga Devilman Lady
- Kanima from the television series Teen Wolf
- Katara and other waterbenders[150]
- Kazuki Muto and Victor Powered using their black kakuganes, from the anime and manga Buso Renkin
- Kenny McCormick[151]
- Kevin Burkhoff[152]
- Klaymen[153]
- Koshaku Chono and his fellows Homunculus[154]
- Koyomi Araragi from the light novel series Bakemonogatari
- Leo Aiolia[155]
- Lestat de Lioncourt and other vampires[156]
- Leviathans, from the TV series Supernatural.
- Lucifer Hawks[157]
- Majin Buu[158]
- Manji thanks to the Kessen-Chu[159]
- Marco the Phoenix from the anime and manga One Piece
- Marina/Seven, form the book series Lorien Legacies
- Max Evans[160]
- Methuselah[161]
- Michael Myers[162]
- Mina Harker[163]
- Minoru Kamiya[164]
- Moka Akashiya and other vampires[165]
- Naraku[166]
- Naruto Uzumaki[167]
- Nathan Young, only after he dies, from the televisión series Misfits
- Nemesis and Albert Wesker, from the Video Game series Resident Evil
- Neo[168]
- Nesks, Howlers, Leerans and Hork-Bajirs from the Animorphs books series.
- Nikola Tesla and other vampires, from the television series Sanctuary
- The Orks[169]
- Paul from the movie Paul
- Percy Jackson, when in contact with water, from the book series Percy Jackson & the Olympians
- Peter Petrelli via contact with Claire Bennet[170]
- Piccolo and other nameks[171]
- Players[172]
- Prometheus, of ancient Greek myth, who regenerated his liver after it was daily torn out by an eagle during his punishment.[173]
- Rain Ocampo (clone), after injecting herself with the Las Plagas parasite, from the film series Resident Evil
- Renesmee Carlie Cullen and other vampire/human hybrids from Twilight
- Road Kamelot, from the anime and manga D.Gray-man
- Saber[174]
- Sadako Yamamura[175]
- Sakura Haruno and other medical-nin, from the anime and manga Naruto
- Sam Isaacs[101]
- Saiyans from the anime and manga Dragon Ball.
- Sarah and other vampires, from the television series My Babysitter's a Vampire
- Saya Otonashi[176]
- Schrödinger,from the anime and manga Hellsing.
- Scott McCall and other werewolves from the television series Teen Wolf
- Scorpion from the video game Mortal Kombat
- Sesshomaru[177]
- Shades[178]
- Shego from the animated television show Kim Possible.
- Shendu and anyone else that uses the horse talisman[179]
- Shane Gooseman[180]
- Shirō Emiya[181]
- Shogun Rua
- Slayers,[182]vampires,[183]Demons,[184] and werewolves[185] from The Buffyverse.
- The Source[186]
- Species[187]
- Species 8472[188]
- Stefan Salvatore, Damon Salvatore, Tyler Lockwood, Klaus and any other vampire, werewolf or vampire/werewolf hybrid from The Vampire Diaries series.
- Starkiller from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
- Sub-Zero from the video game Mortal Kombat
- Super Soldiers[189]
- Swampfire[190]
- Sylar[191]
- Tatsumi Saiga[192]
- Tech E. Coyote, from Loonatics Unleashed
- Time Lords[193]
- Titans from the manga Episode.G
- Tsukune Aono after being injected with Moka's blood[194]
- The Twins[195]
- Trolls from the role playing game Dungeons & Dragons
- Turner, Cole[196]
- Ulquiorra Schiffer and Nnoitra Gilga can quickly regenerate any part of their bodies except for their brains and internal organs; Szayel Aporro Granz can eat his Fraccion to regenerate, from the anime and manga Bleach
- Vamp, from the video game series Metal Gear.
- Vampanezes and Vampires, from the book seriesThe Saga of Darren Shan.
- Vampires, Lycans, Hybrids and True Immortals from the Underworld films[197]
- Van Hohenheim[198]
- Van Kleiss, from the animated TV series Generator Rex.
- Varney the Vampire
- Vergil[120]
- Vincent Keller from the television series Beauty and the Beast
- Vincent Valentine[199]
- Vizards, only some of them, from the anime and manga Bleach
- Werewolves, unless confronted with silver[200]
- Whitelighters[201]
- Willow Rosenberg[202]
- Wraiths[203] and Hybrids[204]
- X5[205]
- Yakushiji Tenzen[206]
- Yomas[207]
- Yu Kanda, from the anime and manga D.Gray-man
- Yuki Cross, Zero Kiryu and other vampires and vampire hunters, from tha anime and manga Vampire Knight
- Zankou[208]
- Zodd, from the anime and manga Berserk
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- ^ From the Heroes television series, "The Second Coming" 3rd season episode, original airdate of September 22, 2008.
- ^ From the anime Speed Grapher, episode 13: "Ginza the Lawless" original airdate June 30, 2005
- ^ From the television Series Doctor Who, Time and the Rani
- ^ From the anime and manga Rosario + Vampire
- ^ The Matrix Reloaded due to their ability to become incorporeal, which heals injuries sustained while in corporeal form.
- ^ From the TV series Charmed, season 5 episode 01: A Witch's Tail (Part 1), original airdate September 22, 2002
- ^ Underworld horror/action film released in 2003 and its 2006 sequel, Underworld: Evolution.
- ^ From the anime and manga Fullmetal Alchemist, manga chapter 104. "The Center of the World", original release August 12, 2010.
- ^ From Final Fantasy VII and its various spin offs.
- ^ 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 TV series Charmed, season 5 episode 10: "Y Tu Mummy Tambien", original airdate January 5, 2003
- ^ Buffy the Vampire Slayer, episode "Same Time, Same Place" original airdate October 8, 2002.
- ^ From the Stargate franchise, Stargate Atlantis, first season episode 12: The Defiant One, original airdate November 15, 2004
- ^ From the Stargate franchise, Stargate Atlantis, fifth season, episode 14: The Prodigal, original airdate November 14, 2008
- ^ From the TV series Dark Angel, Fuhgeddaboudit- season2, episode 15
- ^ From the anime and manga Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, anime episode 22 "The Haunted" original airdate of September 6, 2005.
- ^ From the anime and manga Claymore, manga, chapter 121. 004. "The Black Card", original release January 5, 2002
- ^ From the TV series Charmed, season 7 episode 06: "Death Becomes Them", original airdate May 15, 2005
