Healing factor

This article is about a literary device. For biological healing factors, see Growth factor.

A healing factor is the ability of some characters in fiction to recover from bodily injuries or disease at a superhuman rate. Since the introduction of Wolverine by Marvel Comics in 1974 and inspired by the immense popularity of the character, superhuman healing has become a fairly common power featured in comic books, novels, television, film, and other mediums. The overall efficiency of a character's healing factor often fluctuates due to various writers applying a very broad degree of artistic license. As a result, especially concerning characters depicted in comic books, it has become a very common source of debate among fans. Over the years, it has also become common for healing factors to have an umbrella effect in which it serves as a partial source for multiple superhuman abilities; with varying degrees and numbers of powers with superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, durability and/or senses as the most common. The source of a character's healing factor, depending upon the medium, usually ranges from natural genetic mutation, accidental exposure to radioactive materials, artificially induced genetic enhancement, cybernetic augmentation, magic or even a combination of different factors.

Comic books

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.

Marvel Comics characters known to possess a certain "healing factor" ability include:

In addition to the above, all Asgardians, Elders of the Universe, and other immortals are able to heal much faster than humans can.

Ultraverse

DC Comics

Wildstorm

Image Comics

Top Cow Comics

Valiant

Dark Horse

Aspen MLT

Caliber Comics

Dynamite Entertainment

IDW Publishing

Chaos Comics

Outside of comics

Non-comics characters who can heal rapidly in one manner or another include:

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