History HealingFactor / MarvelUniverse

* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica (at least the [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Steve Rogers]] version) has a rather...unpredictable version, thanks to the super soldier serum. He heals rapidly from most injuries, but can still be killed if a wound is fatal - except for the time he was shot in the head, declared dead, and woke up in the morgue a short time later revealing that his body had gone into a shock-like state to repair the injury. He's rather weak (compared to his normal state) but in good enough shape to go chasing after the ones who shot him.

* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica (at least the Steve Rogers version) has a rather...unpredictable version, thanks to the super soldier serum. He heals rapidly from most injuries, but can still be killed if a wound is fatal - except for the time he was shot in the head, declared dead, and woke up in the morgue a short time later revealing that his body had gone into a shock-like state to repair the injury. He's rather weak (compared to his normal state) but in good enough shape to go chasing after the ones who shot him.

* Captain America (at least the Steve Rogers version) has a rather...unpredictable version, thanks to the super soldier serum. He heals rapidly from most injuries, but can still be killed if a wound is fatal - except for the time he was shot in the head, declared dead, and woke up in the morgue a short time later revealing that his body had gone into a shock-like state to repair the injury. He's rather weak (compared to his normal state) but in good enough shape to go chasing after the ones who shot him.

* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The Hulk has been at various times shown to have a healing factor that makes Wolverine's pale in comparison at times. (Including having all his skin ripped off and regrown in seconds -- partly justified in that drawing mass and energy from another dimension is explicitly part of his powers.) More specifically, the Hulk's healing factor is much like his strength level in that it's tied into his emotional state. The Hulk not only gets stronger as he gets angrier, he also heals faster. Apparently, Hulk's healing is so fast that it took years for anybody to even notice it existed. He regenerates so quickly that nobody could tell that attacks could actually damage him to begin with.
** As Red She-Hulk, Betty Ross is also capable of rapidly regenerating injuries such as the severe injury after being impaled by Skaar's massive sword.
* Marvel's TheJuggernaut also has an incredible healing factor, once continuing to fight after being reduced to an angry skeleton. This is often not noted because, like the Hulk, he is [[NighInvulnerability incredibly difficult to injure in the first place]], with only magic [[AchillesHeel being really able to actually hurt him]]. So the only way you can really face off against him is to teleport him somewhere far away and hope he decides not to come back after you, or use MindControl to make him go away.
* [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]] has a variant on this trope as, thanks to her ability to alter her body. She learned this when her best friend's brother accidentally shot her when she was resembling the Carol Danvers Ms. Marvel and used it to revert to normal, healing in the process.
* ComicBook/LukeCage has one of a similar sort to Spidey's, in that he heals faster than a normal human but can be harmed (not that much gets past that skin of his).
* Minor Marvel villain Madcap also has a healing factor. It's a BloodlessCarnage variant, and he can still control his body parts if they're detached. In the words of his severed head:

* Mr. Immortal from ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers has a unique version: he always recovers from ''fatal'' injury. It's not shown how he'd cope with just normal grievous bodily harm, although this is rarely an issue--typically, he's facing villains who are more than happy to kill him. And if he was just really wounded, all he'd need to do is commit suicide ...
* ComicBook/{{Mystique}} may have a healing factor, or it may just be an extension of her shapeshifting; it's kind of on the fence, and can vary from series to series.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Spider-Man is shown to have a limited version of this ability, although it seems more that he can just heal faster from injuries that any normal human can recover from, with bruises and sprains often disappearing only a day or two after Spidey is hurt. He certainly isn't MadeOfIron to the extent that Wolverine and the Hulk are, however.
** It's been explained that Spider-Man's body has gained some properties of a spider's exoskeleton. His outside gets the hits, and his insides stay relatively undamaged. That may not be how science works, but the "RADIO-ACTIVE SPIDER BITE" people probably aren't too worried about the hard facts.
*** It was initially explained as the relative healing of a spider. And that makes no sense, because humans heal ''faster'' than spiders. The exoskeleton remark makes a bit more sense. It would make it harder to injure him, but it would affect his weight and movement. He would also have to shed it.
** Curt Connors used lizard DNA to regrow his amputated right arm, which successfully gained him this power but also made him an unwilling villain. In [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan the movie]] he heals from machine-gun fire and grows new limbs in seconds.
** The ComicBook/{{Venom}} and ComicBook/{{Carnage}} symbiotes are also close to immortal, where they can heal from anything but continual and ongoing exposure to high-pitched sounds. ComicBook/TheSentry once ripped Carnage in half (in outer space, no less) but he still somehow managed to come back. The hosts are more vulnerable--Cletus Kasady lost both his legs thanks to that, but when the symbiote returned to him he was able to walk about freely (though he had prosthetics in-between)--but still recover from most injuries as long as the symbiote is attached to them. The latest Venom host is paraplegic Flash Thompson--he uses the symbiote for limited periods (too long and the symbiote will start controlling his body and thoughts) but as long as he uses it he can walk just fine and is, in fact, a full-blown SuperSoldier.
** ComicBook/NormanOsborn has this, given to him as a {{Retcon}} to explain how he came BackFromTheDead--consequently, this means even impaling his heart with a large spiked object only requires time to recover from; the in-universe explanation is that he always had it (i.e. ever since getting his powers) but hadn't noticed since he had never been ''that'' badly injured before (he is MadeOfIron and can shrug off small caliber bullets, so that helps a bit). It is unclear to what extent writers remember that he ''has'' this power--when fighting Spider-Man, he has since recovered from being hit by a bag of bombs and falling hundreds of stories to the ground while aflame (all at the same time), survived a point-blank explosion from [[PersonOfMassDestruction Nitro the Living Bomb]], being buried alive in a collapsed elevator shaft (along with Peter--Osborn recovered almost instantly, if he was badly injured at all, but Peter was in the hospital for days), and many, many savage beatings from Spider-Man including one that culminated in having his head smashed in with a lamppost, caving it into concrete--again, he recovered within days, if not hours, off-panel, and was in perfect health when we next saw him. Some stories, however, seem to suggest that he can be killed rather easily--ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, for instance, was going to shoot him with an arrow, and the plot seemed to imply that that would do the trick. Almost no story since his return explicitly mentions his healing factor by name either.
** Itsy-Bitsy, from ''ComicBook/SpiderManDeadpool'', has the combined powers of Spider-Man and ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, including their combined healing factors. She first demonstrates with when Deadpool cuts off her hands with his monomolecular, Carbonadium laced katana and they almost fully regenerate for before the originals hit the ground. [[spoiler:It takes being atomized by a Plasma Breeder that imitates the conditions at the core of the sun to inflict meaningful damage and even then she completely regenerates six arms and everything from the waist down within what would have been half an hour tops and after suffering complete and total atomization she'd recovered from atoms to the size of a spider within less than 24 hours. She implicitly has some kind of AdaptiveAbillity, as her limbs were larger and more spider-like following their atomization and her post atomization body is essentially a humanoid spider.]]
* In his wolf form, ComicBook/WerewolfByNight can heal from just about anything, as long as it's not silver through the heart. He also heals much faster as a wolf than as a human.

* ''ComicBook/GhostRider Ghost Riders'' have one, though it doesn’t always/fully extend to their human forms. For instance, Johnny Blaze was once killed by a gunshot to the head, but in his Rider form can have his limbs or even his entire skull destroyed, and then regenerate them in seconds. However, having his skull destroyed did seemingly knock out or disable Johnny, giving Zarathos full control. As a general rule of thumb, unless a weapon is forged in Heaven, it ain’t gonna do jack to a Rider.

* Even Franchise/SpiderMan is shown to have a limited version of this ability, although it seems more that he can just heal faster from injuries that any normal human can recover from, with bruises and sprains often disappearing only a day or two after Spidey is hurt. He certainly isn't MadeOfIron to the extent that Wolverine and the Hulk are, however.

** Itsy-Bitsy, from ''ComicBook/SpiderManDeadpool'', has the combined powers of Spider-Man and ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, including their combined healing factors. She first demonstrates with when Deadpool cuts off her hands with his monomolecular, Carbonadium laced katana and they almost fully regenerate for before the originals hit the ground. [[spoiler:It takes being atomized by a Plasma Breeder that imitates the conditions at the core of the sun to inflict meaningful damage and even then she completely regenerates six arms and everything from the waste down within what would have been half an hour tops and after suffering complete and total atomization she'd recovered from atoms to the size of a spider within less than 24 hours. She implicitly has some kind of AdaptiveAbillity, as her limbs were larger and more spider-like following their atomization and her post atomization body is essentially a humanoid spider.]]

** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is the [[TropeCodifier iconic]] SuperHero example. This has been subject to extreme PowerCreepPowerSeep; he went from "very tough, but can be killed by a single lucky shot from a HumongousMecha" to "survive being at ground zero of a nuke". (He managed to even regrow from a single droplet of blood that fell on a powerful [[MacGuffin Ancient Artifact]] once, but that was more a demonstration of the artifact's power than his own, and [[OrWasItADream may have been hallucinatory]] anyway). An arc in his main book was written to tone this down -- by the same writer who had written one of the more ridiculous examples, ironically enough. It exemplifies VoodooShark -- he could ''battle the Angel of Death'' if ever he dies in order to return to life, having beaten him before, but apparently can no longer do this.

** Finally, Wolverine's arch-enemy ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} had virtually the same power-set, including the healing factor. But all that was cut to an abrupt end. Thanks to Wolvie's anti-healing [[InfinityPlusOneSword katana]] forged from the [[TheDarkSide dark area]] of his soul. It was later revealed that Creed wasn't actually dead, [[SarcasmMode what a shock]].

** There was actually a time between ''ComicBook/FatalAttractionsMarvelComics'' and ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' where Wolverine's healing factor was shot. The power, having been overtaxed due to ComicBook/{{Magneto}} ripping the adamantium from his skeleton, was temporarily rendered useless while Wolverine healed from his injuries the normal way.
** Due to the nature of most children's shows, this can't be shown that effectively. ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' tries to, but it amounts to them needing less rest than everyone else; it's best shown on TV in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' when Wolverine is shown to have broken his legs from a helicopter jump, and later on in Season 4 when he falls out a plane.

** Due to the nature of most children's shows, this can't be shown that effectively. The '90s ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated show tries to, but it amounts to them needing less rest than everyone else; it's best shown on TV in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' when Wolverine is shown to have broken his legs from a helicopter jump, and later on in Season 4 when he falls out a plane.

* The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk has been at various times shown to have a healing factor that makes Wolverine's pale in comparison at times. (Including having all his skin ripped off and regrown in seconds -- partly justified in that drawing mass and energy from another dimension is explicitly part of his powers.) More specifically, the Hulk's healing factor is much like his strength level in that it's tied into his emotional state. The Hulk not only gets stronger as he gets angrier, he also heals faster. Apparently, Hulk's healing is so fast that it took years for anybody to even notice it existed. He regenerates so quickly that nobody could tell that attacks could actually damage him to begin with.
** As Red She-Hulk, ComicBook/BettyRoss is also capable of rapidly regenerating injuries such as the severe injury after being impaled by Skaar's massive sword.

** There was actually a time between ''ComicBook/FatalAttractions'' and ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' where Wolverine's healing factor was shot. The power, having been overtaxed due to ComicBook/{{Magneto}} ripping the adamantium from his skeleton, was temporarily rendered useless while Wolverine healed from his injuries the normal way.

* ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}} has one of a similar sort to Spidey's, in that he heals faster than a normal human but can be harmed (not that much gets past that skin of his).