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*** The show also tried to defy this a little bit by having something called "Level X", which can't be definitively measured and has the capacity to be infinite. Despite being introduced like it was going to be a really big deal, not a lot ended up being done with it. Main reason being that the Rider who primarily used such a level, Genm, spent a lot of the show jobbing to other Riders who ''did'' have numerical levels or whose powers were specifically created to outclass everything else in the show at the point they were introduced. One of the epilogue movies got a little silly with it, with Genm creating a form he claimed was "Level Billion", but he was opposed by one of the heroes with a new Level X form.

Some works can use StatOVision to record [[TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne or sense]] the magnitude of [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours a character's strength]], to [[JustForFun/SuperWeight an exact number]]. [[SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfUnits Units are rarely included]], though -- it's senseless enough as it is. In any case, this is mildly useful for comparisons, until [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil said levels start getting silly]] and are dropped altogether, never to be mentioned again.

* ''Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game'', the current role-playing game about Franchise/MarvelComics, is more direct: each character has a numerical ranking from 1-6, determining how many points they're given and what ceilings on abilities are. Rank 1 are ordinary humans, from bystanders to {{Mooks}}. Rank 2 is street-level heroes with a few powers, like Daredevil. Rank 3 are slightly more powerful, but still the rank and file of superheroes, including the likes of Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Cloak and Dagger. Rank 4 is elite heroes, like Spider-Man, and most of the regular members of the big teams like the Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four. Rank 5 is for the most powerful heroes in the world, like Thor, the Thing and Hercules. Rank 6 are force-of-nature characters or cosmic butt-kickers, like the Hulk, Dr. Strange, Magneto and the Silver Surfer. Beyond that is Rank X, for CosmicEntity characters who are so powerful, stat numbers are effectively pointless, and what they can do is completely at gamemaster discretion.

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* ''Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game'', the current role-playing game about Franchise/MarvelComics, is more direct: each character has a numerical ranking from 1-6. Rank 1 are ordinary humans, from bystanders to {{Mooks}}. Rank 2 is street-level heroes with a few powers, like Daredevil. Rank 3 are slightly more powerful, but still the rank and file of superheroes, including the likes of Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Cloak and Dagger. Rank 4 is elite heroes, like Spider-Man, and most of the regular members of the big teams like the Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four. Rank 5 is for the most powerful heroes in the world, like Thor, the Thing and Hercules. Rank 6 are force-of-nature characters or cosmic butt-kickers, like the Hulk, Dr. Strange, Magneto and the Silver Surfer. Beyond that is Rank X, for CosmicEntity characters who are so powerful, stat numbers are effectively pointless, and what they can do is completely at gamemaster discretion.

* In its rawest form, cheap (typically unauthorized) children card games featuring Toku characters assign power levels to both hero and villain cards, and the power levels indicate if the character will be powerful enough to defeat the other character or villain.