History PowerIncontinence / TheDCU

* In ''ComicBook/Aquaman1991'', Aquaman's exhaustion makes him call out to marine life in his sleep, summoning a flock of river fish in one instance and a huge dinosaur in another.

* In the original ''Creature Commandos'' stories, Warren Griffith was the team's "Wolfman", but due to an imperfection in the formula that gave him his werewolf powers, he would change to human form and back almost randomly, and typically at the most inopportune times.
* Negative Man from ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' is perpetually radioactive, needing to wear head-to-foot specially treated bandages to contain his condition. This is just one example of the sort of DisabilitySuperpower typical of the team. Fever of the 2001 series has the ability to raise the temperature of anything, including herself, to the point of melting or ignition; on several occasions she [[NakedPeopleAreFunny accidentally burns all of her clothes off]], and if she gets aggravated her own body temperature is elevated unconsciously. When she's ''really'' upset the air around her is ignited into a giant fireball.
* The Human Bomb from ''ComicBook/FreedomFightersDCComics'' has the ability to cause explosions with a touch. Most versions of the character need a containment suit to prevent him destroying everything he touches, and/or medication to keep him from spontaneously combusting.

* In ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', this is a common reason for characters to get kicked out, usually after a DisastrousDemonstration of their abilities at tryouts. Most members of the Legion have perfect control over their powers, with several being the equivalent of a professional athlete [[PlanetOfHats at wielding their people's respective ability]], so they take a lack of control fairly seriously. Polar Boy is easily the most notable one, as he decided to StartMyOwn and form the Legion of Substitute Heroes, most of whom also had control issues. Fire Lad in particular was as big a danger to his allies as he was to any of their enemies. (Polar Boy himself would go on to "graduate" to the true Legion once he'd learned to master his powers.)

* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', Dr. Manhattan [[spoiler:is tricked into thinking he has this problem, being convinced he's constantly radiating power and is a walking carcinogen]].

** ''ComicBook/WonderGirl'' Vol. 1: When Cassie is upset for long periods it sometimes causes electrical storms, but she has no control over this and does not gain a method for channeling her ShockAndAwe powers for quite some time.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Dr. Lana Kurree can travel backwards in time, however she cannot control where she ends up and the "winds of time" sweep up her and those in close proximity when she gets sufficiently upset, though she can return everyone to the correct time period once she has calmed completely. Luckily she's very level headed, unfortunately her boyfriend frames her for murder and tries to steal her work.

** The League of Supermen, a far future team in ''Superman Annual #8'', all suffer from variants of this, due to each having ''one'' of Superman's powers (and their artificial nature, as they are all humans genetically modified to simulate Kryptonian powers). [[EyeBeams Heat]] has to fire his heat vision every 15 minutes, or he'll burn up from the inside; [[XRayVision See-Through]] has to wear a lead-lined visor when not using his powers; [[{{Flight}} Flyboy]] has to be tethered to stop him drifting away if he doesn't concentrate; [[SuperStrength Pounder]] DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength; and [[NighInvulnerability Shield]] can't feel anything. New recruits [[SuperBreath Tempest]] and [[SuperSpeed Speed]] are given PowerArmor that simulates the powers rather than genetic modification; they still have disadvantages (Tempest can't breathe ''in'' too sharply; Speed needs to constantly replenish her energy), but at least they can turn them off.

* In ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes'', this is a common reason for characters to get kicked out, usually after a DisastrousDemonstration of their abilities at tryouts. Most members of the Legion have perfect control over their powers, with several being the equivalent of a professional athlete [[PlanetOfHats at wielding their people's respective ability]], so they take a lack of control fairly seriously. Polar Boy is easily the most notable one, as he decided to StartMyOwn and form the Legion of Substitute Heroes, most of whom also had control issues. Fire Lad in particular was as big a danger to his allies as he was to any of their enemies. (Polar Boy himself would go on to "graduate" to the true Legion once he'd learned to master his powers.)
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** The limited series ''[[ComicBook/SupermanSecretOrigin Secret Origin]]'' shows Clark Kent's heat vision going off involuntarily when his emotions are stirred up. The first time fire shoots out is when Lana Lang kisses him, [[SomethingElseAlsoRises which is]]... [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything suggestive]]. At this early point in his life, his glasses serve much the same purpose as Cyclops' shades.

* Negative Man from ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' is perpetually radioactive, needing to wear head-to-foot specially treated bandages to contain his condition. This is just one example of the sort of DisabilitySuperpower typical of the team.

* Negative Man from the ComicBook/DoomPatrol is perpetually radioactive, needing to wear head-to-foot specially treated bandages to contain his condition. This is just one example of the sort of DisabilitySuperpower typical of the team.
* The Human Bomb, a character created by Quality Comics and later bought by DC, had the ability to cause explosions with a touch. Most versions of the character need a containment suit to prevent him destroying everything he touches, and/or medication to keep him from spontaneously combusting.

!!Franchise/TheDCU

* In ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes'', this is a common reason for characters to get kicked out, usually after a DisastrousDemonstration of their abilities at tryouts. Most members of the Legion have perfect control over their powers, with several being the equivalent of a professional athlete [[PlanetOfHats at wielding their people's respective ability]], so they take a lack of control fairly seriously. Polar Boy is easily the most notable one, as he decided to StartMyOwn and form the Legion of Substitute Heroes, most of whom also had control issues. Fire Lad in particular was as big a danger to his allies as he was to any of their enemies. (Polar Boy himself would go on to "graduate" to the true Legion once he'd learned to master his powers.)

** ''ComicBook/WonderGirl'' Vol. 1: When Cassie is upset for long periods it sometimes causes electrical storms, but she has no control over this and does not gain a method for channeling her ShockAndAwe powers for quite some time.

* ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica''

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''

** Superman villain Parasite is a little worse off than Rogue, stealing life force from anyone near him and being constantly hungry for more.

** Superman's (canon) son, [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Jon Kent]], has his powers tied to his emotional state, thus he has no real control on what triggers off what and he has to be as calm as possible so that he doesn't accidentally kill someone.
* The League of Supermen, a far future team in ''Franchise/{{Superman}} Annual #8'', all suffer from variants of this, due to each having ''one'' of Superman's powers (and their artificial nature, as they are all humans genetically modified to simulate Kryptonian powers). [[EyeBeams Heat]] has to fire his heat vision every 15 minutes, or he'll burn up from the inside; [[XRayVision See-Through]] has to wear a lead-lined visor when not using his powers; [[{{Flight}} Flyboy]] has to be tethered to stop him drifting away if he doesn't concentrate; [[SuperStrength Pounder]] DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength; and [[NighInvulnerability Shield]] can't feel anything. New recruits [[SuperBreath Tempest]] and [[SuperSpeed Speed]] are given PowerArmor that simulates the powers rather than genetic modification; they still have disadvantages (Tempest can't breathe ''in'' too sharply; Speed needs to constantly replenish her energy), but at least they can turn them off.
* In ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'' (a series based off [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]]), a body-swapped ComicBook/JimmyOlsen gets a mild case when Superman's x-ray vision comes on by accident. Unlike many of the cases mentioned, nothing catastrophic occurs.