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* The [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ComicBook/GreenLantern had powers so nebulously defined as to be limitless. The ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' story "Guardian" depicted him as essentially capable of anything he can imagine. He describes this as a curse, however, and says he quit the hero game because his power scared him, was too much for one man. In his words, Gotham needs a guardian, not a god.

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* The [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ComicBook/GreenLantern had powers so nebulously defined as to be limitless. The ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' story "Guardian" depicted him as essentially capable of anything he can imagine. He describes this as a curse, however, and says he quit the hero game because his power scared him, was too much for one man. In his words, Gotham needs a guardian, not a god.



* The inter-dimensional imps Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite (on the ChaoticNeutral side). In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' mini ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', Mxy makes a serious bid for total omnipotence. In ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'', Mr. Mxyzptlk accidentally gives most of his power to ''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]]'' (on the extremely ChaoticEvil side!). Earlier, at the end of {{UsefulNotes/the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}/ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' crossover, the Joker got reality-warping power from the Shaper of Worlds (see RealityWarper/MarvelUniverse for more about him).

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* The inter-dimensional imps Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite (on the ChaoticNeutral side). In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' mini ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', Mxy makes a serious bid for total omnipotence. In ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'', Mr. Mxyzptlk accidentally gives most of his power to ''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]]'' (on the extremely ChaoticEvil side!). Earlier, at the end of {{UsefulNotes/the {{MediaNotes/the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}/ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' crossover, the Joker got reality-warping power from the Shaper of Worlds (see RealityWarper/MarvelUniverse for more about him).
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* [[ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern Volthoom, the First Lantern]] and wielder of the first Power Ring, can manipulate time, space, and matter up to a certain area and has the potential to rewrite the entirely of reality itself.

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* [[ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern Volthoom, the First Lantern]] and wielder of the first Power Ring, can manipulate time, space, and matter up to a certain area and has the potential to rewrite the entirely entirety of reality itself.
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* The Golden Age Franchise/GreenLantern had powers so nebulously defined as to be limitless. The ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' story "Guardian" depicted him as essentially capable of anything he can imagine. He describes this as a curse, however, and says he quit the hero game because his power scared him, was too much for one man. In his words, Gotham needs a guardian, not a god.
* In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueElite'', the Fourth World being Eve has the ability to reshape reality, although it appears to be limited - she can't make any changes of her own volition, and there is an upper limit to the scale on which she can make large changes (she is unable, for instance, to change reality so that Superman never existed.)
* The inter-dimensional imps Mr. Mxyzptlk and ComicBook/BatMite (on the ChaoticNeutral side). In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' mini ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', Mxy makes a serious bid for total omnipotence. In ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'', Mr. Mxyzptlk accidentally gives most of his power to ''ComicBook/TheJoker'' (on the extremely ChaoticEvil side!). Earlier, at the end of {{UsefulNotes/the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} Batman/Hulk crossover, the Joker got reality-warping power from the above Shaper of Worlds (Marvel).
* Creator/NeilGaiman's The Endless from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': seven {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s holding nigh omnipotence within their respective spheres.
* Half the supporting cast of Creator/GrantMorrison's version of ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'', mainly villains and {{Anti Villain}}s. A couple of heroes, too. And on the subject of Grant Morrison, The Writer from John Ostrander's ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad''.
* Then there's ComicBook/TheSpectre, who's able to warp reality in some particularly inventive ways, [[KarmicDeath especially when it comes to killing sinners]]. Not surprising, given he's God's Vengeance incarnate.
* The mother of Cascade in ''ComicBook/SovereignSeven'': She remodels ''all'' of her Earth (architecture, fashion, technology level, etc.) every few minutes. [[spoiler:It turns out she began as a normal (but very powerful) superhero who prevented an alien invasion but failed to stop the aliens from destroying Earth in revenge. Then she used her powers to reanimate the world, so that the daughter she was pregnant with could have some semblance of a normal life.]] She's also best friends with ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} for some reason, but how they could ever have met was never explained.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

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* The [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age Franchise/GreenLantern Age]] ComicBook/GreenLantern had powers so nebulously defined as to be limitless. The ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' story "Guardian" depicted him as essentially capable of anything he can imagine. He describes this as a curse, however, and says he quit the hero game because his power scared him, was too much for one man. In his words, Gotham needs a guardian, not a god.
* In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueElite'', the [[ComicBook/NewGods Fourth World World]] being Eve has the ability to reshape reality, although it appears to be limited - -- she can't make any changes of her own volition, and there is an upper limit to the scale on which she can make large changes (she is unable, for instance, to change reality so that Superman never existed.)
existed).
* The inter-dimensional imps Mr. Mxyzptlk and ComicBook/BatMite Bat-Mite (on the ChaoticNeutral side). In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' mini ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', Mxy makes a serious bid for total omnipotence. In ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'', Mr. Mxyzptlk accidentally gives most of his power to ''ComicBook/TheJoker'' ''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]]'' (on the extremely ChaoticEvil side!). Earlier, at the end of {{UsefulNotes/the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} Batman/Hulk ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}/ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' crossover, the Joker got reality-warping power from the above Shaper of Worlds (Marvel).
(see RealityWarper/MarvelUniverse for more about him).
* Creator/NeilGaiman's The Endless from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': seven {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s holding nigh omnipotence within their respective spheres.
* Half the supporting cast of Creator/GrantMorrison's version of ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'', ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'', mainly villains and {{Anti Villain}}s. A couple of heroes, too. And on the subject of Grant Morrison, The the Writer from John Ostrander's ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad''.
''ComicBook/AnimalMan''.
* Then there's ComicBook/TheSpectre, who's able to warp reality in some particularly inventive ways, [[KarmicDeath especially when it comes to killing sinners]]. Not surprising, given that he's God's Vengeance incarnate.
* The mother of Cascade in ''ComicBook/SovereignSeven'': She remodels ''all'' of her Earth (architecture, fashion, technology level, etc.) every few minutes. [[spoiler:It turns out she began as a normal (but very powerful) superhero who prevented an alien invasion but failed to stop the aliens from destroying Earth in revenge. Then she used her powers to reanimate the world, so that the daughter she was pregnant with could have some semblance of a normal life.]] She's also best friends with ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] for some reason, but how they could ever have met was never explained.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':



--->'''Syrene:''' "Do you forget Syrene's power is beyond imagination? I possess Merlin's mystic Runestone! Whatever my mind conceives-- becomes frightening reality!"
* And from ComicBook/TheAuthority, all the Doctors, and Jenny Quantum.
* ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan shows the everyday plight of the reality warping hero.

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--->'''Syrene:''' "Do Do you forget Syrene's power is beyond imagination? I possess Merlin's mystic Runestone! Whatever my mind conceives-- conceives -- becomes frightening reality!"
reality!
* And from ComicBook/TheAuthority, ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', all the Doctors, and Jenny Quantum.
* ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan shows the everyday plight of the reality warping reality-warping hero.



* The Time Trapper can manipulate reality in everything BUT the present, hence his name, he ''traps'' you in time. Oh yeah, he can also move boulders.

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* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': The Time Trapper can manipulate reality in everything BUT the present, hence his name, he ''traps'' you in time. Oh yeah, he can also move boulders.



* ComicBook/CaptainAtom became this in a story arc entitled "Quantum Quest," in which he created his own universe over which he had total control. It didn't end well. Also, it is possible that it was AllJustADream. On the other hand, it has been hinted at that he might be that powerful in the regular universe too, but just doesn't realize it or is in denial about it. Dr. Manhattan, an {{Expy}} of ComicBook/CaptainAtom, in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'' has telekinesis down to the subatomic level, allowing him to rearrange matter at will. Technically, this is a little different from changing reality outright, but since he's the most ridiculously overpowered character in the saga, nearly everyone there considers him a Reality Warper. Captain Allen Adam, an AlternateUniverse version of Captain Atom from ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' and ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'', is similarly powerful, but being uncomfortable with his powers, takes drugs to suppress them.
* ComicBook/JohnConstantine posses a low-level, localized form of reality warping that causes his [[TheGamblingAddict tremendous gambles]] to always work out in his favor, [[WindsOfDestinyChange regardless of the odds]], though of course things don't always work out so well for [[DoomMagnet the people close to him]].
* Franchise/WonderWoman super-villain (though more {{Gentleman|Thief}} PhantomThief [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Post-Crisis]]) Angelo Bend/Angle Man has the ability to warp his surroundings, create portals through space, and walk on whatever surface he likes regardless of gravity.

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* ComicBook/CaptainAtom became this in a story arc entitled "Quantum Quest," Quest", in which he created his own universe over which he had total control. It didn't end well. Also, it is possible that it was AllJustADream. On the other hand, it has been hinted at that he might be that powerful in the regular universe too, but just doesn't realize it or is in denial about it. Dr. Manhattan, an {{Expy}} of ComicBook/CaptainAtom, Captain Atom in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'' ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'', has telekinesis down to the subatomic level, allowing him to rearrange matter at will. Technically, this is a little different from changing reality outright, but since he's the most ridiculously overpowered character in the saga, nearly everyone there considers him a Reality Warper. Captain Allen Adam, an AlternateUniverse version of Captain Atom from ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' and ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'', is similarly powerful, but being uncomfortable with his powers, takes drugs to suppress them.
* ComicBook/JohnConstantine posses ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'': John Constantine possesses a low-level, localized form of reality warping that causes his [[TheGamblingAddict tremendous gambles]] to always work out in his favor, [[WindsOfDestinyChange regardless of the odds]], though of course things don't always work out so well for [[DoomMagnet the people close to him]].
* Franchise/WonderWoman ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' super-villain (though more {{Gentleman|Thief}} PhantomThief [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Post-Crisis]]) Angelo Bend/Angle Man has the ability to warp his surroundings, create portals through space, and walk on whatever surface he likes regardless of gravity.
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* The Golden Age Franchise/GreenLantern had powers so nebulously defined as to be limitless. The ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' story "Guardian" depicted him as essentially capable of anything he can imagine. He describes this as a curse, however, and says he quit the hero game because his power scared him, was too much for one man. In his words, Gotham needs a guardian, not a god.
* In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueElite'', the Fourth World being Eve has the ability to reshape reality, although it appears to be limited - she can't make any changes of her own volition, and there is an upper limit to the scale on which she can make large changes (she is unable, for instance, to change reality so that Superman never existed.)
* The inter-dimensional imps Mr. Mxyzptlk and ComicBook/BatMite (on the ChaoticNeutral side). In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' mini ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', Mxy makes a serious bid for total omnipotence. In ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'', Mr. Mxyzptlk accidentally gives most of his power to ''ComicBook/TheJoker'' (on the extremely ChaoticEvil side!). Earlier, at the end of {{UsefulNotes/the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} Batman/Hulk crossover, the Joker got reality-warping power from the above Shaper of Worlds (Marvel).
* Creator/NeilGaiman's The Endless from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': seven {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s holding nigh omnipotence within their respective spheres.
* Half the supporting cast of Creator/GrantMorrison's version of ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'', mainly villains and {{Anti Villain}}s. A couple of heroes, too. And on the subject of Grant Morrison, The Writer from John Ostrander's ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad''.
* Then there's ComicBook/TheSpectre, who's able to warp reality in some particularly inventive ways, [[KarmicDeath especially when it comes to killing sinners]]. Not surprising, given he's God's Vengeance incarnate.
* The mother of Cascade in ''ComicBook/SovereignSeven'': She remodels ''all'' of her Earth (architecture, fashion, technology level, etc.) every few minutes. [[spoiler:It turns out she began as a normal (but very powerful) superhero who prevented an alien invasion but failed to stop the aliens from destroying Earth in revenge. Then she used her powers to reanimate the world, so that the daughter she was pregnant with could have some semblance of a normal life.]] She's also best friends with ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} for some reason, but how they could ever have met was never explained.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** From the ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' universe, Jonathan Kent, the son of Superman and Wonder Woman, who has full control over hypertime.
** Some far future versions of Superman evolve this power including one who's the last being alive in a dying universe and holds back universe-ending entropy waves just by thinking about it.
** ''ComicBook/TwoForTheDeathOfOne'', [[EvilSorcerer Syrene]] absorbs the magical energies of the Runestone of Merlin and becomes quasi-omnipotent.
--->'''Syrene:''' "Do you forget Syrene's power is beyond imagination? I possess Merlin's mystic Runestone! Whatever my mind conceives-- becomes frightening reality!"
* And from ComicBook/TheAuthority, all the Doctors, and Jenny Quantum.
* ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan shows the everyday plight of the reality warping hero.
* Ibis the Invincible, who immigrated to DC continuity along with the ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' titles, has the Ibistick, a magic staff that can warp reality on command.
* The Time Trapper can manipulate reality in everything BUT the present, hence his name, he ''traps'' you in time. Oh yeah, he can also move boulders.
* [[ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern Volthoom, the First Lantern]] and wielder of the first Power Ring, can manipulate time, space, and matter up to a certain area and has the potential to rewrite the entirely of reality itself.
* ComicBook/CaptainAtom became this in a story arc entitled "Quantum Quest," in which he created his own universe over which he had total control. It didn't end well. Also, it is possible that it was AllJustADream. On the other hand, it has been hinted at that he might be that powerful in the regular universe too, but just doesn't realize it or is in denial about it. Dr. Manhattan, an {{Expy}} of ComicBook/CaptainAtom, in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'' has telekinesis down to the subatomic level, allowing him to rearrange matter at will. Technically, this is a little different from changing reality outright, but since he's the most ridiculously overpowered character in the saga, nearly everyone there considers him a Reality Warper. Captain Allen Adam, an AlternateUniverse version of Captain Atom from ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' and ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'', is similarly powerful, but being uncomfortable with his powers, takes drugs to suppress them.
* ComicBook/JohnConstantine posses a low-level, localized form of reality warping that causes his [[TheGamblingAddict tremendous gambles]] to always work out in his favor, [[WindsOfDestinyChange regardless of the odds]], though of course things don't always work out so well for [[DoomMagnet the people close to him]].
* Franchise/WonderWoman super-villain (though more {{Gentleman|Thief}} PhantomThief [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Post-Crisis]]) Angelo Bend/Angle Man has the ability to warp his surroundings, create portals through space, and walk on whatever surface he likes regardless of gravity.

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