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Meta-human

Published by DC Comics

Localization Earth

In the DC Universe of DC Comics, a metahuman is a human with

superpowers. The term is approximately synonymous with mutant and mutated (mutate in English) in
Marvel Universe and post-human in the Wildstorm and Ultimate Marvel universes. In DC Comics, the term is
freely used in most cases to refer to any human being with powers and abilities
extraordinary, whether they are cosmic, mutant, scientific, mystical, skill-based, or of nature. A
significant parcels of these are normal human beings, born with a genetic variant called
"meta-gene", which leads you to gain powers and abilities during strange accidents or moments
of intense psychological suffering.

The term began to be used for superheroes in 1986 by the author George R. R. Martin, for the first time.
twice in the RPG system Superworld, later in his series of Wild Cards novels.

Index

1 DC Comics

1.1 Meta-humans

1.2 The meta-gene

1.3 Meta-virus

1.4 Population

1.5 Exo-gene

2 Marvel Comics

2.1 Ultimate Marvel

2.2 Amalgam

3 Other measures

3.1 tabletop RPG

3.2 Electronic games

3.2.1 Television

3.2.2 Birds of Prey

3.2.3 Smallville

3.2.4 Young Justice

3.2.5 Arrowverse

3.3 Movies

3.3.1 DC Extended Universe

4 References

DC Comics
The term was first used by a fictional race of extraterrestrials known as
Dominators when they appeared in the miniseries Invasion!. The Dominators use this term to
refer to any native human of planet Earth with "superhuman functional abilities." [2] The
The prefix 'meta-' simply means 'beyond', denoting people and skills beyond limits
humans. A metahuman can also relate to an individual who has exceeded what is
known as "The Current Potential", meaning the ability to move matter with the mind. (See
telekinesis.

Meta-humans
Before the White Martians arrived on Earth, Lord Vimana, the Vimanian sovereign of the miniseries
Xenobrood claimed credit for the creation of the human race, both normal and meta-human.
due to the introduction of superpowerful alien genetic material into the germline of the DNA
humans. The vimanianos of the series forced their super powerful operational drones to mate with the
ancestors of humanity, the Australopithecus afarensis (3 million years ago), and later the
Homo erectus (1.5 million years ago) to create a race of superpowered slaves.

The meta-gene

A miniseries invasion! they provided a concept of why human beings in the DC Universe
they would survive cataclysmic events and develop superpowers. One of the Dominators discovered
that selected members of the human race had a "biological variant," which he called meta-
gene (also known as 'meta-gene'). This gene generally remains inactive until a
extraordinary physical and emotional stress moment the atve. A "chromosomal combustion"
"spontaneous" occurs then, as the meta-gene takes the source of the bio-stimulant - whether chemical,
radioactivity or anything else - and transforms the potential catastrophe into a catalyst for 'change'
"meta-gene" concept is used as a
solid editorial rule, and few writers make explicit reference to the meta-gene when explaining the origin
of a character.

The DC also has characters born with superhuman abilities, suggesting the meta-gene.
It can occur spontaneously and without any previous appearance in the ancestors. A good example is
known involves Dinah Laurel Lance, the second Black Canary. Although her mother (Dinah Drake Lance, the
If Black Canary were a superheroine, neither she nor her husband, Larry Lance, were born with
known meta-genes. However, Dinah Laurel was born with a meta-gene, the infamous scream
ultrasonic known as Canary Cry.

The preufb01xo meta, in this context, simply means 'besides', as metaestu00e1vel, which is beyond the
regular stability and ready to collapse with the slightest perturbation, or metamorphosis, which is
the state of going beyond a single form. In the miniseries Invasion!, from DC Comics, the Dominators
It is pointed out that the meta-gene is present in all cells of the human body.

In the DC Universe, meta-human criminals are incarcerated in special prisons, such as a prison.
built on Alcatraz Island, which is equipped not only with provisions to imprison criminals
whose powers are based on science and technology, but also musical dampers to hold
villains (including Homo magi) whose powers are based on magic. The prisoners in this facility
are marked with nanobyte injectors in the bloodstream that allow them to
they may be located wherever they are.

It is possible for individuals knowledgeable in sciences and biology to manipulate, mitigate, or modify the
activities of the meta-gene. During the Final Crisis, while the Dominators created a Genetic Bomb
capable of accelerating the activity of the meta-gene to the point of cellular and physical instabilities, a virus before-
Metaguanico was spread as a last-minute weapon in the invaded rooms of Checkmate.
meta-virus has the opposite effects of the Genetic Bomb, restricting and turning off the meta-gene and
removing the meta-humans of their powers for an unspecified period.

White Martians The genuine potential for a future meta-gene has been discovered in the DNA of the ancient
Homo sapiens (500,000 - 250,000 years ago) by the white Martian race. The White Martians
They conducted experiments on these primitive humans, changing how the meta-human phenotype was.
expressed by the meta-gene.

Due to their experiments, they altered the course of the human race. While before, evolution
would end up transforming humanity into a race of super-humans similar to the Daxamites and
Kryptonians, now only a few selected humans would develop meta-human powers.
As punishment for this, the group of renegades known as Hyperclan was exiled in the Still Zone, a
ghost zone version.

Meta-virus
The White Martians also created a meta-virus, a meta-gene that could be transmitted from
a host to another via touch. This meta-virus was responsible for empowering the first
children of Vulcan. From that moment on, the Sons of Vulcan passed the meta-virus in a line
uninterrupted, swearing to hunt and kill White Martians.

Population

The terms "meta" and "meta-human" do not refer only to humans born with variants.
biological. Superman and Martian Hunter (aliens), as well as Wonder Woman (almost a
goddess) and Aquaman (an Atlante) are referred to in many cases as "meta-humans". It can refer to
anyone with extraordinary powers, regardless of origins and including those who
they were not born with this power. According to the Countdown to Infinite Crisis, about 1.3 million
meta-humans live on Earth, 99.5% of whom are considered 'troublesome' (such as children who
we can bend spoons with our minds and the old lady "who keeps winning the lottery." The others
0.5% bond is what the Checkmate and the OMACs consider threats at alpha, beta, and gamma levels. Therefore
For example, Superman and Wonder Woman are classified as alpha level, while Metamorpho is
considered a beta level and Causacao-Ratos is considered a gamma level.

Exo-gene

The miniseries 52 introduces a toxic mutagen called the Exo gene (also known as the Exo-gene).
It is a toxic genetic therapy created by LexCorp for the Everyman Project that creates
meta-human skills in non-meta-humans compatible. He first appeared in 52.
#4 with the first announcement of the Everyman Project in 52 #8. The project was controversial, creating heroes
instabilities that gave Luthor a "shutdown" of his powers, causing countless deaths in the middle of
I see.

Marvel Comics

The word "meta-human" is often attributed to the universe of DC comics, while the
Marvel's super-humans are referred to as mutants or altered. However, DC and Marvel Comics
the use of the term "meta-human" and "mutant" in their universes. The first use of the term 'meta-
'Human' in the Marvel Universe occurred in New Mutants Annual #3, written by Chris Claremont.
published in 1987, in which a Russian security official describes the protagonists as 'terrorists'
meta-humans.

In Marvel Comics, meta-human is used as a term to describe an attribute of a

a character that possesses a high degree of superhuman resistance. A character that has a level
the meta-human invulnerability can virtually withstand wounds from punishment, temperatures
extremes, both hot and cold, and corrosive wounds without suffering damage. The various organs of its
bodies: such as skin, bones, muscles, etc., are essentially as hard as diamond. As a result,
they are practically invulnerable to injuries or conventional weapons (see Luke Cage and the Thing). This
classification system is not commonly used in the comics themselves, being primarily limited to
additional materials.

Ultimate Marvel

In Ultimate Fantastic Four #24, Reed Richards declared the Ultimate version of Namor "presumably
the most powerful metahuman on Earth.
Amalgam
In the JLX series (which combined DC's Justice League and Marvel's X-Men) from the 'Amalgam' universe
In comics, meta-humans are replaced by meta-mutants (a portmanteau of meta-humans and
Marvel mutants) who supposedly carry a 'meta-mutant gene'.

Other measures

tabletop RPG
GURPS International Super Teams used as a supplement for GURPS Supers uses 'metahuman'
as the scientific/academic term used in settlements for humans with superpowers.

Meta-human is also used in Shadowrun to describe elves, dwarfs, and similar beings. These meta-
humans are described as a subspecies of Homo sapiens that began to emerge after the return of
magic in 2011 and were generally targets of racism throughout existence. In terms of
gameplay, meta-human characters have abilities superior to those of normal humans,
with highly superior strength and agility, enhanced vision etc.
"Meta-human" was first used in 1986 by George R. R. Martin in an alternate version.
from RPH Superworld, and later in the anthology series Wild Cards as a formal scientific term that
describe the superpowers and those who possess them, as seen in the appendix in volume I.

Electronic games

In the game Fallout 3, Fawkes refused to refer to himself and his companions as Super.
Mutants, preferring the term 'Meta-human'.

Television
In the animated DC Universe, the term meta-human is used in the animated series Static Shock. Static Shock is
an animated series in which all the super powerful characters obtained the powers of a
huge chemical explosion later called 'Big Bang', are nicknamed 'meta-humans' or
"Bang-Babies" are a subgroup of meta-humans. Strange facts and differences occurred in this
version with these terms:

Although it is regularly used in the DC Universe, the term metahuman was not commonly used in the
time of the publication of the first 4 comics of Milestone Comics (Static was the fourth title).
The meta-humans / shock babies do not have a meta-gene, but rather a genome
altered due to chemical explosion. This mutation usually reflects previous attributes.

"Meta-human" was first introduced in the show by Virgil Hawkins, the character.
principal of the series as an alternative to the term "mutant," because it seemed "degrading."

Bang-Babies/meta-humans can be treated with a chemical antidote, a fact that separates them from
meta-humans of the DC Animated Universe. The expression is rarely used in the show, although
share the same continuity.

It was suggested that the powers of the Bang-Babies/meta-humans are subject to constant changes.
due to the unstable nature of its origins.

Birds of Prey

In the television series Birds of Prey, the metahumans included heroines Huntress and Dinah Lance.
Gotham has a prosperous underground meta-human community, made up mainly of meta-humans who are
trying to live their own lives, although a meta-human who hates himself, Claude Morton (Joe
Flanigan tries to convince the police that all meta-humans are evil. In Birds of Prey, the meta-
humans are treated seemingly as a race or species; the hunter is described as being
half-meta-human

Smallville

In the television series Smallville, meta-humans can occur naturally. However, most are
result of exposure to kryptonite, which in the Smallville universe can transform people into beings
superpowered, usually with psychotropic side effects. For many seasons of Smallville,
all superpowered people, except for Kryptonians, were the so-called 'meteor freaks', but, at
As the program progressed, it began to explore other corners of the DC universe. The meta-
humans not originating from kryptonite include the versions of Aquaman in Smallville, the Flash, the Canary
Black and Zatanna.

Young Justice

In the animated series Young Justice, the aliens known as Kroloteans used the term with
frequency and even researched the discovery of a "meta-gene", sequestering and testing in
random human beings. The alien reach conducts similar experiments and abducts a
group of teenage fugitives to test the meta-gene, leading several of these individuals to develop
superpowers. In the episode "Runaways", a scientist from S.T.A.R. Labs suggests that the gene is
"opportunistic" in that it makes the user develop seemingly based powers
in their personal experiences or around, depending on the circumstances. In the third season, a
A recurring point in the plot is the triumph of meta-humans after humans learn to detect and
The gene or meta-gene after the Reach invasion. In some cases, the meta-gene in some families is shown
as a source of similar skills, as happens with Earth, Geoforcéa and its maternal to Baron
Bedlam. In "Evoluton", it is revealed that Vandal Savage was the first metahuman because of the
meteor that granted him a healing factor and super-intelligence in Mongolia during the
Pleistocene.

Arrowverse

In the Arrowverse series, 'meta-human' is used more strictly than in the comics.
usually referring to a human who becomes transhuman and possesses strange abilities,
often acquired after some strange type of accident.

In the 2014 television series The Flash, Dr.. Harrison Wells and his team at the Research Laboratories
Scientific and Technological Advance (S.T.A.R. Laboratories) developed a particle accelerator.
activated in Central City. When it was activated, the device malfunctioned and exploded, releasing a
variety of theoretical elements, such as dark matter and negative energy. Many residents of Central
Cities that were affected by the explosion wave were genetically altered by dark matter.
granting them superhuman abilities. People with these abilities are called 'meta-
"humans", created by Wells and his team. The nature of a meta-human's powers seems to be the
result of an external element to which they were close or exposed when hit by the
explosion. Eventually, under the guidance of Harrison Wells and Cisco Ramon, S.T. Labs.A.R.
develops technology and effective damping prison of the power of meta-humans to confine them
meta-humans. Throughout the series, many more meta-human villains appear, including some from
universes or alternate timelines and others that have no connection with the accelerator accident
of particles. In the third season, S.T.A.R. Labs uses meta-detection applications.
humans to alert the Flash team about attacks; this technology is later used by the police
from the city and government agencies. In the fifth season, the Flash team discovers that the meta-
technology was created after the battle with the Thinker, resulting in any device powered by
dark matter using the power of a meta-human when used by someone. For example, the dagger
the cicada allows the user to negate meta-human abilities, Spin's smartphone allows for that
User control the mind of anyone through written hypnosis, the team of the Weather Witch.
allows the user to control the weather and teleport through lightning, and the Ghost key of
Prata allows the user to control any motorized vehicle.

Legends of Tomorrow, a spin-off of Arrow and Flash, features several meta-humans, including Hawkman.
Black, Hawkgirl and Vandal Savage (introduced in a crossover between Arrow and Flash), as well as
characters from other Arrowverse shows. Later seasons introduce versions of
Vixen, Isis and Au00e7o.
The television series Supergirl is set in a parallel universe to Arrow, The Flash, and Legends.
of Tomorrow, in which a variant of Earth where Supergirl resides is later called Earth-
38 for Cisco Ramon. Humanity is aware of superpowered extraterrestrials like Supergirl, their
first Superman and J'onn J'onzz, but the existence of meta-humans is not widely known in the
Terra-38 until the episode of the first season "Worlds Finest", a crossover with The Flash. In this
episode, Silver Banshee and Livewire publicly confront Supergirl and Flash, revealing the affair
of transhuman beings with supernatural abilities in the process. The powers of Silver Banshee are
mostly in origin and nature, while those of Livewire are from an anomalous mutagenic accident.
As the inhabitants of Supergirl's Earth have no experience with meta-human threats, the Flash
provides the authorities of National City the means to combat and contain them before returning them to their
universe. Later, in the episode of the second season "We Can Be Heroes", it shows that a prison
National City is using the meta-human power dampeners from the world (Earth 1) of The Flash.
to restrain your transhuman prisoners; the technology is later used by the Department of
Extraordinary Operations (DEO) and, eventually, they align with the S.T Laboratories..A.R from Earth-1.
Human criminals began to experiment with meta-humans after the revelation of the possibility of
transhumanism since its emergence, in the hope of acquiring powers for themselves with
goals of fighting against extraterrestrial beings like Supergirl, of which three meta-humans were
created with the powers of Livewire. In the third season, more meta-humans begin to appear,
including Psi, whose powers emerge after their maturation. In the fourth season, a serum developed
by Lena Luthor, derived from a mineral from the planet Krypton called Harun-El (a black kryptonite),
offers the meta-human abilities of Lex Luthor and James Olsen, including superhuman strength and
equivalent invulnerability to accelerated healing and heightened senses of a kryptonian.

In the television series Black Lightning, set in Earth-73 of the Arrowverse, Jefferson Pierce/Black
Lightning and her daughters Anissa and Jennifer are meta-humans. The A.S.A. is tracking young meta-
humans with abilities. As the series progresses, it is revealed that decades ago, because of the
Racial and political conflicts prevailing in the city of Freeland, A.S.A. developed a substance
supposedly as a suppressor to make its citizens docile in the interest of controlling them, but
failed. Instead, it ended up being a mutagenic that transforms some of its citizens into meta-
humans, including Jefferson Pierce and his daughters who inherited his meta-gene after his parenthood.
Under Martn Procter, the agency illegally developed an addictive derivative of the drug called
Green Light, which is distributed as a recreational drug in the hope of creating more meta-humans.
for the Procter agendas. As meta-humans are dying from unstable mutations, Procter
seek to capture Black Lightning and its descendants because they are the only stable species
known about the medication of aguancia. After Procter's death, the experiences of A.S.A. are exposed
and the origin of the meta-humans from Freeland became public knowledge. However, it ignites a
fantasy of anti-meta-human among the people in Freeland.

In the television series Gotham, Professor Hugo Strange conducts experiments on the bodies of deceased criminals.
(alive), patients of Arkham Asylum and under the orders of the Court of Owls. Strange gives his victims
superhuman abilities, such as shapeshifting (Clayface), mind control (Fish Mooney) and
super-strength (Azrael). In the final of the second season, Strange's victims escape and wreak havoc.
in the city. Throughout the series, meta-humans are commonly referred to as Strange's Monsters,
simply Monsters (a reference to the miniseries 'Batman and the Monsters'), or the Freaks of Indian Hill.

Movies

DC Extended Universe
In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Lex Luthor is considered a defender of the 'meta- thesis-'
human.
Wonderful, in Flash, in Aquaman and in Cyborg, all of whom he classifies as meta-humans.

In addition, metahumans appear in the movie Suicide Squad, when Amanda Waller talks about
his skills in forming the squad. El Diablo, Killer Croc, and Enchantress appear in the film.

References

"The anatomy of DC Comics meta-humans in your theoretical book." UNIVERSO HQ. July 13, 2018.
Consulted on January 24, 2020

The Flash: What are Metahumans?

2020

Definition of meta- | [Link](in English). Consulted on January 24

from 2020

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Xenobrood 3-4 (janeirou2013February 1995)

Outsiders #12 (July 2004)

Final Crisis: Resist Oneshot (2008)

JLA #4 (April 1997)

Martian Manhunter (vol. 2) #25-27 (December 2000 to February 2001)

Son of Vulcan (vol.) 2 #5

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