The power to absorb the properties from matter/energy/concepts. Variation of Absorption. Not to be confused with Matter Absorption or Property Replication.

Also Called

• Attribute Absorption/Imitation
• Elemental Imitation
• Externa (The Lorien Legacies)
• Matter Imitation
• Materical Imitation

Capabilities

Users can absorb the properties of matter/energy/concepts without transforming into them. Depending of the user’s skill with the ability, they may absorb several elemental/material/conceptual properties at once.

Applications

• Imitate the properties of matter/energy/concepts of Artificial Element Mimicry, Elemental Mimicry and Organic Mimicry.
  • Replicate and conglomerate materials absorbed into new and useful forms.
• Structure Merging
  • Elemental Merging
  • Solid Merging

Associations

• Absorption
• Property Manipulation

Limitation

• Limited to user's body, not to what they wear.
• May gain the weaknesses of absorbed matter/energy/concepts.
• Absorption Immunity/Absorption Negation

Known Users

• Percival Edmund Chang/Grunge (Gen 13/Wildstorm Comics)
• Carl Creel/Absorbing Man (Marvel Comics)
• Jerry Sledge/Stonewall (Marvel Comics)
• Kamal el-Alaoui (Marvel Comics)
• David Banner (Hulk)
• Kevin Levin (Ben 10 Series)
• Moryomaru (Inuyasha)
• Nagare (Naruto)
• Sydney Drew (Power Rangers S.P.D.)
• Yooka (Yooka-Laylee)
• Number Five (Lorien Legacies)
• White Monster (Teen Titans)

Gallery

Kevin Levin (Ben 10 Series) can absorb the properties of anything he touches. Such as metal…

…stone…

…Taydenite or crystal…

…wood…

…rubber & more.

Using Slurp State, Yooka (Yooka-Laylee) can absorb the properties of the items he eats, such as bioluminescence from fireflies...

...stickiness from honey...

...electricity from batteries...

...metal from cannonballs...

...and fire.

White Monster (Teen Titans/DC Comics)

Sydney Drew (Power Rangers S.P.D.) can absorb the properties of anything she touches, which she demonstrates with metal.

Videos

Hulk - Absorbing Man Fight Scene in 4K HDR-2

Hulk Vs Absorbing Man The Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes S1 E5 Hulk Versus the World-2