User blog:ARTaylor/January 2017 Poll Results

It's that time when we look back at the previous month to examine the results of the poll. Last month we asked if you could have one superpower what would you have?




 * 1) The winner with 58.3% was healing and longevity. While many superheroes are quick healers, how else can they bounce back quickly after getting beat up all the time, the most famous of them is Wolverine. He can come back from virtually any attack, recover from any event, and has been alive long enough to be born in the Nineteenth Century. It's possible that with so much real world talk of Americans losing their health care this seemed an appealing option.
 * 2) Getting 25% was flight. Superheroes fly through a variety of means, usually with technological means like jets or flight suits like Iron Man, wings like Angel, or some unknown power like Ms. Marvel. Flying is usually a highly desired power because it offers a freedom humans do not have.
 * 3) Tied for third with 8.3% is energy projection and telepathy/telekinesis. Being able to fire blasts of energy is a strong power for those like Silver Surfer and Cyclops. The ability to move things with one's mind and read the thoughts of others, like Professor X and Jean Grey, would seem very useful.
 * 4) Apparently no one wants to have advanced technology like Doctor Doom, enhanced strength and durability like Hulk, incredible intelligence like Leader, invisibility like Invisible Woman, super speed like Quicksilver, or manipulating the weather like Storm as none of these got any votes.

Be sure to check out this month's poll to decide who is your favorite black superhero.