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Zqelasticity (Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four; Plastic Man; Mrs. Incredible), the
             generation of Force Fields, Weather Control, and so on almost without end.


             A significant fraction of the superhero fraternity lacks outright superpowers but excels
             in martial arts and exotic gadgetry, like Batman and both the elder and the younger
             Nite Owl of Watchmen.

             But the dividing line between device-assisted abilities and superpowers is regularly
             blurred  by  the  deployment  of  far-fetched  Technology.  IRON  MAN's  extraordinary
             prosthetics, the Ant Man's special clothing which allows him to shrink to microscopic
             size, and the power ring with which GREEN LANTERN translates sheer will-power
             into  physical  effect,  are  all  examples  of  device/user  gestalts  not  readily
             distinguishable from super-powered beings.






























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