Hellboy ~~~~

Powers and abilities


Among Hellboy's more obvious powers are superhuman strength and
resistance to physical injury. Hellboy has been shown to tear down a
large tree and hurl it as a weapon, as well as cars, and toss opponents
weighing several hundred pounds many yards away with one hand. He can
withstand powerful blows that would severely injure or kill a human,
such as being repeatedly struck by a superhumanly strong opponent, with
little or no discomfort. In one scene in the first film, part of a
subway wall collapses on top of him, and he quickly gets up and
continues fighting despite having numerous shards of broken glass
embedded in his back. Nonetheless, he is far from invulnerable, and can
be injured by conventional weapons.
The films make much of the idea that Hellboy is fireproof, though
one scene in the first movie shows him burning his fingers by touching
his friction-heated horn stumps after being run over by a subway train.
In the comics he is not actually fireproof. Hellboy can be burned and
damaged like any living thing but he possesses an accelerated healing factor (similarly to X-Men character Wolverine)
that rapidly heals his body, repairing damaged tissues and quickly
regenerating blood cells. In "The Lost Army", he rapidly heals from
being shot many times in the chest with an MG-42
machine gun before destroying the gun. He has also withstood being
impaled through the chest with a sword, healing completely within a
matter of minutes.
Hellboy also ages differently from humans. In the story Pancakes he is two years old but appears to be far older. In Nature of the Beast,
set in 1954, the ten-year-old Hellboy appears fully grown. His rapid
apparent maturation is in contrast to his actual rate of aging, which
seems to be much slower than humans. Throughout the sixty-year span of
the comics, he has not aged beyond the point at which he reached
physical maturity. The films state that Hellboy is sixty years old by
human account, but is "barely out of his twenties" by demon standards.
He has also shown an innate skill at translating and interpreting
ancient and magical languages.



In addition to his natural physical abilities, Hellboy carries a
variety of items in his utility belt that can be used against various
supernatural forces. He has been known to carry holy relics, horseshoes, various herbs, and grenades. Though he commonly carries an oversized revolver, Hellboy freely admits to being a lousy shot and prefers to fight hand-to-hand whenever possible.
Right Hand of Doom


Hellboy's right hand, referred to as the "Right Hand of Doom",
consists of a large forearm and hand that seems to be made from red
stone. The Hand is dexterous enough to catch a fly, but its large size
causes Hellboy to prefer his normal-sized left hand to operate weapons
and devices. The Hand is effectively invulnerable and feels no pain,
serving much like a sledgehammer when used to punch an enemy.
As revealed in the graphic novel collection Strange Places,
the Right Hand of Doom was formerly the right hand of one of the
"greater spirits" that watched over the burgeoning Earth, and the hand
the spirit used to create the dragon Ogdru Jahad.
With that same hand, he bound the dragon, but then his fellow spirits
turned upon him for his deeds, and destroyed him utterly – save for his
right hand, which was kept and preserved by many races throughout
history, including the first race of man. As the hand which created and
bound the Ogdru Jahad, it is also the key which will "loose and
command" them; in other words, it is a catalyst that will bring about Armageddon.
The comic books themselves never mention how the Right Hand of Doom
would actually perform these tasks; it is only ever announced that this
is the case and that someone or something intends to do it with or
without Hellboy's consent. The film shows it working like a key; being
turned twice in a special obelisk secured by Rasputin would release the
Ogdru Jahad. It is made clear that it is not even necessary for the arm
to be attached to Hellboy at all, even on its own it would perform its
tasks. It has been suggested that if Hellboy dies while the Hand is
attached to him, it would become useless. He has thus come to the
conclusion that the only way to prevent it falling into the wrong hands
is to keep and protect it.

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