Marvel Comics (Earth-616)

Sin-Eater

Sin-Eater

Stan Carter was the son of two New York City drug addicts, with his father dying before he was born and his mother entering rehab, leaving him to be raised by his paternal grandparents in the Ozark Mountains. His grandfather, a fervent preacher, emotionally abused him for his father’s sins. After his grandfather’s accidental death, Stan witnessed a sin-eater ritual where a social outcast ate fruit from the body to absorb the deceased’s sins. This experience haunted him until his recovered mother took him to New York. Stan became an NYPD detective but suffered a mental break upon discovering his partner’s involvement with drug dealers, leading him to kill them and adopt the Sin-Eater identity with a mask inspired by the ritual. He went on a killing spree, murdering Spider-Man’s friend, police captain Jean DeWolff, and was stopped by Spider-Man and Daredevil. Institutionalized and later haunted by his actions, he committed suicide by cop, indirectly contributing to Venom’s creation. In the afterlife, he endured hell before being resurrected by the demon Kindred (secretly Harry Osborn), granting him abilities to absorb sins and superpowers.

Normal Sin-Eater Strength

  • Hurts Spider-Man with his blows (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #45)
  • Throws Spider-Man off him hard enough to crack concrete (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #45)

Normal Sin-Eater Durability and Endurance

  • Recovers quickly after getting tackled by Spider-Man (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #45)
  • Survives a hit from Morlun (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #53.LR)
  • Teleports after a speeding car for three days and three nights straight (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #44)

Normal Sin-Eater Superpower Absorption

  • Absorbs the powers of superhumans by shooting them with a shotgun (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #46)
  • Affects the Juggernaut with his shotgun (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #49)
  • Makes his shotgun blasts phase through matter (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #45)
  • Can use any shotgun for power absorption (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #53.LR)

Normal Sin-Eater Sin Manifestation

  • Manifests the sins of two family murderers and uses them to kill them (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #44)
  • Manifested sins can shapeshift (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #44, 50)

Normal Sin-Eater Teleportation

  • Teleports (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #45)
  • Teleports after a speeding car for three days and three nights straight (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #44)

Lethal Legion Sin-Eater

  • Absorbs and uses Overdrive’s power to control any vehicle and transform it to enhance its speed and durability (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #45-46)
  • Absorbs Whirlwind’s powers (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #46)
  • Absorbs Grey Gargoyle’s powers (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #46)
  • Unlike the Grey Gargoyle, can use both hands to transform things into stone (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #46)
  • Absorbs Living Laser’s powers (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #46)
  • Absorbs the powers of a weakened Count Nefaria (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #46, 41)
  • Uses Whirlwind’s powers to pull a bullet out of his chest (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #47)
  • Gives a speech after being shot in the chest (source) ([Endurance] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #47)
  • Fine after having Spider-Man swing kick him (source) ([Durability] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #47)
  • Uses Whirlwind’s powers to dodge Spider-Man and then grab him by the throat (source) ([Speed] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #47)
  • Spider-Man in this same arc moved into the path of a shotgun blast after it was fired (source) (Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #45)
  • Uses Whirlwind and Living Laser’s powers at the same time (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #47)
  • Hurts Spider-Man with a laser blast (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #47)
  • Beats Spider-Man to the ground (source) ([Strength] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #47)
  • Absorbs the powers of Mister Negative and uses them to mind control someone (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn #1)
  • Mister Negative knocks Spider-Man through a wall and an entire building with a palm strike (source) ([Strength] - Amazing Spider-Man #621)
  • Bulletproof (source) ([Durability] - Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn #1)
  • Shoots a charging Juggernaut before he can move a few inches (source) ([Speed] - Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn #1)

Juggernaut Sin-Eater

  • Absorbs the Juggernaut’s powers (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #49)
  • Unharmed from getting hit by dozens of missiles and lasers (source) ([Durability] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #49)
  • Runs through a very thick metal wall (source) ([Strength] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #49)
  • Uses Whirlwind’s powers with the Juggernaut’s (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #49)
  • Unharmed from Spider-Man throwing around a dozen of the Green Goblin’s pumpkin bombs into him (source) ([Durability] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #49)
  • Punches the ground so hard that it knocks the Green Goblin off his glider in midair (source) ([Strength] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #49)
  • Can return to normal size (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #50)
  • Absorbs the Green Goblin’s powers (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #50)

Morlun Sin-Eater

  • Absorbs Morlun’s powers (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #53.LR)
  • In his last appearance, Morlun threw a car dozens of meters (source) ([Strength] - Spectacular Spider-Man #311)
  • Unlike Morlun, can absorb life force infused with radiation (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #54.LR, Spider-Geddon #4)
  • Fine after getting punched by Jessica Drew, having a gravestone swung into him by Anya Corazon, and getting kicked by Miles Morales (source) ([Durability] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #54.LR)
  • Kicks Julia Carpenter through a gravestone and knocks aside Spider-Gwen and Anya Corazon (source) ([Strength] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #54.LR)
  • Absorbs Julia Carpenter’s powers (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #54.LR)
  • Julia Carpenter could fight evenly with Spider-Man despite being blind (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man #637, 666)
  • Uses Julia Carpenter’s powers to see several minutes into the future (source) ([Power Absorption] - Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #54.LR, 55)