The Impossible Man

The Impossible Man is a member of the Poppupians, a species from the planet Poppup that evolved complete molecular control, allowing them to form a collective consciousness that can combine or split at will. Bored with their existence, one Poppupian ventured to Earth for adventures, earning the moniker The Impossible Man as a mischief-maker. He saved the universe by sacrificing Poppup to Galactus, nearly killing the Devourer, and now embodies his entire species. Fascinated by human TV and movies, he created an Impossible Woman, children, and a dog, oscillating between solitary and societal states.

Strength

• Turns his fist into Thor’s hammer Mjolnir to knock Thing through a wall. (source) (FF)
• Punches Molecule Man and Klaw away along with debris with a single swing. (source) (FF)
• Punches Warlock through a wall and down a dock, then collides with him in an impact that destroys the dock. (source) (NM)
• Punches Warlock through a seemingly metal wall. (source) (NM)
• Smashes brick while becoming Spidey villains. (source) (SVS)
• Becomes a giant bowling ball that knocks Kingpin into the East River. (source) (MCP)
• Golfs buildings from Disney World. (source) (SVS)

Strength: Lifting

• Holds up a large piece of debris. (source) (FF)
• Turns into a chain that holds an elephant Spider-Man could not stop. (source) (SSS)

Durability

• Bounces back from a punch from Thing. (source) (FF)
• While giant, gets punched into a skyscraper, smashing it, and comes right back. (source) (NM)
• Flattened by Volstagg but picks himself back up. (source) (SVS)
• Turns his head into an anvil that no-sells Hulk’s punch. (source) (SSS)

Durability: Piercing

• Turns into a sheet of steel to resist gunfire. (source) (FF)
• Turns into a bullet-proof shield. (source) (SW)

Durability: Reality Manipulation/Magic

• Knocked out by a surprise energy blast from Molecule Man but recovers, then becomes immune to Molecule Man’s manipulation and demonstrates the immunity again later. (source) (FF)
• Immune to Dr. Strange’s sleeping spell, but Strange’s spell of anticipation works. (source) (SVS)
• Resists the Chaos King’s reality-altering magic but gets overwhelmed. (source) (CW)

Durability: Mind control

• Feigns hypnosis from Johnny and survives a long fall. (source) (FF)
• Professor X cannot read his mind and suffers a psychic backlash, but later senses him. (source) (UXM)

Durability: Regeneration

• Smashed to pieces while imitating ice and turns the pieces into duplicates; later, when Sue explodes portions of his body, does the same. (source) (MK4)
• Smashed into a car and vaporized, but the vapor survives in Spider-Man’s lungs and regrows after being vomited up; later survives in a cat’s lungs the same way. (source) (SM+FF)

Durability: Energy

• Hurt by Johnny’s flame, although without serious damage. (source) (FF)
• Surprised by a low-yield shock from Spider-Woman. (source) (SW)
• Becomes a non-conductive material so Klaw cannot affect him. (source) (FF)
• Turns part of his body to organic ice to nullify Johnny’s attempts to burn him. (source) (MK4)
• Becomes a giant monster with energy rays that fights a Helicarrier. (source) (SM+FF)

Durability: Misc.

• Rogue tries to absorb his powers, creating a backlash that knocks her out, seemingly due to Impy’s action. (source) (UXM)

Speed

• Creates a hole in his body to evade Thing’s punch. (source) (FF)
• At the final split second before hitting Sue, hears her breathing and turns into flowers so no harm is done. (source) (FF)
• Protects the Thing from a flying brick at the last available moment. (source) (TIO)
• Replaces the Silver Surfer’s board without him noticing. (source) (SS)
• Dodges a spaceship’s energy blast that Silver Surfer tanks, then weaves through more blasts. (source) (SS)
• Dodges gunfire from Punisher’s Uzi and weaves through the bullets. (source) (SVS)
• Creates a hole in his body to evade an energy blast. (source) (SM+FF)

Speed: Travel

• Travels several thousand lightyears in a few minutes. (source) (SVS)
• Pops from Latveria to another location so fast Dr. Doom thought it impossible. (source) (SVS)
• Travels at light speed. (source) (SVS)
• Travels at ’lite’ speed, which is 1/3rd as energy efficient. (source) (SVS)
• Sneaks up on Heimdall. (source) (SVS)
• Keeps up with Turbo. (source) (MCP)
• Collects all 10 finalists of the 1989 Miss Universe Pageant while Daredevil briefly brawls with Kingpin. (source) (MCP)

Shapeshifting

• Creates a hole in his body to evade Thing’s punch. (source) (FF)
• Flattens himself out to slip through the hull of a spaceship crashing to Earth. (source) (FF)
• Extends his neck down hallways and through the edge of a closed door. (source) (FF)
• Becomes a slide to save the falling Sue and Ben. (source) (FF)
• Twists around Silver Surfer to trip him. (source) (SS)

Shapeshifting: Materials

• Turns into a sheet of steel to resist gunfire. (source) (FF)
• Turns into thorns that resist the Thing’s punch and hurt him. (source) (FF)
• Turns into flower petals that reassemble themselves into a humanoid shape. (source) (FF)
• Becomes one of the heaviest substances in the galaxy so that Thing cannot lift him. (source) (FF)
• Creates a golden egg. (source) (FF)
• Turns into a piece of paper that floats through the wind. (source) (FF)
• Becomes a non-conductive material so the sound-manipulator Klaw cannot affect him. (source) (FF)
• Turns his head into an anvil that no-sells Hulk’s punch. (source) (SSS)
• Makes his body so slick Spidey’s webbing slips off him. (source) (SSS)
• Becomes webbing. (source) (SW)
• Turns from a plane into a 17 ton weight that crushes a speeding car. (source) (SW)
• Turns into a bullet-proof shield. (source) (SW)
• Turns part of his body to organic ice to nullify Johnny’s attempts to burn him. (source) (MK4)

Shapeshifting: Vehicles

• Becomes 3 flying surfboards for the Fantastic Four. (source) (FF)
• Turns into the Fantasti-Car to carry Thundra. (source) (FF)
• Becomes a flying saucer, a helicopter, a hot air balloon, and a jet. (source) (SSS)
• Becomes a flying carpet. (source) (SW)
• Becomes a massive spaceship. (source) (NM)
• Turns into a fleet of planes and missiles that attack Castle Doom. (source) (SVS)
• Becomes a helicopter with a live video feed. (source) (HK)
• Turns into the Spider-Mobile and a jet. (source) (SM+FF)

Shapeshifting: Liquids

• Turns into a plastic bag of water that douses the Human Torch’s flame. (source) (FF)
• Turns his arm into a hose that douses Human Torch’s flame. (source) (FF)
• Douses Johnny’s flame again. (source) (FF)
• Becomes a water balloon that bursts over someone’s head. (source) (TIO)
• Turns from a punching bag into a mass of water. (source) (TIO)
• Becomes a water balloon that soaks Spidey. (source) (SSS)
• Turns from flowers into a squirt gun to spray Wolverine. (source) (UXM)

Shapeshifting: Gases

• Becomes a balloon and floats around NYC. (source) (FF)
• He and his duplicate become balloons together. (source) (TIO)
• Becomes a balloon. (source) (SW)
• Becomes a balloon. (source) (SS)
• Becomes a balloon. (source) (MCP)
• Becomes an odorless gas to infiltrate the Baxter Building. (source) (SVS)
• Becomes a giant can of mace that fells Hogun. (source) (SVS)
• Becomes a building-destroying tornado. (source) (TH)

Shapeshifting: Animals

• Becomes a fly. (source) (FF)
• Turns into a skunk and an elephant. (source) (FF)
• Becomes a flock of birds. (source) (FF)
• Becomes a bat. (source) (SSS)
• Becomes a snake. (source) (SSS)
• Turns into a giant car-sized turkey. (source) (SSS)
• Becomes a cute dog. (source) (SW)
• Becomes a pterodactyl that carries passengers. (source) (SVS)
• Becomes a monkey, a seal, and a penguin. (source) (SVS)

Shapeshifting: Clothing

• Becomes a towel the Thing wears and dries off with, then a hat, and then an assortment of hats. (source) (TIO)
• Turns into silly glasses. (source) (SW)
• Sue wears Impy as a dress for a fashion show. (source) (SVS)
• Replaces Dr. Doom’s cape. (source) (SVS)

Shapeshifting: Misc. Objects

• Becomes decoration for a cabby’s rear-view mirror. (source) (FF)
• Becomes a power generator. (source) (FF)
• Turns into a crane. (source) (FF)
• Dries Thing off by becoming a fan and talcum powder. (source) (FF)
• Makes a joy buzzer that shocks the Thing. (source) (TIO)
• Becomes giant scissors to cut through Spider-Man’s webbing. (source) (SSS)
• Cages a crook. (source) (SW)
• His own hand becomes a pie that smashes into his face. (source) (SS)
• Becomes a giant fan that blows Fandral away. (source) (SVS)
• Turns into a variety of musical instruments. (source) (SVS)

Shapeshifting: Color

• Perfectly mimics the president. (source) (TIO)
• Becomes George Washington. (source) (UXM)
• Limitation: Needed make up to look human and can’t change his color. (source) (NM)
• Turns into red-and-yellow checkered clothing. (source) (MCP)
• Perfectly imitates playing cards. (source) (MCP)

Size Manipulation

• Shrinks small enough to crawl under the door of a bank vault. (source) (FF)
• Becomes a tiny jet-propelled missile to evade Mr. Fantastic’s grasp. (source) (FF)
• Shrinks down to be as small as Joe Rosen’s lettering to imitate the Wasp. (source) (FF)
• Shrinks to the size of a fly to trick Hulk into punching himself in the face. (source) (SSS)
• Turns into liquid that infiltrates Dr. Doom’s armor where he creates varieties of entertainment and hosts tours. (source) (SVS)
• Becomes microscopic and then subatomic. (source) (SVS)
• Creates a smaller version of himself inside the fibers of his own clothing. (source) (FuFo)
• Imitates Galactus, becoming larger than the X-Mansion. (source) (UXM)
• Imitates Galactus and Godzilla while the size of a skyscraper. (source) (NM)
• Golfs buildings from Disney World. (source) (SVS)
• Does a King Kong impression. (source) (MK4)
• Becomes a giant monster with energy rays that fights a Helicarrier. (source) (SM+FF)
• Becomes a giant sandworm. (source) (XF)

Creating Weapons

• Turns into an asbestos-bladed buzzsaw that cuts through a stone wall. (source) (FF)
• Turns into a buzzsaw that cuts through a bus. (source) (SSS)
• Becomes Captain America’s shield and creates Iron Man’s repulsors to destroy a door. (source) (FF)
• Turns into a baseball bat and bonks Spider-Man on the head. (source) (SSS)
• Turns into a chair and whip that tame lions. (source) (SSS)
• Turns into a bomb. (source) (FF)
• Turns into a bomb that KOs the Thing. (source) (TH)
• While imitating Nick Fury creates a gun that fires. (source) (NM)
• Surrounds Silver Surfer to become a cannon and launches him through a boulder. (source) (SS)
• Turns his hand into a ray gun that merges Hulk and Red Hulk into one. (source) (HK)
• Turns his fingers into molecular combiners. (source) (SM+FF)
• Turns into several guns for Cable. (source) (XF)

Duplication

• Impossible Man’s entire species exists within him, and he once combined the millions of his population into his single self after tricking Galactus into eating his homeworld. (source) (FF)
• Turns himself into an entire line of different toys; when all the toys get vaporized, it has no serious effect on Impossible Man. (source) (FF)
• Splits into the Impossible Woman so he is not so lonely. (source) (TIO)
• Creates several children to grow his family, and explains they all share the same consciousness. (source) (TIO)
• The duplicates can have different personalities, but share all the same memories and pool of perceptions. (source) (TIO)
• Adds a dog to his family after creating several thousand kids. (source) (SVS)
• Duplicates can combine into the same massive shapes. (source) (SVS)
• Wreaks havoc in the Baxter Building as duplicates pass through Sue’s forcefields. (source) (MK4)
• Has the capacity to create 9 billion unique beings. (source) (SM+FF)

Imitating Others’ Powers

• Blasts out a wall by recreating Cyclops’ optic beams. (source) (FF)
• Recreates Klaw’s powers to make constructs of pure sound. (source) (FF)
• Mimics Magneto’s powers to entangle the New Mutants in a bike rack. (source) (NM)
• Mimics Thanos to shoot out eyebeams that melt helicopter blades. (source) (NM)
• Imitates Wasp’s sting blasts. (source) (SVS)
• Imitates all of the Fantastic Four. (source) (MK4)

Other Imposs-abilities

• Tricked Galactus into eating he and his homeworld, giving Galactus ’terminal indigestion’ that nearly killed Galactus if not for the interference of the High Evolutionary. (source)
• Levitates frequently. (source) (FF)
• Teleports away the X-Mansion. (source) (UXM)
• Observes the Silver Surfer from a distance, then appears alongside him. (source) (SS)
• Grabs time travellers out of the timestream, becoming a building around them, and explains he developed an ‘atomic awareness’ that allows him to sense temporal anomalies. (source) (FuFo)
• Creates other-dimensional portals Beast describes as ‘reality-bending technology’. (source) (A+X)
• Causes a meteor shower. (source) (SM&FF)
• Creates a giant energy blast that tears up a portion of the ground. (source) (SM+FF)
• Inserts himself into the middle of a building to become its 13th floor. (source) (XF)