Metahuman

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In the DC Universe, a metahuman is a human or humanoid with superpowers. In American comic books published by DC Comics, the term is used loosely in most instances to refer to any individual, human-like or otherwise, with extraordinary, often paranormal abilities or other attributes, regardless of whether they are cosmic, mutant, scientific, supernatural, skill-based or technological in nature. The term in comic books published by DC Comics is typically used as a loose government classification of superpowered people and not a descriptor of a character's specific origins. As such it is often applied readily to humanoid and human-looking characters such as Superman (an alien) and Wonder Woman (a near-goddess) just as it is to characters like Metamorpho (a mutated human) and Lilith Clay (a human born with psychic abilities). Within the metahuman population is a segment of the human population born with a genetic variant called the "metagene". It is this variant that some human beings have...

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