10 Awesome Temporary Power Upgrades Received By Comic Book Characters

10. The Phoenix 5 (The Phoenix Force)

Phoenix 5 In the widely criticised Avengers vs X-Men story arc, five X-men inadvertently became empowered with an equal portion of the cosmic Phoenix Force. The five X-Men in question were Cyclops, Colossus, Namor, Magik and Emma Frost. They come to be empowered by the Phoenix Force due to a heated series of events. When the Avengers learn that the Phoenix is heading to Earth (after Nova arrives badly injured, tries to warn the Avengers that the thing that injured him is Earthbound and Tony Stark deduces the culprit as the Phoenix), Wolverine warns Captain America that it must be coming for Hope Summers. After attempting to take Hope in to custody (and the X-Men refusing), the Avengers engage in a battle with the X-Men and Hope - realising she is the cause of the battle - runs away. Wolverine heads to find her and she asks him to lead her to the Moon in order to keep everyone safe, but they are followed by the Avengers (who Wolverine had informed) and the X-Men. The two teams are about to battle again when a near-unconscious Thor lands next to them and warns them that the Phoenix is close. Upon the cosmic entity's arrival, Iron Man and Hank Pym prepare a weapon to destroy it but, upon using it on the Phoenix, it merely splits it in to five fragments which bond with the five present X-Men (the aforementioned quintet of Cyclops, Colossus, Namor, Magik and Emma Frost). Each of them are imbued with one-fifth of the Phoenix Force and go on to use its reality-altering abilities to reshape the world itself in to what they see as a utopia - all five of their respective inherent abilities are also enhanced by this bonding process. The Avengers don't see what they're doing as good, however, and aim to defeat them in battle. Indeed, they succeed in defeating the first one - Namor - and his portion disperses itself between the remaining four - making them even more powerful. The Avengers realise that, for every Phoenix-empowered X-Man they defeat, the remaining X-Men will become more powerful. Ultimately, only Cyclops remains - becoming the embodiment of the Phoenix itself - and Scarlet Witch and Hope Summers manage to defeat him, with the Phoenix bonding with Hope, who is strong enough to wield its power safely.
 
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