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Power-scaling has become a huge part of superhero comics, especially Marvel it seems, so we’ve constantly gotten more and more powerful psychics. We’ve also seen the ones that have always been powerful get even more power to fight against their foes. These ten psychics are the most powerful in the Marvel Universe, their powers allowing them to take on all comers.
10) Psylocke
So, there are two different Psylockes, and confusingly enough, they both used the same body for a long time. Betsy Braddock is the first, and created the name. She was body swapped with the ninja assassin Kwannon, and both of them have since gone back to their own bodies. Of the two of them, Kwannon is almost certainly more powerful. Her body has shown the ability to manifest telekinesis, something Betsy was able to access several times, and Kwannon has been shown flying under her own power. She was trained from childhood to be a killer, and her skill with her telepathy has always been a cut above the rest.
9) Emma Frost
The X-Men have always had powerful women, so when Emma Frost joined the team, she fit right in. Emma’s power levels aren’t nearly as high as they seem, but the thing about her is that she’s mastered her powers to the extent that she can pull off mental feats that other more powerful psychics can. She’s become one of the premiere members of the X-Men over the last 25 years (time flies, folks), and has only gotten more skilled as the years have gone. She can stand with the heavy hitters, despite being weaker than them, which is honestly very impressive.
8) Quentin Quire
Quentin Quire’s basically the opposite of Emma Frost. He’s one of the more powerful Omega-level mutants, but he’s also young. He has an amazing power level, but he’s not as well trained as he could be. One of the interesting things about Quentin is that he was rarely a member of an X-team with a high-level telepath to train him, so he mostly just tries to brute strength everyone he fights. It’s been pretty successful over the years, but readers have also seen future versions of the young mutant with even more power and skill than he has in the present. Technically, he should probably be higher on the list because of his sheer potential, but his lower skill level means that weaker psychics can beat him.
7) Franklin Richards
Franklin Richards is basically a god. The son of Reed and Sue Richards, Franklin developed his powers at a younger age than most mutants, and can tap into reality altering energies that are basically limitless. He used his powers to rebuild the multiverse after the Incursions and has always been known for having extremely powerful telepathic abilities. An argument can be made that he should be higher on the list, but Franklin often holds himself back on purpose. He sets limits on his powers so that he can have something of a normal life. He also isn’t the most well-trained psychic, so less powerful but more skilled telepaths can beat him. However, most of the time, very few people decide to attack him telepathically, just in case.
6) Xemnu
Xemnu first appeared in 1960, before the Marvel Universe as we now know it truly began. He starred in the old school monster comics, and then was used as a villain in the superhero comics that came after Fantastic Four #1. He’s mountain of muscle, able to punch it out with the strongest foes imaginable, but his most useful abilities are his psychic ones. Xemnu has amazing mind control powers, to the extent that he can control the minds of numerous people at once, completely able to rewrite memories. In fact, he’s so powerful he can do it on a wide scale — The Immortal Hulk showed him able to control minds through his appearances on TV (that weren’t always live), which isn’t something readers had really seen before. Xemnu is one of Marvel’s greatest psychics, but he never gets the credit he deserves for his mental feats.
