Superhero Powers That Wound Up Being Changed On Screen

Sep 15, 2025
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It's common for page to screen adaptations to come with changes: an update to outdated personality traits, story tweaks to help condense hundreds of pages into 90 minutes of screen time, and — as is often seen in comic adaptations — adjustments to some of the more outlandish costumes. But what happens when changes are made to the thing that defines a character's personality? It's one thing to take a few artistic liberties, but some adaptations have gone so far as to alter a superhero's actual powers. From Superman to Shang-Chi, here are the superhero powers that wound up being changed on screen.