Trauma (comics) - Powers and Abilities

Powers and Abilities

Trauma has the ability to shape-shift into his opponent's worst fear. At first, he could not fully control the power, causing him to become a gigantic version of Armory's fear (a spider). After receiving training from Dani Moonstar, Terrence is now able to "fine-tune" his transformations, and actually use them to calm people, as shown when he became Gyrich's father, who died from Alzheimer's disease, and telling him "you're clean, son." Dani believes Trauma could use this power to become one of the greatest psychiatrists in the world, helping patients to face their fears, one at a time. Terrence's powers do not work on those without emotions (robots, for example), and were eventually ineffective on the Hulk, who declared that he feared nothing. Trauma has even been able to assume the forms of Thor, Abomination, and the Juggernaut. His powers also enable him to duplicate weapons, as demonstrated when he became Thor to battle the Thor-Clone. However, the weapons, being a part of him, cannot leave his hands. This caused the clone to no longer fear him as he realized Trauma was not the true Thor.

The second Trauma was a virtual powerhouse. He had superhuman strength and durability, making him slightly stronger than the Hulk. Trauma also had the Troyjan ability to channel and expel cosmic energy. Trauma wore body armor with numerous weapons built into it, and all were triggered by his thoughts. Trauma also had special lenses attached to his eyes for targeting.