Also Called
- Contained Metabolism
- Deprivation
- Self-Sufficiency
Capabilities
Users physical needs are greatly reduced or completely removed. These needs include sleep/rest, food, drink, bodily evacuations, shelter from environmental effects and their lack (heat/cold, dryness/wetness), etc. User is also able to stay unmoving without normal effects this would have.
Associations
- Hunger Suppression
- Immortality
- Vacuum Adaptation
Limitations
- May only be able to disregard some needs
- May have limited time period available
Definition for DC Comics
Self-Sustenance represents an individual's ability to survive in harsh environments without air, food or water. This ability also enables some individuals to survive unaided within the vacuum of space.
Characters
A
- A'monn A'mokk (New Earth)
- A'morr (New Earth)
- A-Mortal (New Earth)
- Ahriman (New Earth)
- Alec Holland (New Earth)
- Amon Tomaz (New Earth)
- Angela Spica (Wildstorm Universe)
- Aphrodite (New Earth)
- Apollo (Wildstorm Universe)
- Arch (New Earth)
- Archibald Masters (Earth-ABC)
- Ares (New Earth)
- Aristides Demetrios (New Earth)
- Armek (New Earth)
- Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt (New Earth)
- Augustus Freeman (Dakotaverse)
B
- B'arzz O'oomm (Earth-16)
- Bartholomew Allen (Earth-21)
- Bartholomew Allen (Earth-31)
- Bartholomew Allen (Earth-3898)
- Bartholomew Allen (Earth-51)
- Bartholomew Allen (Earth-Mortal Kombat)
- Bartholomew Allen (Justice)
- Bartholomew Allen (Lego Batman)
- Bartholomew Allen (Super Friends)
- Bartholomew Allen (The Batman)
- Bartholomew Allen II (DCAU)
- Bartholomew Allen II (New Earth)
- Bedovian (New Earth)
- Bel Juz (Earth-One)
- Benn Blanx (Earth-One)
- Bilbat (Earth-S)
- Bizarro Superboy (Earth-One)
- Bog Venus (New Earth)
- Bryan Mallory (Dead Earth)
- Burning Martians
C
- Carrie Allen (Earth-3898)
- Carter Hall (New Earth)
- Cay'an (New Earth)
- CeCe Beck (Post-Zero Hour)
- Cernunnos (New Earth)
- Charon (New Earth)
- Clifford Zmeck (New Earth)
- Coeus (New Earth)
- Crius (New Earth)
- Cronus (New Earth)
D
- D'all (New Earth)
- D'Kay D'Razz (New Earth)
- Dal'en (New Earth)
- Darlene Spritzer (New Earth)
- David Kim (Dakotaverse)
- Dawn Allen (New Earth)
- Dawnstar (Pre-Zero Hour)
- Deathstorm (New Earth)
- Deimos, God of Terror (New Earth)
- Demeter (New Earth)
- Diana of Themyscira (Injustice: Gods Among Us)
- Dionysus (New Earth)
- Disdain (New Earth)
- Don Allen (New Earth)
- Doomsday (New Earth)
- Doomslayer (New Earth)
E
- Edward Clariss (New Earth)
- Eos (New Earth)
- Eris (New Earth)
- Eros (New Earth)
- Eryx (New Earth)
F
- Flash (Barry Allen)
- Flash (Earth-10)
- Flash (Earth-11)
- Flash (Earth-Teen Titans)
- Flash (Wally West)
- Fluxus (New Earth)
- Frankenstein (New Earth)
- Frederick Freeman (Earth-22)
- Frederick Freeman (Earth-S)
- Frederick Freeman (Justice)
- Frederick Freeman (New Earth)
- Fury (Prime Earth)
G
- Garth (New Earth)
- Ghost Hiding in the Rushes (New Earth)
- Gigorr (New Earth)
- Gog I (New Earth)
- Green Man II (New Earth)
- Green Martians
H
- Hades (New Earth)
- Harmonia (New Earth)
- Harrier (New Earth)
- Hephaestus (New Earth)
- Hera (New Earth)
- Hermes (New Earth)
- Hestia (New Earth)
- Hippolyta (New Earth)
- Hyperion (New Earth)
I
- Iapetus (New Earth)
- Invictus (Prime Earth)
- Iris West II (Earth-22)
- Iris West II (New Earth)
J
- J'ahrl J'onzz (New Earth)
- J'en (Earth-One)
- J'onn J'onzz (Crisis on Two Earths)
- J'onn J'onzz (Justice)
- Jason Garrick (DCAU)
- Jason Garrick (Earth-2)
- Jason Garrick (Flash: The Fastest Man Alive Vol 1 6)
- Jason Garrick (New Earth)
- Jason Garrick (The Brave and the Bold)
- Jason Rusch (Crisis on Two Earths)
- Jason Rusch (New Earth)
- Jason Rusch (The Brave and the Bold)
- Jay West (Earth-3898)
- Jebediah of Canaan (New Earth)
- Jenni Ognats (Post-Zero Hour)
- John Cooper Hawksmoor (Wildstorm Universe)
- John Corben (DCAU)
- John Cumberland (Wildstorm Universe)
- Jonathan Chambers (New Earth)
- Jonathan Fox (New Earth)
K
- K'hym J'onzz (New Earth)
- Kal-El (Injustice: Gods Among Us)
- Kendra Saunders (New Earth)
- Kettle Hole Devil (New Earth)
L
- Lamplight (Wildstorm Universe)
- Lava Lord (New Earth)
- Lobo (DCAU)
- Lobo (New Earth)
- Lobo (The Brave and the Bold)
- Lori Lemaris (New Earth)
M
- M'gann M'orzz (New Earth)
- M'yri'ah J'onzz (New Earth)
- M'yrnn J'onzz (New Earth)
- Ma'alefa'ak J'onzz (New Earth)
- Marshal (Earth-One)
- Martin Stein (New Earth)
- Mary Batson (Earth-22)
- Mary Batson (Earth-S)
- Mary Batson (Justice)
- Mary Batson (New Earth)
- Max Mercury (New Earth)
- Maxima (New Earth)
- Mica'kel (New Earth)
- Mick Wong (New Earth)
- Midnighter (Wildstorm Universe)
- Mikaal Tomas (New Earth)
- Mikhail Arkadin (New Earth)
- Mnemosyne (New Earth)
N
- Nemesis (New Earth)
- Niatpac Levram (Earth-S)
- Nimbus (New Earth)
O
- Oblivion (New Earth)
- Oceanus (New Earth)
P
- Pallas Athena (New Earth)
- Pan (New Earth)
- Persephone (New Earth)
- Phantom Stranger (New Earth)
- Phobos (New Earth)
- Phoebe (New Earth)
- Phoebus Apollo (New Earth)
- Poseidon (New Earth)
- Power Boy (New Earth)
- Primaid (New Earth)
- Prince Gavyn (DCAU)
- Protex (New Earth)
Q
- Queen Clea (Earth-Two)
- Queen Clea (New Earth)
R
- R'amey Holl (New Earth)
- Rachel Goldman (Wildstorm Universe)
- Red Tornado (Justice)
- Red Tornado (New Earth)
- Red Volcano (New Earth)
- Remoni-Notra (New Earth)
- Rex Tyler (New Earth)
- Rhea (New Earth)
- Richard Tyler (New Earth)
- Roh'kar (New Earth)
- Ronal (New Earth)
- Ronald Raymond (New Earth)
S
- Sabina De La Croix (New Earth)
- Saint Columba (New Earth)
- Sha'sheen J'onzz (New Earth)
- Shaggy Man II (New Earth)
- Shaolin Robot (New Earth)
- Shiera Sanders (New Earth)
- Slaughter (New Earth)
- Starfire (Earth-Teen Titans)
- Stella Maxwell (Dakotaverse)
- Susan Linden II (New Earth)
- Swamp Thing (New Earth)
- Sy'rann (New Earth)
T
- Tana Moon II (New Earth)
- Tanist (DC One Million)
- Telok'telar (New Earth)
- Teth-Adam (Earth-16)
- Teth-Adam (Earth-S)
- Teth-Adam (Justice)
- Teth-Adam (New Earth)
- Teth-Adam (Return of Black Adam)
- Teth-Adam (The Brave and the Bold)
- Tethys (New Earth)
- Theia (New Earth)
- Themis (New Earth)
- Thomas Hugo Strange (Earth-ABC)
- Till'all (New Earth)
- Titan II (New Earth)
- Triton (New Earth)
- Tronix (New Earth)
- Tula (New Earth)
V
- Victor Bragg (New Earth)
W
- Wade Eiling (New Earth)
- Wallace West (Earth-22)
- Wallace West (Earth-3898)
- Wallace West (Justice)
- Walter West (Dark Flash Saga)
- White Martians
- Wildstar (New Earth)
- William Batson (DCAU)
- William Batson (Earth-16)
- William Batson (Earth-21)
- William Batson (Earth-22)
- William Batson (Earth-5)
- William Batson (Earth-Mortal Kombat)
- William Batson (Earth-S)
- William Batson (Justice)
- William Batson (Magic of Shazam)
- William Batson (New Earth)
- William Batson (Return of Black Adam)
- William Batson (The Brave and the Bold)
- William Batson (Tiny Titans)
- William Walker (New Earth)