In the comics, Santa Claus’s primary skill set includes presumed immortality and the ability to warp reality. The first power is self-explanatory as he never seems to age and is, again, built upon a bedrock of combined belief. His second power, however, is harder to define because the framework of reality covers, well, everything. The simplest usage of this is that Santa’s gift bag, much like the TARDIS on “Doctor Who,” is bigger on the inside.
During the aforementioned “Marvel Holiday Special” comic, readers got a more action-based take on Santa’s god-like strength. He briefly transforms the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants into inanimate toys, teleports the X-Men out of his way, and wipes everyone’s memory so that no one remembers their Christmas Eve encounter. On a more charming note, Santa also uses his reality-warping to appear as the same race as any who behold him.
Santa also becomes more powerful the closer time crawls toward Christmas, with the highest boost coming on Christmas Eve. Lastly, Santa radiates a gentle kindness that causes those around him to become nicer while in his proximity … which, now that it’s written out, feels more like a controlling deity than anything else. It’s a good thing Santa doesn’t like fighting all that much, otherwise he really would be a dark and vengeful god. Either way, Marvel’s confusing lore makes its version of St. Nick not just one of its most powerful beings, but one of the best pop culture versions of Santa Claus.
In the comics, Santa Claus’s primary skill set includes presumed immortality and the ability to warp reality. The first power is self-explanatory as he never seems to age and is, again, built upon a bedrock of combined belief. His second power, however, is harder to define because the framework of reality covers, well, everything. The simplest usage of this is that Santa’s gift bag, much like the TARDIS on “Doctor Who,” is bigger on the inside.
During the aforementioned “Marvel Holiday Special” comic, readers got a more action-based take on Santa’s god-like strength. He briefly transforms the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants into inanimate toys, teleports the X-Men out of his way, and wipes everyone’s memory so that no one remembers their Christmas Eve encounter. On a more charming note, Santa also uses his reality-warping to appear as the same race as any who behold him.
Santa also becomes more powerful the closer time crawls toward Christmas, with the highest boost coming on Christmas Eve. Lastly, Santa radiates a gentle kindness that causes those around him to become nicer while in his proximity … which, now that it’s written out, feels more like a controlling deity than anything else. It’s a good thing Santa doesn’t like fighting all that much, otherwise he really would be a dark and vengeful god. Either way, Marvel’s confusing lore makes its version of St. Nick not just one of its most powerful beings, but one of the best pop culture versions of Santa Claus.