- "You're going to make my head hurt again, aren't you?"
- "Up to you."
- ― Brainiac 5 and Saturn Girl (Legionnaires 47#)
The ability to overload another's mind, causing various effects. Variation of Overloading.
Also Called
- Brain Blast
- Mental Overload
- Mind Blast
- Psionic Blast
- Telepathic Torture
- Psychic Attack
Capabilities
The user can project harmful psionic volleys, which may result in brain damage, memory loss, unconsciousness, vegetative state and/or death. The victim is not physically harmed, but damages the internal mentality of a target.
Applications
- Catatonia Inducement
- Death Inducement
- Memory Erasure
- Neurocognitive Deficit
- Pain Inducement
- Psychic Torture
Variations
- Empathic Inundation - project vast amounts of emotions.
- Memory Overload - project vast amounts of memories.
- Sensory Overload - project vast amounts of sensory effects.
- Telepathic Static - project telepathic static.
Associations
Limitations
- Does not work on mindless beings (corpses, animated objects, robots, etc.).
- Users of Psychic Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity (impervious).
- May be limited to a certain range to work, including touch only.
- May be limited to a certain number of targets at a time.
Known Users
- Gorilla Grodd (DC Comics)
- Martians (DC Comics)
- Emperor Calus (Destiny)
- Akhlut the Orca (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Pandaemonium (Chrono Crusade)
- April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2012 series)
- Professor Charles Xavier (Marvel Comics)
- Jean Grey (Marvel Comics)
- Nathan Summers/Cable (Marvel Comics)
- Nate Grey/X-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Emma Frost (Marvel Comics)
- Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)
- Rachel Summers (Marvel Comics)
- Psylocke (Marvel Comics)
- Onslaught (Marvel Comics)
- The Stepford Cuckoos (Marvel Comics)
- Celeste
- Esme
- Mindee
- Phoebe
- Sophie
- Saturn Girl (DC Comics)
- Quentin Quire (Marvel Comics)
- Burning Martians (DC Comics)
- White Martians (DC Comics)
- Matt and Maury Parkman (Heroes)
- Phoebe Halliwell (Charmed)
- Saturn Girl (Legion of Superheroes)
- Esper (Legion of Superheroes)
- DoppleGanger Dark Rashi (Ninjutsu series)
- Mesogog (Power Rangers Dino Thunder)
- Psycwave (The Incredibles)
- Maxima (DC Comics)
- Eric Draven (The Crow)
- John Lynch (Image/WildStorm/DC Comics)
- Venom (Ultimate Marvel)
Known Objects
- Mind Gem (Marvel Comics)