- "I smell only a traitor, a glutton, a murderer"
- ― King Minos; when Dante confronts him at the end of Limbo
- "A vision. A moment. A sin. You kind of have to interpret it."
- ― David Dunn to Ellie Staple
- "I just... I sense it. The darkness in people. The shit they've done, are doing, or... will do. The worst ones... they have no guilt. What I see, I feel... is a void, a lack of humanity."
- ― Erik Gelden to Jessica Jones
The power to sense the presence of sins/vices in one's vicinity. Sub-power of Sin Manipulation. Variation of Detection. Opposite to Virtue Detection.
Also Called
- Misdeed Detection
- Sin Sense
- Vice Detection/Sense
Capabilities
User can sense the presence of sins/vices and possibly gain detailed understanding about the sins/vices they are sensing, including the amount/type of sins/vices they are sensing.
Applications
- Lie Detection - Sense if others are lying about their sins.
Associations
Limitations
- Some targets may be immune to the users' detection.
- Range of ability varies from user to user.
- Sensing everyone's sins may have negative effects to users mind.
Known Users
Comics
- Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- The Spectre (DC Comics)
Films
- David Dunn (Unbreakable)
Literature
- Andre Linoge (Stephen King's, Storm of the Century)
- King Minos (The Divine Comedy)
Video Games
- King Minos (Dante's Inferno)
Cartoons
- The Bogeyman (Martin Mystery)
Live Action TV
- Jeremy Crane (Sleepy Hollow)
- Erik Gelden ("Marvel's Jessica Jones")
Mythology/Folklore
- Boogeyman (Folklore)
- Krampus (German Folklore)
- Sin-eaters (Folklore)