What's a superpower that sounds dumb on paper, but actually has lots of potential, if you use your imagination?

Instant hair loss sounds like a handy superpower if you're Jason Statham or Vin Diesel.

Turning your body flat like paper.
>You can turn yourself flat on a whim
>You can flatten your body in whichever way you want. (Front and back, side-to-side, top and bottom, etc)
>You can control how your body bends, folds, and twists
>You can slip through practically any entrance that isn't airtight
>Your body's cells are tightly compacted, making you more durable, even bulletproof
>Swing your flattened arms, which cut like swords
>You're extremely light, meaning you can climb like a monkey
>Twist your flat fingers into sharp spikes, for even better climbing
>Harmlessly flutter to the ground from a fall, no matter the height
>And if you're in a hurry, crumple yourself into a ball, and hit the ground like a harmless paper ball
>Bend your flat legs back and forth, like an accordion, and jump super high
>Catch a good wind, and glide through the air like a kite
>Swim really fast, like a Ribbon Eel
>Flattening and folding yourself lets you hide in places no one would think to look
>Flatten and twist your body into a club, and have a buddy beat a bad guy with you

Invisibility in the dark is literally one of Nightcrawler's secondary abilities.
>super slow-mo
Technically The Turtle From The Flash, though usually as adjunct to some other ability.
>Ultra-fast aging
I swear I've seen a character somewhere with a cyclic life span ability, but I may be thinking of the besrs from Bounty Hamster.

>besrs
*Bears

Give me 1 second superstrenght and I'll kill Hasan Piker in a boxing fight

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>Have terminal cancer
>Just want to die
>Activate bad luck absorption and bullet attraction
>Aw darn it all, the bullets shot all the cancer, guess I'm going to live after all!

We were working on a webcomic about periodic element aliens. Our protag has the power to control helium.
We were able to give her pretty decent power set.
>Floating (obviously)
>Freezing (helium super cools)
>Inert gas (she isnt affected by other chemicals, and since she fights chemical element aliens, its useful)
>Making objects lighter to simulate super strength.
Helium was picked on a whim, and it turned out to be pretty versatile. She kinda has a flying brick power set, but with the caveat of being lighter than air. So she has little control of her flying brick powers in a stiff breeze.

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>What's a superpower that sounds dumb on paper, but actually has lots of potential, if you use your imagination?
I think any kind of summoning of something that's not necessarily a weapon or something valuable.
Let's say you're able to summon a chicken whenever you want. Pretty useless right? Except that if you put a modicum of thought behind it, you could implode the chicken meat market by yourself.

One case I like a lot if to put myself in the shoes of Killer Croc. At first you could say he's doomed because he looks like a fucking monster mutant (which he is), but he could very well make mad cash by being a submarine welder. He can withstand the pressure, stay underwater for a lot of time and in general he'll be perfect for the job. Why the fuck is he applying for a desk job?

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Revive bugs is an objectively awesome power.
>Carry around jars of dead bees, spiders, etc.
>Never have to feed them.
>Anyone questions you, just say you're a biology student
>Throw bee and spider grenades at people
>If you want to go full anime power up, go to a museum and revive some carboniferous giant insects for funsies.

Excuse me while I ride around on a Meganeura like its a goblin glider and huck fucking brown recluses at people.

Super Slowmo would be useful if you think at the same rate. You can formulate a solid plan in the span of a millisecond.

>you can become someone's organs to revive them in a pinch

The Metal Men have used Helium-based villains twice, one just an expanding gasbag and the other super-cooled liquid helium.

Reminds me of that episode if Static Shock with the homeless ice girl. There are so many professions where ice powers would be useful but writers didn't think about.

What? No you can't. Why would you be able to do that?
It could be good if it means you get higher inertia and become an unmovable wall.