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Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, (Character Athena first featured in) Thor #164. 1969: Marvel Comics.

According to the Appendix to the Handbook to the Marvel Universe, Athena possesses the conventional powers of the Olympian gods including superhuman strength, the inability to age upon reaching adulthood, immunity to terrestrial diseases and harm from conventional means and a regenerative ability that heals wounds rapidly should she indeed be injured. Athena is stronger than the average Olympian goddess and can lift about 35 tons optimally. Athena wields certain magical abilities which allow her to fly at great speed, change her size or form to appear as another person, animal or object, render herself and other beings invisible from mortal eyesight, create illusory images, animate inanimate objects, and control the shape and form of objects or people. Athena can also project mystical energy bolts, cross the distance between dimensions and materialize objects.

As the goddess of wisdom, Athena has devoted a great deal of time throughout the centuries to studying and mastering many areas of knowledge including all fields of non-technical science. Also, as the goddess of battle Athena is quite adept at combat both armed and unarmed and is a highly competent military strategist even superior to her half-brother Ares, the god of war. She is a master of the weapons used at the time of ancient Greece and Rome including the sword, spear, and shield."

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