How would pulse wave work if you had range? Would it be 1?

I can't think of a character that has it, but they could gain it through a resource or something. Just wondering thanks.

I'm assuming you meant if you have NO range?

interesting question...I would assume that the area of effect would be all adjacent squares, but that's just my guess.

A character with a 0 range could not normally make a ranged attack. From the core rulebook:

If the range value is greater than 0 and your character is not adjacent to an opposing character, then your character can make a ranged combat attack.

Good point. I was leaning that way in my head, but said something else.

Oops! Yes I meant 0 Range. So I would have to perplex the figure's range up before using pulse wave. Thanks

While there's no character with vanilla Pulse Wave and a range of zero (there are several characters with a special power that grants Pulse Wave "as if it had a range of..." on a figure that otherwise has 0 range), there is a figure with Energy Explosion and a range of 0, chase zombie Spider-Man #220 from Supernova. This figure is generally considered the most blatantly erroneous figure ever made that didn't receive an erratum.

First example that comes to mind: Smasher would need a Perplex assist to get his range up to 1, then he could use his Exospex Download power and choose Pulse Wave with a blast radius of 1 (actually .5 but rounded up to 1). A nice way to give every adjacent a click of unavoidable penetrating damage, or a nicer way to dump all your damage into a single adjacent opponent.