"Super-tricks" that Superman could do?

[L.R Johansson]

Yeahh, thinking about the explosion in Superman Versus Batman in the Capitoleum got me thinking about what Superman can actually do with his powers... to help people, or to knock out bad guys.

Sort of like the various tricks that Flash do now and then - creating static electricity, vacuums, et c.

So, what sort of spectacular tricks have we seen through the years? I'd prefer it if we could keep the discussion "semi-realistic" as well, sort of how the comics have been since Post-Crisis - so rather not see people mentioning super-sneezing...

We saw a few of those tricks at the start of the new-52, with Superman making calculations for telescope-data, so he could finally see Krypton! With Neal deGrasse Tyson.

And we also saw him learning surgery at super-speed and then performing such with his finger-nails.

But what other cool things could Superman do? How would he resolve certain situations?

Like, for instance, if a bomb goes off - how does he save the most people? Can he even STOP the explosion, dead in its tracks?? Or how about something like the Fukushima-accident? How can Superman stop the nuclear reaction, and also stop or reverse the spread of nuclear particles in the air, the soil and the water?

Might even be a fun game this one! = ) Putting together various scenarios for Supes to solve.

[adrikito]

Maybe he is well with the powers it has and does not need new..

DC added the Solar and all have been problems.. TRUTH.

[DieHard200904]

Yeahh, thinking about the explosion in Superman Versus Batman in the Capitoleum got me thinking about what Superman can actually do with his powers... to help people, or to knock out bad guys.

Sort of like the various tricks that Flash do now and then - creating static electricity, vacuums, et c.

So, what sort of spectacular tricks have we seen through the years? I'd prefer it if we could keep the discussion "semi-realistic" as well, sort of how the comics have been since Post-Crisis - so rather not see people mentioning super-sneezing...

We saw a few of those tricks at the start of the new-52, with Superman making calculations for telescope-data, so he could finally see Krypton! With Neal deGrasse Tyson.

And we also saw him learning surgery at super-speed and then performing such with his finger-nails.

But what other cool things could Superman do? How would he resolve certain situations?

Like, for instance, if a bomb goes off - how does he save the most people? Can he even STOP the explosion, dead in its tracks?? Or how about something like the Fukushima-accident? How can Superman stop the nuclear reaction, and also stop or reverse the spread of nuclear particles in the air, the soil and the water?

Might even be a fun game this one! = ) Putting together various scenarios for Supes to solve.

Using a precise reflection of his heat vision to strike a parademon or a Brainiac bot around a corner, or maybe fine tune the heat vision so that it reflects off a particular surface.

[manduck37]

I really liked when Morrison had Superman short out computers with his x-ray vision. It would be fun to see Superman do that with robots, drones, or enemy ships to harmlessly disable them.

[Johnny Thunders!]

I think he should be able to restructure matter at the atomic level using a combination of his vision powers, maybe interpret internet signals in the air, use sonics to disrupt the vibrational frequencies of matter, see through different dimensions of time and space...

[Jim Kelly]

Superman could do tricks like super-hypnotism and super-ventriloquism. I don't see this as distinct super-powers--rather I think they are tricks he can do, although greatly helped by his actual super-powers.

There have been stories about how young Bruce Wayne travelled around the world getting training from various masters. For example, I remember one story where he got lessons in stage magic from Zatara the Magician. Seems to me, young Clark Kent may have done the same thing and picked up some tricks. And since he had such physical powers, he could do really big tricks.

For all we know, some of the absurd things the movie Man of Steel did in SUPERMAN II could have just been tricks he learned from a master magician.

[Slaughter]

Superman could probably easily do Black Bolt-level Sonic Screams if he ever felt like it. Pretty sure I once read a issue where Superman screams the Doom Patrol to death in a hallucination.
He could also scream just with enough force to stun or weaken people. Or even whisper in frequencies that make people feel haunted, scared, etc.
The ability is very rarely used, but its there.

Also, he could take a page from JL3001 Flash and hit relativistic velocities to slow time down and use the extra time to think and analyze a situation. Best used in space unless Superman wants to set the atmosphere on fire (no speedforce here).

If Heat Vision works in the microscopic scale he could do some limited matter manipulation by heating atoms and molecules - we have already seen Superman easily ionising air.

[Last Son]

I'd like to see Superman create a thunderstorm with his existing powers, using a combination of heat vision and super breath.

[Francisco]

Superman is fast enough to fake teleportation or disappear/sneak up on people
and fake telekinesis by manipulating the air around objects

[NeuroticNyx]

I'd like to see Superman create a thunderstorm with his existing powers, using a combination of heat vision and super breath.

Didn't he do that in Brave and The Bold under red kryptonite?

[Johnny Thunders!]

I think Superman should be able to read thoughts by using his x-ray vision to "read" how electrical impulses travel through the brain. He should be able to anticipate behavior by studying what is happening in our brains as we think particular thoughts.

[Lightning Rider]

I think Superman should be able to read thoughts by using his x-ray vision to "read" how electrical impulses travel through the brain. He should be able to anticipate behavior by studying what is happening in our brains as we think particular thoughts.

I like this idea. I'm not sure about exact thoughts, since the brain is so complex and everyone is wired a bit differently, but he should definitely be able to tell when a certain part of the brain is being activated

[stephens2177]

He could read nerve impulses like Massarce did,if he was a lil.more superman blue than he is now.

Oh and if he cant vibrate his extremely dense molecules like the flash,then the flash should not be able to vibrate his puny human hand through supermans super dense body

[Johnny Thunders!]

I think if he can see what's going on in your mind, he can affect what's going on, and he could do it with just his basic powers and enhanced senses.

[Johnny Thunders!]

Super hypnotism is a thing!