10 Weirdly Specific Powers You Didn't Know Superman Has
Despite his classic powers and his status as the archetypal hero, Superman is still a weird dude.
When you want to talk about the superhero with the most classic set of powers, you're talking about Superman. Super strength. Super speed. Flight. Invulnerability. On top of all of that, you can add in more offbeat powers like heat vision, x-ray vision and super freeze breath. Superman has abilities that put him head and shoulders above all other heroes.
But after that, things start to get really, really strange.
Over his 80 years in comic books, Superman has shown off some ridiculous powers and used them in some incredible situations. As straight laced as as the Man of Steel seems, he is also been known as the Man of Absurdity from time to time. Those weirder powers have played interesting roles in some of his adventures.
Not normally the adventures where he saves the universe or sacrifices himself to stop Doomsday. His weird powers pop up when he has to eat a lot of burgers, which is equally important to the Doomsday thing. Regardless, Superman's greatest ability seems to be the random and strange abilities that conveniently only get used when the story needs them to make the remotest amount of sense.
10. Super-Weaving
Super-Weaving. Yes, this is a thing. You would think this is just Superman using his super speed to weave really fast. Instead, this is somehow its own specific power that he actually used. What did he use it for? Making a wedding dress.
It's hard to imagine a situation that would come up that would allow Superman to find out he even had this ability. Seriously, how did he find out he could do this? Why did it come up? The one time it does get used is Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #15. Technically, it was his cousin Van-Zee who showed the skill off but they are both Kryptonian so super-weaving is in Superman's super-pocket, too.
It's kind of strange that it's super-weaving and not super-sewing.
Also, you can't help but wonder if he can only weave dresses, which is an odd thing to weave in the first place. It's possible that he could weave a wonderful throw rug that would really tie the room together.