Superman: His 20 Stupidest Powers

6. Super-Landscaping

Sorry... what? Superman becomes a landscape gardener? There is simply no logical explanation for why this should have a super prefix.

5. Super-Friction

Because using heat vision like a welding torch wasn't obvious enough €“ and so the writers made something up to fill the gap. Of course super-friction could have some powerfully negative effects €“ Lois Lane and Wonder Woman can't be big fans of this power for one.

4. Telepathy

This is certainly an interesting appliance of telepathy €“ was Clark pretending to call in sick and didn't want to take the call? Also why didn't Superman use this all the time €“ how handy would it have been simply to read Lex Luthor's mind and find out all his nefarious schemes. But that would probably cut short a lot of Superman's adventures!

3. Super-Mathematics

If you're going to use an ability called Super-Mathematics, at least get the answer correct - because 20 times 16 times 10 equals 3,200... not 32,000. Obviously he doesn't have a power called being a Super-Genius or similar. Next time, just use the x-ray vision instead.

2. Shapeshifting

If the cell from the comic book wasn't above, then we would expect you to never believe that Superman once had shapeshifting abilities. But as presented above, he appears to use his super strength to crush his own features into a new shape... with no explanation whatsoever as to how his skin tone changed. Unbelievable.

1. Super... Erm... Midgets

There is absolutely no way to explain either this, or how someone managed to concoct this power at all. Seriously... firing midget Superman midgets from his hands. Absolutely the oddest Superman power €“ if not one of the oddest superhero powers ever.
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