Smallville
Summary
Despite running for ten long season , Smallville ’s depiction of Superman still left some titillating power on the tabular array that the Tom Welling ’s Clark Kent never used . When it comes to Superman ’s more well - get it on powers , like escape , super strength , laser vision , crack audience , arctic breath and invulnerability , Smallvillecertainly cede . The series also was n’t afraid to shy aside from some ofSuperman ’s more obscure abilitieseither , from temporary psychokinesis and suggestion to omnilinguism and total recall .
That being say , Smallvillestill left many of Superman ’s stranger , lesser - used ability on the board . Many of these odd powers arrive from the Golden Age of comic book , in which competing volumes would strive to outdo each other with increasingly unbelievable powers introduced and throw out at the drop of a lid . The classicChristopher ReeveSupermanfilmsutilized many of these one - off power , sometimes using them due to take constraints more than anything else . seldom , more advanced strip of the 90s and forrader would make smaller attempts to expand Superman ’s arsenal , going omit bySmallville ’s telling cable run .
10Memory-Wiping Kisses
Used by both Christopher Reeve and Golden Age comics
One of the most infamous USA of Superman ’s big businessman is exhibit inSuperman II , in which Clark Kent carry his powers to give Lois Lane amnesia via a tender kiss . While the movie may have made this power a notable exercise of Superman ’s ability to do whatever the writers need him to do , it actually raise this power from a Golden Age comedian , Action Comics#306 . Regardless of its generator , Tom Welling never get the chance to try this mogul out onKristin Kruek ’s Lana Lang .
9The Solar Flare
Superman could store and release Yellow Radiation with an explosive attack
It ’s well - known that the radiation from the Earth ’s Yellow Sun is what grants Superman his many powers , but what ’s lesser know is his power to release this energy with a powerful solar flare . Introduced in the comicSuperman#38 back in 2015,Clark is able to release Yellow Radiation from his consistency with a devastating bomb calorimeter - comparable plan of attack that temporarily drains him of his index , dub the " solar flash " by Batman . consider the emphasisSmallvilleput on Clark ’s absorption of solar magnate and storylines involving him losing his business leader , it ’s a shame the solar flare was only invented after the series ended in 2011 .
8Turning Back Time
Via pure speed, Superman can escape time itself
Another one of the most infamous representative of Superman ’s ability in the Christopher Reeve movie , 1978’sSupermansaw Christopher Reeve undo the event of his failures by flying faster than the focal ratio of luminance around the globe , do the Earth to whirl backwards and Superman to move back through time . Much like Reeve ’s memory - erasing kiss , this business leader was also urge by DC ’s Golden Age , in which Superman return to a pre - destruction Krypton via standardised means . Consideringthe controversySupermancaused with time travel , it ’s no wonderSmallvilleopted not to incorporate this power into Clark ’s arsenal .
7Electricity Generation
For a time, Superman’s powers were lightning themed
Superman ’s heat vision and cryonic breath are fairly well - know fall back powers in the character ’s employ , andSmallvillecertainly made manipulation of them . But Tom Welling ’s Clark never added lightning to his elementary attacks , as Superman did in the 90s ' controversial re - branding of the quality that escort his power make an thrilling tint under the title of Superman Blue . The Superman Blue storyline was n’t entirely well - received , so it ’s no wonderSmallvilleopted to stay as far away from electricity powers as potential .
6Shapeshifting
Superman used to own Martian Manhunter’s gimmick
Another unlikely applications programme of power to come out of the Golden Age , Superman has demonstrated the power in the strip to morph his facial features and voice with fantastically accurate control of his muscles , fundamentally allow him to become a headmaster of disguise . The explanation may have been a small rickety , but it would certainly would have been a visual sense to see Clark straight - up morph his case to the point of equivocalness inSmallville . This mightiness has sometimes been used to excuse how nobody could see through Clark Kent ’s meagerly disguise and recognize him as Superman .
5Super Ventriloquism
In the comics, Superman acts as his own radio
Super hearing is one of Superman ’s more prolific , if less exciting , powers , allowing him to hear even the smallest sounds across vast distances . In this way , Superman can dissemble as a one - room radio , pick up on the tiniest murmurs for help in far - off location . However , it used to be that Superman could also react , somehow throwing his voice to exact locating and reserve two - agency communication over bully distanceswithout the use of engineering science . WhileSmallville ’s Clark ofttimes used super hearing , having the power to cast his vocalization like this could ’ve come in handy more than a few times .
4Miniature Clone Creation
One of the strangest superpowers the character has ever used
Of all the one - off abilities to spawn from DC ’s Golden Age , the creation of low interlingual rendition of himself had to be one of Superman ’s undivided most bizarre . Even stranger than the image of Superman casting what he describes as a " second - self " out from his palm and into a dangerous Kryptonite meteor shower bath is the context , in which Superman has been stripped of all his baron keep open for this extremely specific ability . It ’s no wonder this head - scratch gimmick never made its way back intoSmallville , or any other Superman account since , for that matter .
3Phasing Through Objects
Superman has sometimes stolen Flash’s gimmick
able-bodied to effortlessly tank nearly any damage Earthly threats can give at him , Superman can elect to unconditional - out ignore forcible blows should he need to , as well . Using topnotch focal ratio in a way that ’s now more associated with The Flash , Superman hover his molecules at an passing high frequency , countenance him to effortlessly extend through square thing . While CW’sThe Flashgot a pot of mileage out of this power , Smallvillenever grant Clark this exceptional program of super speed .
2Sonic Scream
Superman has the potential for acoustic attacks
Sonic attacks are widely regarded as one of Superman ’s few weaknesses outside of Kryptonite , taking his advantage of his enhanced hearing and turning it into weakness . But the comics have shew thatKyrptonians have the potential difference to let loose their own sonic blasts , with Supergirl doing so in the comics and another villain instantly put forward Superman would be up to of using such a power , as well . While Tom Welling never got to use a belly laugh - base blow , he aim plenty of milage out of a similar attempt , the Thunderclap , in which he released a hugely knock-down shockwave via the clap of his hands .
1The Cellophane ‘S’
This one-off power is unlikely to see use in the modern day
Most of the singular , one - off abilities used by Christopher Reeve ’s Superman in the original film had at least some base in Golden Age comics . However , one of the most outrageous powers the Man of Steel ever used on screen was the ill-famed cellophane ‘S ' ofSuperman II , a proficiency in which Superman removed the symbolization from his pectus and threw it at a bad bozo to ( very ) temporarily restrain him . debate Tom Welling only earns his iconic ‘S ' symbol inSmallville ’s close , it would ’ve been an egregious insult to pair it with this unbelievable power .
