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    Character » Superman appears in 18939 issues.

    Sent to Earth as an infant from the dying planet Krypton, Kal-El was adopted by the loving Kent family and raised in America's heartland as Clark Kent. Using his immense solar-fueled powers, he became Superman to defend mankind against all manner of threats while championing truth, justice, and the American way!

    Can Superman see invisible things?

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    #1 Wolfrazer  Online

    A question that just popped into my head, given his vision and all that. Is he able to or no?

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    #2  Edited By LaserLambert

    Sure, assuming it's visible on some other wavelength, x-ray, infrared, radio whatever.

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    Good question !

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    In the past, he's been able to see different spectral ranges and what-not so yes. As for New 52, it's unsure of yet.

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    Sure, assuming it's visible on some other wavelength, x-ray, infared, radio whatever.

    T'was what I was gonna say . . . . :)

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    He could in Smallville. He should in the comics.

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    Didn't he have microvison as well so he can see the smallest detail of changes? This makes it very difficult to surprise Superman when he is on his A-game.

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    Didn't he have microvison as well so he can see the smallest detail of changes? This makes it very difficult to surprise Superman when he is on his A-game.

    I should be this way but writers will dismiss some of his abilities for the sake of the story.

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    New 52 he can't:

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    Here, clark had to fight an alien he couldn't see

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    #10  Edited By Kal'smahboi

    He has, in the past, seen very small things and has also been shown to see wavelengths outside of the human visible spectrum. So, yes.

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    @wolfrazer: Hopefully not because he is already very overpowered.

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    As I said in his A-game he either gets distracted with other things or he prefers to be attacked so no one else gets hurt.

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