It ’s no secret thatSupermanhas awide regalia of superpowers , including super - persuasiveness , escape , XTC - ray visual sensation , tops - listening , and more . Having so many abilities is partially what makes the Man of Steelone of the most powerful superheroes , but it ’s the most modern addition to his superpower catalogue – an onrush shout the “ tops - flare ” – that also make him one of the mostdangerous .

The addition was first made inSuperman # 38 , published in 2015 , with Superman engaged in a fight with Ulysses ( a character introduced in Geoff Johns’Supermanrun ) . Ulysses , whose real name is Neil Quinn , was to begin with from Earth , but was sent to another dimension by his scientist parents , who feared their major planet would presently be put down . Sound familiar ?

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Much like Superman , Ulysses gained sinful abilities from his new world ’s environs , include first-rate - strength , crack - speed , flight , and vigor transference . After return to Earth and realizing he was not the last of his sort , Ulysses reunites with his parent , and all seems well . He even offers to bring six million people from Earth to his novel home , call “ the Great World , ” for a invigorated start . However , Ulysses ’s motion of kindness turn out to be a ruse , as he really plans on using those six million people as fuel to power the Great World ’s core . Ulysses subdues Superman , but after learning his parents snuck aboard the ships bound for the Great World , he has a change of heart . He disengage Superman and the two of them save the multitude , but as a solvent , the centre becomes mentally ill and explodes , destroy the major planet .

Back on Earth , Ulysses blame Superman for his humankind ’s destruction , and a fighting ensues . pervade with immense zip from the Great World ’s wipeout , Ulysses threatens to unleash that index to destroy Earth . To stop him , Superman attempt to use his rut vision , but it rapidly grows out of his controller . The ray of light become more and more knock-down until a massive blast of get-up-and-go erupts out of Superman ’s intact organic structure , incapacitating Ulysses and incinerating just about everything in visual sense - including most of Superman ’s clothes .

After cash in one’s chips out from the effort , Superman wakes up in the Bat - Cave , whereBatman- who showed up in the knick of time to bring in Clark to safety- explains what happened . Superman ’s heat vision works by basically free the solar DOE that gives him his powers as concentrate beams through his eyes . However , Batman differentiate Superman that his warmth sight is just “ a precursor to another ability … You unleashed the energy stored in every one of your cells . You create a solar flare , Clark . A super flash . ”   Batman admits that he ’s almost envious that Superman gain yet another great power on top of all the ones he already has , and that he would be concerned about that level of power in anyone else . However , much as the heat vision slowly depletes Clark ’s solar Department of Energy , the super - flare uses it all up at once , leaving Superman fundamentally powerlessfor the next 24 hours until his cells reload .

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Batman may trust Superman with his new power , but Superman has a hard time trusting himself . He could barely hold the superintendent - flare when it was materialise , and the blast destroyed everything within a quarter of a mile . thing were nerve-racking enough forSupermanwhen he just had to worry about breaking hooey - now , he ’s essentially a walking atomic dud . Still , if he could get it under dominance , the super - flare pass would definitely come in handy .

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