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      13 days ago

      He may have been on the other room but his x-ray vision and super hearing means he knew exactly what was happening.

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        12 days ago

        If he has x-ray vision shouldn’t he just be seeing a bunch of bones or other dense objects not penetrable by x-rays? Can it be shut off? How? Are we sure he wasn’t responsible for a drastic rise in cancer rates by going around just blasting everyone with his radiation vision all day?

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          12 days ago

          While he can turn off his laser vision I am going to go ahead and say he cannot turn off x-ray vision. Superman only identifies people based on skeletal structure.

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          12 days ago

          In the comics (at least those from my decades ago childhood), it’s depicted as him seeing the same as normal people do - just through stuff. As such, I’ve always assumed it’s not actually X-Rays proper & they just used that phrase to convey the concept of seeing through solid objects.