Talk:Heat vision

Upper limit
The article said Superman's upper limit was shown when he destroyed the imprefect Doomsday clones. I don't think that's true, seeing that he previously used his heat vision to reheat the Earth. There's also never been any other time where he exhaust himself from using it and seeing that this took place in a crossover event, it's pretty obvious that it was just PIS.

Martian Vision
The Martian Manhunter has "Martian Vision" which while appearing similar, contrast heat vision as it is a microwave/kinetic beam.

"Lasers would damage corneas"
Removed the line:


 * "Lasers would also damage corneas at levels far less than Superman uses."

Not only does it smack of original research, as Whitepaw noted in a prior edit, but it's a pointless statement; whether it's a laser or not, heat powerful enough to melt or weld metal would quite obviously destroy (not just "damage") a normal person's corneas. The sheer fact that Superman and other characters with heat vision (or something similar) use that ability on a regular basis without causing permanent damage to themselves indicate that their corneas are strong enough to withstand it (barring extreme cases, such as Superman's powers being forced out of control, or Hyperion being blinded by the "Flash vision" of his counterpart forced into his own eyes). -- Pennyforth 22:43, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

is it worth to mention Marvel's Cyclops?
would it be worth to mention Marvel's Cyclops( from the X-Men) and note the difference and similarities between his power and Superman's one? --TiagoTiago 23:00, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Heat vision2.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:20, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Laser vision
These things you say lasers cannot do, such as evaporating ice or performing emergency welding - actually, lasers can do those things. The only thing that might make this power un-laser-like is his ability for the beams to become 45° wide instead of linear, but lasers all have varying degrees of spread after the beam waist. But a laser is in effect a targeted burst of heat/radiation - which can even be visible along its length, in several different colors.

Ark2120 (talk) 13:37, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

How notable is heat vision, really?
This whole article smacks of WP:OR and does a very poor job of demonstrating notability. The most this article says without OR is "Mister Fantastic theorised that Gladiator's heat vision was an expression of the psionic power of pyrokinesis." Adding citations could very easily give us something like "Heat vision is the ability to raise things to incredibly high temperatures simply by heating them with the user's eyes. Fictional characters known to have this power are Superman, Superboy, etc, etc, etc."

The only problem with that is that then it seems it should just be merged into each character's article as "Character X has the ability to heat things to very high temperatures using his/her eyes like lasers," or something to that effect. I don't see a possible way how this article is notable enough to keep around. Any arguments here, or should I go ahead and take it to AfD? Khalfani Khaldun  17:12, 5 October 2008 (UTC)