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Ahead of the debut of the Man of Steel\u2019s new power and costume in Wednesday\u2019s Superman #38, DC Comics has released a graphic charting the history of his abilities, from super-speed to flight to, now, super flare.

The conclusion of the \u201cMen of Tomorrow\u201d storyline by Geoff Johns, John Romita Jr. and Klaus Janson, the new issue apparently climaxes with the unleashing of what the writer calls \u201cthe most destructive power Superman has.\u201d

\u201cAnd he\u2019s not exactly excited about it because it is so dangerous and there are consequences,\u201d Johns said.

DC bills super flare as Superman\u2019s \u201cfirst new power in decades,\u201d which, judging from the rather incomplete graphic, may be a reference to the addition of heat vision in 1949. Of course, the Man of Steel has sported new abilities since then \u2014 as recently as 1998\u2019s Superman Red/Superman Blue storyline.\n