Warning! Spoilers ahead for Action Comics #1032 & Superman #32!
Superboy just harnessed a type of heat vision to the Kryptonian refugee Thao La who just wiped out Superman using her own heat vision. There's some serious synergy with this week's Superman titles as both Action Comics #1032 and Superman #32 introduce a new form of heat vision. Previously, in Superman #31, Superboy displayed the ability to control his heat vision with much more nuance than Superman. This is what led him being able to utilize this new form of energy blast.
Recently, in Action Comics, a Kryptonian refugee ship was discovered by Superman and Superboy. They had supposedly escaped the clutches of Mongul and Warworld. The refugees aren't normal Kryptonians, but are from an ancient line of now-extinct Kryptonians. Thao La is Superman's focus as she has exhibited the ability to speak an ancient form of Kryptonian. Now, Thao La exhibits her first sign of Kryptonian powers on Earth, and it doesn't end well for Superman.
The blue heat vision Superboy displays in Action Comics #1032 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Daniel Sampere and Superman #32 by Johnson, Scott Godlewski, and Gabe Eltaeb seem to be the same. It's way too coincidental that Superman just debuted new forms of heat vision on the same day. It's likely that it could be seen in more Kryptonians, considering that Jonathan Kent learnt to harness it. If Superman were to try and use it, although he states that he doesn't have the nuance, he could be even more powerful.
What's most notable about the blue heat vision used by Thao La is that it's able to knock Superman off his feet. That means it's extremely powerful as harnessing such raw energy to wipe out Superman is rare. Superman is someone who often has to roll with other people's attacks to stop him from hurting them. As his nickname states, he is a literal man of steel. Therefore, if Superboy has the same heat vision as Thao La, he could take down Superman!
Recently, Superboy has been constantly improving, in terms of his powers. Superman, in Action Comics #1032, goes as far as to state that Jonathan will be the Superman that all heroes will measure themselves up to. Alongside this, he is incredibly impressed by Superboy's ability to understand his powers in a much more nuanced way than him. All of this and his new heat vision power backs up the idea that Superboy could take on Superman, if he ever wanted to. However, Superman still beats him as a hero, as Jonathan still has quite a lot to learn.
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