X-ray Glasses



Official Name: X-ray glasses Nicknames: X-ray goggles; X-ray specs Model: Model number or type unknown Version: 1

Origin
S.T.A.R. Labs

Lead Designer: Professor Emil Hamilton Additional Designers: Additional designers unknown Place of Creation: S.T.A.R. Labs, Honolulu, Hawaii First Appearance: Superboy (Volume 4) #0

History
Previous Owners: Emil Hamilton Current Owner: Superboy (Kon-El) History: Professor Emil Hamilton designed a pair of experimental X-ray glasses as part of a series of protective visor projects he had been working on in his spare time. While offering the wearer protection from ultraviolet radiation, the glasses also possessed the ability to manipulate electromagnetic radiation in incremental layers, at the discretion of the user. The ultimate effect of this design was to simulate the innate x-ray vision capabilities that members of the Kryptonian race possess while operating within an environment in a yellow-star system.

Hamilton gave a pair of these glasses to the young hero known as Superboy as a means of compensating for the hero's lack of true x-ray vision. Superboy briefly wore these red-colored glasses for a time, but preferred using them to see through women’s clothing rather than any practical crime fighting applications.

Superboy ceased using the glasses after his own superhuman abilities began to evolve as he grew older.

Characteristics
Dimensions: Dimensions unknown Weight: Weight unknown

Powers

 * The X-ray glasses maintain the ability to see through solid objects of varying thickness. The user can make adjustments on the glasses accounting for a wider range of depth perception. Superboy's X-ray glasses cannot match the precision and range of Superman's natural X-ray vision.

Trivia

 * None

Recommended Readings

 * Superboy (Volume 4) #0

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