SUPERMAN Clip Explains Clark Kent’s “Hypno Glasses” in a Hilarious Exchange
A brand new clip from Superman recently was shared during Nathan Fillion’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and it finally gives fans a fun in-universe explanation for Clark Kent’s hypno glasses that somehow convince people he's not Superman.
In the scene, Fillion’s Guy Gardner is chatting with Rachel Brosnahan’s Lois Lane, and he casually brings up the whole “how do you know Superman?” question. Lois brushes him off with a cool, “I just do,” but Gardner isn’t letting it go. He then drops the big reveal:
“I’m not saying who he is, just that he wears hypno glasses. They make his face terrific. How do they work? They make his face look different in your brain when he wears them so that you don’t know who he is.”
Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced) immediately calls him out for sharing what seems like a major secret, but Gardner deflects. He’s not saying who Superman is, just that those glasses are doing some psychic heavy lifting.
Lois quickly shuts him down with a deadpan “I know about the hypno glasses,” confirming she’s already in on the secret.
The glasses have always been a sticking point for some fans. The idea that a pair of glasses could conceal the most powerful being on Earth feels like one of those “just go with it” comic book rules. But director James Gunn decided to lean into the weirdness and actually make it make sense.
In a prevously interview Gunn explained how the idea evolved:
“I was sitting with Tom King, the comic book writer, and I was like, ‘You know the thing that I just don’t really know how to reconcile in myself is the glasses because the glasses always bothered me as a kid.’
“They bothered me because I just don’t have that much suspension of disbelief to believe that. But he said, ‘You know, there’s an answer for that in the comics, it’s canon that they hypnotize people.’”
So yes, in Superman, Clark’s glasses are canonically doing a bit of sci-fi trickery, with their mind-bending tech that keeps his identity safe. Leave it to Gunn to turn suspension of disbelief into a plot point that actually enhances the universe’s strange charm.