What common superpowers would have a completely different but significantly better use case?

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Shape-shifting to get unlimited free samples

Various superpowers: Generating free energy.

Psychological horror about the government taking all supers and putting them all in one giant box so they can use their powers to boil water. They all think it's for the greater good. Plot twist is that it's actually someone's basement

Superman's X-ray vision would be awfully useful for surgery. For that matter, X-ray vision plus precise heat-rays could maybe be tuned to vaporize tumors in-situ.

He would get stuck as an inspector looking for micro fractures in metals, plastics, carbon fiber, and composites.

Spider-Man web formula would make for a strong, cheap and light substitute for almost all materials used today.

Any kind of mechanical work would be easy if you can selectively phase through matter, way better than evading assailants or sneaking around.

Xray vision used to inspect for micro fractures in metals, plastics, and composites.