In an effort to poke fun at the absurdity of the Superman shaving routine conundrum, Warner Bros. has partnered with razor blade company Gillette in order to offer a range of potential answers to the question.

You can see the Gillette TV spot (which includes new Man of Steel footage) at the top of the page, then check out the "expert" testimonials below - including director/comic book fan Kevin Smith, TV personality/mechanical engineer Bill Nye, actress/neuroscientist Miyam Bialik, as well as Mythbusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage :

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It's unlikely that Zack Snyder bothers to address the shaving question in the actual Man of Steel film, so in an effort to deliver a "definitive" answer, Gillette has set-up a web portal where Superman fans can vote on which of the above four explanations is their favorite - so head-over to HowDoesHeShave.com to weigh-in. That said, to find out the favorite among Screen Rant readers, vote in our poll below!

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The Gillette website also features a section where fans can add their own theories - or discuss the various opinions from the panel of "experts." Though, if you're planning on spouting off the popular "he'd burn the hairs using a mirror to reflect his own heat vision" theory, keep in mind that this "grounded" Superman's heat vision would melt terrestrial materials used to form aluminium glass mirrors (and their housing). That is unless he used the Kryptonian glass from his spaceship to protect the aluminum backing - and successfully reflect the heat-vision! Does Kal-El's Man of Steel spaceship have windows? If not, Zod's Black Zero certainly does!

What is your Man of Steel/Superman beard shaving theory?

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Man of Steel will hit theaters on June 14, 2013.

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Source: Gillette [via Bleeding Cool]