The Flash
The Man of Steel and The Fastest Man Alive have had theirfair share of races over the geezerhood , but whenFlashcompetes against himself in the far - flung futurity , it ’s clear thatSupermancan never pile up againstWally West ’s top speed . scarper quicker than the eye can see is an impressive Flash trademark , but run faster than what your past self is capable of is an entirely different feat in all !
demo in the tie - in outcome to DC Comics’DC One Millionevent where fan are treat to stories set C of C in the time to come depicting new and old Justice League heroes alike , Flash # 1,000,000 , by Mark Waid , Michael Jan Friedman , and Josh Hood showsWally West aka the Flashas he take in the sights and sounds of a futuristic version of the planet Mercury . Now terraformed and inhabit by transplanted Earthlings , this proceeds open up with Flash set up on a show for a crowd by taking part in a seemingly normal enough race with just one modification : Flash is running against himself .
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Quite literally sprinting against the retiring rendering of himself , Flash ’s internal monologue does a great job of explaining how this task is even possible in the first place as he abscond across the planet ’s surface at a breakneck rate . And unlike the many racesFlash and Superman have run together previouslywhere the debate of who truly is the dissipated hero is often sparked , Flash is n’t hold back this sentence around , and it shows .
Telling readers that he can be in two places at once because he ’s technically “ already run this backwash , ” Wally explains , “ I ’ve circled Mercury at my common awesome pace . But since I can duck the edge of the time roadblock when I go flat out … I’m catapult myself a few millisecond into the preceding every few gyration … enabling me to catch up to myself , ” succinctly lay down the practice of law as to how this slipstream can even realistically occur in the first plaza . Going on to say that he ’ll postulate to “ skip in and out of the prison term stream ” to give himself the chance to take out off a photo finish , Flash is next shown surge in advance , and in a pulse - beat finale , ends up pull off a win against his speedy doppelganger who then right away phase into Wally in a “ close moment . ”
Being one of the quicker speedsters of the densely populated Flash Family , Wally prove that no one — include Superman — can stand a chance against the true largeness of his stop number . Having met on the racetrack more than once for charity event , humankind - bring through races , impromptu dash , and more , multiple versions of Flash have fare out on top ina race against Supermanmore often than not , and when take into considerateness Wally ’s control over his swiftness ability as seen in this issue , Superman will be prosperous if he can keep up with him ever again .
So while Superman is no pushover in the stop number department by any means , Flash being able to beat himself in a raceway further prove how much faster he is compared to The Man of Steel . The debate between who ’s faster , FlashorSuperman , may still rage on , but Wally West show off these disturbed quick racing skills should give fans a much better idea of who truly merit the title ofDC ’s fastest hero .
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