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When it comes to being tight , Supermanis one of the quickestDC Comicsheroes out there , yet when he postulate to protect other heroes – namely his mate on the Justice League – he ’s proven more than once that he ’s just too slow to save them . Now that does n’t stand for Big Blue wo n’t give it his all to try and make it in time to lend a hand , but sometimes good intentions are just simply not enough .

go through in the raw chapter of   the limited series titledJustice League : Last Ride , by Chip Zdarsky and Miguel Mendonca , this proceeds opens up with a flashback to a late past result where the Justice League are doing their best to hold back the encroach forces of the benevolent Darkseid on the Green Lantern base world of Oa , as well as Darkseid ’s major planet - sized fortress known asApokolips . Split up between both locations , Batman , Wonder Woman andMartian Manhunterare attempting to shut out down the power to the totality of Apokolips in parliamentary law to stop “ boom nukes ” from found towards Earth , while Superman and the Green Lantern Corps deal with Darkseid on the other side of the galaxy .

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Locating Apokolips ’ main power reservoir in the planet ’s core , Martian Manhunter military volunteer to shut it down for good ; get against the wishes of Superman who knows full well that J’onn wo n’t make it out of there alivegiven his weakness to fire . Being near invulnerable to middling much anything at this point , Superman tells Batman that he ’ll take on the commission , but being the naturalistic guy that he is , Batman knows that Oa is too far away for even Superman to make the head trip in time . plead with Batman to not rent J’onn go , Superman rockets off of Oa at a speed unheard of , decide to not let his friend die , and it ’s here that fan are shown that even at his fastest , Superman just is n’t quick enough to save his friend .

fell across the abysm of space faster than he ever has before , Supermanhears J’onn give his net goodbyes to his teammate as he once and for all shuts Apokolips down . Enveloped by a blinding fire that incinerates J’onn in an instant , Superman cries out in anguish and nonstarter as he bring in he ’s too dumb to make it to Apokolips in metre , bringing to mind another mo in the role ’s history that he failed his teammate due to just not being tight enough .

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Similar to the upshot portray in this issue , the epic 2008 chronicle dubbedFinal Crisis , by Grant Morrison and J.G. Jones , sees Superman being slightly too slow to save Batman from his conjecture end at the hand oftheir bully villain . Returning from the future to once and for all take out Darkseid , Superman get in on an Anti - Life Equation chevvy Earth and makes a beeline for the locating he knows Batman to be . But having already mortally wounded Darkseid moments before Superman ’s comer , Batman is zapped by Darkseid ’s Omega light beam and reduce to a charred skeleton , entrust Superman to come to term with the fact that he was n’t flying enough to salve his friend .

So regardless of Superman ’s drive to save everyone he can , it ’s a effort that just is n’t plausible , even for someone as tight as he is . And whilethe Flash may be the fastest hero in DC Comics , Supermanisn’t far behind , but it ca n’t be denied that when it comes down to it , Supes is just too slow to protect everyone all the time .

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