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DC Comics’FlashandSupermanhave always been at the top of their game when it descend to speed , and while fans have often debatedwho would truly win in a slipstream , the newest ( and newly returned ) speedster , Wally West , just put that argument to rest . Barry Allen might have had hold open Superman at weaponry length whenever they decided to hit the track , but Wally bodge the Man of Steel forth by a longsighted dead reckoning , and this issue prove it !
Acting as the finale to the current story arc title “ Blink of an Eye,”The Flash 2021 Annualby Jeremy Adams and Fernando Pasarin & Brandon Peterson , sees Wally West still stay put in a fluctuating Speed Force surge that ’s been draw him across fourth dimension and space . Embodying a dissimilar speedster at each new stop , Wally and the sleep of the crew back at the Speed Lab – which includesBarry Allen , Green Arrow and Mr. Terrific – are doing what they can to compute out why the fluctuations are happening , and how they can stop them before they get any worse .
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Returning from the grave after quite some time away , the super speedster fuck as Savitar is let out to be behind all of the disruptions in the Speed Force as of recent and , being a villain who wants nothing more than to become one with said Speed Force , is hell - bent on clear Wally pay for stepping in his way . Pulled back to the nowadays , Wally battle it out withSavitarto the best of his abilities , even draft the assistance of Batman and Superman to take this villain down . And it ’s here where Wally is indicate to be not only faster than Superman , but exponentially so .
Being the first to snipe Savitar as he pop out of the Speed Force portal , Superman starts to flip thrusting at the villain as fast as he can , resulting in Savitar well dodging each and every blow and taking out Superman in an instant . Doing the same to the rest of the poor boy present with ease , Wally is suddenlystruck by a Speed Force surgethat overpowers him to the nth degree ; officially making him faster than Big Blue could ever be . Unbelieving of Wally ’s newfangled sensory faculty of speed , Savitar downplays Wally ’s king , only for Wally to give Savitar “ a three - 2d head start ” to show him how much faster he is now compared to not only Savitar , but Superman as well !
Now in a normal scenario , three seconds might not seem like all that big of a mind start , but for a speedster as fast as Savitar , that ’s quite literally miles he can put between him and Wally before Wally even hits the pavement . But , and as this new surge in power has made potential , Wally easy exit the crack and is able to takeSavitardown , efficaciously picture that while Superman could n’t land a blow on the baddie just moments before , Wally is now so much faster that he can give chase down a guy rope that ’s already at the top of his powers without break a sweat .
So even though Superman is still right smart faster than most poor boy kicking it around the pages of DC Comics , he ’s got nothing on the new Wally West version of the Flash and his absurdly debauched brand of speed . Suffice it to say , the next timeSupermanandFlashdecide to race , Supes ripe go for it isn’tWally Westunder the mask , because as show here , he simply wo n’t be able to keep up .
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