|
Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2021 12:36:37 GMT -5
Who would you really root for in a race like this between Supes and Flash?
As much as I like Supes I wish it didn't have to be put to the test and Flash had the edge....sort of a bugger when Superman is right up there with you in your powers gig.
|
|
|
Post by spoon on Jun 12, 2021 13:14:27 GMT -5
Exactly. If Superman is as fast as the Flash, what makes Flash special? The Flash should get the victory so he's not redundant.
|
|
|
Post by codystarbuck on Jun 12, 2021 13:19:57 GMT -5
I'm rootin' for the Road Runner!
|
|
|
Post by tarkintino on Jun 12, 2021 14:29:56 GMT -5
Exactly. If Superman is as fast as the Flash, what makes Flash special? The Flash should get the victory so he's not redundant. Superman might be as fast as the Flash, but he seems to use his other skills more than super-speed, unless its for traveling purposes. The Flash having that one power makes him a specialist in doing everything at endless levels of speed. In other words, he does not have the option of super strength, heat/x-ray vision, freeze breath, etc.
|
|
|
Post by kirby101 on Jun 12, 2021 16:14:24 GMT -5
The Flash can run at super-luminal speeds thanks to the Speed Force. I don't think Superman has that power. I guess sometimes he can fly that fast, but depends on who is handling him. So the Flash. What is amazing in the Flash TV show is how many times a guy with light speed plus just stands in front of an enemy while they attack him.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2021 17:11:39 GMT -5
I curse physics class for instilling in my brain forever that the real reason you can't hit light speed is your mass would approach infinity. It made me rethink all the speedsters' powers...and I've decided there's "advanced physics" in play here beyond our mortal ken, and they are warping spacetime somehow.
So I'm with codystarbuck on Road Runner...I'm pretty sure Looney Tunes characters don't obey physical laws to begin with.
|
|
|
Post by codystarbuck on Jun 12, 2021 17:56:48 GMT -5
I curse physics class for instilling in my brain forever that the real reason you can't hit light speed is your mass would approach infinity. It made me rethink all the speedsters' powers...and I've decided there's "advanced physics" in play here beyond our mortal ken, and they are warping spacetime somehow. So I'm with codystarbuck on Road Runner...I'm pretty sure Looney Tunes characters don't obey physical laws to begin with.
|
|
|
Post by dbutler69 on Jun 12, 2021 18:09:59 GMT -5
Exactly. If Superman is as fast as the Flash, what makes Flash special? The Flash should get the victory so he's not redundant. I agree with you and @rags. Go Flash!
|
|
|
Post by brutalis on Jun 12, 2021 18:25:05 GMT -5
Flash every step of the way. No competition other than SUPE's "has" to be the best in DC's opinion.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2021 18:52:49 GMT -5
I completely agree with you guys about the Flash. He's the master of speed, let him have that bit of glory. Superman would also be a gracious loser.
|
|
|
Post by Graphic Autist on Jun 12, 2021 21:12:12 GMT -5
Superman gets my vote. He’s the best. He can’t be beaten. Unless he fights Batman.
|
|
|
Post by brutalis on Jun 12, 2021 21:17:03 GMT -5
The CRITICAL part is Supe's would never finish the actual race as his super-hearing would alert him to too many emergencies during the race which are more important than his winning. That's what the big blue boy scout would do!
|
|
|
Post by MWGallaher on Jun 13, 2021 7:45:40 GMT -5
In my head canon, Superman's running is purely mechanical: he's applying force against the ground using super-strong muscles to propel himself forward, physically no different than the way an ordinary human runs, just more powerfully. Flash, it seems to me, must be doing something beyond that with his more complex power set, "warping spacetime" as supercat said. It's not a matter of physical force with him, it's purely (the appearance of) speed as he moves through the universe in ways different than the way the rest of humanity does. Flash's running just directs his movement through spacetime, it doesn't generate the speed itself. That, in my mind, gives him the clear advantage over Superman. In a more practical sense (not that that usually matters in the comics), super-powered running of the sort I conclude that Superman engages in would have detrimental environmental impacts that Flash manages to avoid, since Superman would be essentially jack-hammering the surface he is running on.
|
|
|
Post by zaku on Jun 13, 2021 17:02:41 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by zaku on Jun 14, 2021 3:34:49 GMT -5
However, if you want to give a more exhaustive answer on the subject, pre-Crisis the two speedsters were depicted almost equal. Flash had some advantage over short distances because he knew a few tricks more than Superman. Over long distances, well, Superman is Superman. Post-Crisis and in the New 52, they made it clear: Flash is faster than Superman. Nothing to add. "Those were for charity, Clark".
|
|