OK Who is faster FLASH or SUPERMAN.?

Question

I read the question about who is faster between Flas and Quicksilver, but made me think....

In the original Superman Movie he flew around the Earth so fast that it turned back time. My first thought was if this is the case then why not just do this all the time and solve problems that way? Ok it may interfear with peoples fate which he is not supposed to do under his fathers teachings, but then so is saving people from death and stopping villains!

ANYWAY, it made me think who is faster? Flash or Superman? I have not really followed either comics for these charactors and am curious now....?!

If superman is faster what is the point of Flash?!

Answer 1

DC comics had several races over the years, supposed to find out who was faster. They were all inconclusive. There was one where the proceeds of the race would go to charity. 2 organized crime mobs bet heavily on the race and tried to gimmick the outcome. One hit Supes with some Kryptonite dust and the other put a pane of clear glass across the road that Flash didn't see in time to vibrate through it. (Ouch!)

Then they substituted two guys in costume with jet shoes to fake losing. Each tried to go slower and slower, because each one's organization wanted th eother one to win! Finally they stopped and realized that they were both fake! But by then, the real Superman and Flash recovered and clobbered them. (They didn't even have to fight them, just ran past at super speed and let the sonic boom knock them down!)

Anyhow, since Crisis and the revamping of Superman, he is no longer infinitely powerful. (In the comics, he could never change the past, only in the movie. Too bad.) So Flash is faster. Superman is the second fastest, but hey, I'd take it.

9 AUG 07, 1823 hrs, GMT.

Answer 2

Ok first off the superman movies don't count because they do not follow the comic book story line exactly. Superman has never done that in the comic therefore it does not count. Now superman and flash have raced before and i believe flash was the one to win. Supermans is incredibly fast but speed is flash's gimmick therefore he would in essence be faster. Like someone said flash is capable vibrating so fast that his molecules seperate which allow him to move thru objects. Superman has never demonstrated that type of speed.. he just smashes thru things lol... but then again if you can just smash thru a while.. why vibrate thru it?.. So i guess it's still up in the air but i think from what i have seen flash is faster all around.

Answer 3

Depends. When they started the stories Superman's powers were virtually limitless, so in the early days he would be faster. Later in an attempt to make the stories more interesting Superman's powers were limited but still extraordinary. So now probably the Flash is faster. A similar question was asked a few years ago between Superman and the Hulk in strength, with the same answer.

Answer 4

Flash is faster than Superman=0

Answer 5

In a wizzard comic I read a long time ago made reference to a comic that was released in the 80's I think that ranked all the superheroes in the DC comic universe as far as strength agility speed ect

Flash is actually very powerfull be cause of the speed force though not as strong as superman but can hit you so fast and vibrate and fling objects so hard that he can pretty much hit you as hard as superman.

It ranked superman as being a small fraction of a second slower than flash so superman is almost as fas as flash but just shy of being as fast as him.

Cant remeber the exact source where I got this info but all the comics Ive read put them allmost at the same speed if Im not incorrect

Maybe someone can post a more exact answer!

Answer 6

This is such a frequently asked question. Alright listen Flash is faster compared to any version of superman when we are considering them both running against each other on foot but if superman is flying then most likely superman would win. U said that superman was fast enough to turn back time but In one episode of justice league Flash became so fast that he could literally put his hand through a persons body( literally just put his hand in it cuz of how fast his molecules are moving). when flash reaches this state his molecules vibrate really qucikly giving him a lot of power but it also has a disadvantage cuz he cant control it and so he disappears into the speed world or something ( cant remember it properly). so the actual speed that flash runs at is just his normal speed.

Answer 7

This depends entirely on which Flash and which version of Superman you mean, and what time period. But as of right now, the current Flash is faster than the current Superman.

Answer 8

Flash (Wally West and Barry Allen) with Superman in a close second.

"Occasionally, the top speeds of the Flashes are light speed, although Barry Allen and Wally West have been shown to have sped faster than light (as mentioned previously). On several occasions, the Flash has been shown in various races against Superman to determine which one is faster (or as part of a mutual effort to thwart some type of threat); these races, however, often resulted in ties (or indeterminate results). However, in recent races between Wally and Superman, West has been shown to be the faster of the two[3]. As explained in The Secret of Barry Allen, Wally's ability to tap into the speed force allows him to reach greater speeds than Superman. It should, however, be noted that the Silver Age Superman was much faster than the current one."

Answer 9

Flash

Answer 10

Flash of Superman