Originally posted by long pig
[B]No, he couldn't.
Not when being stabbed by someone who can react and attack as fast as you can for the first few feet. Slade was even said to be FASTER in some areas.
If flash were to try to move before the blade begins to cut, Slade would simply move with him and continue with the stabbing.
Slade is nearly=Flash for the first few steps.
But again, there's a difference between being able to react as fast as someone the first few steps and being as fast as they are. There are no examples of Slade moving at 300mph at ANY steps. None. There are plenty of showings of him REACTING really fast, but reacting fast and moving fast are two different things. For example, your analogy below:
Obviously he can.
It's like this: If Flash and Slade were two feet in front of each other, and they were going to have an old fashioned style gun fight, and they both go for their own gun at the same time, they'd both reach, grab and point the gun at nearly the same speed.
This I agree with, because they are rivals in reaction time, in thinking speed. HOWEVER, what comes next is what makes the biggest difference. They grab and point the gun at the same speed, and perhaps Slade even pulls the trigger first. Flash's power comes into play at this point, because he is fast enough to see the bullet leaving its chamber and outrun it before it actually hits him. Like the example someone used in a previous post, he was able to hear a bullet coming, change into his outfit and find it all before it hit anyone. Slade could, like Flash, hear the bullet coming beforehand, perhaps even see it coming. He could NOT, change clothes and get people out of the way or anything else but possibly dodge it himself. That's the difference here. Ditto with Flash sensing a nuke start to go off, then clearing out the whole city before its blast radius engulfs the city. That's FTL reaction time AND speed.
See what I'm saying? Let's use this other example you referenced below:
Same thing with a knife fight, they'd pull their knives at nearly the same time and both would have an equal chance of stabbing the other for the first few steps, then Flash would go around him like he's standing still.
ok, in this case, they'd pull their knives at the same time, but they would NOT have an equal chance of stabbing the other. Their thought processes and initial reactions would be nearly identical, but by the time Slades strike came down, Flash would be long gone. Even if he began initial contact with Flash
No, it isn't.
Flash doesn't reach lightspeed from the first step, it takes him time to reach full speed. His normal cruising speed is around 300mph. He didn't have but maybe 7 feet to work with there, and since he went from being still to running, he probably didn't reach 300pmh yet.
If that were true, he wouldn't have been able to clear out a city in less than a second. If that were true, he wouldn't have been able to hear a bullet and change clothes and etc. If that were true he wouldn't have been able to instantly lend his speed to the JLA, taking the whole group into the speedforce right in the middle of another character's speech. But he has, because he can. And you're telling me that a guy who can react fast enough to save an entire city from a nuclear explosion AFTER IT STARTED suddenly can't save himself from some dynamite? I don't think so.
But back on topic - the scan you posted specifically said that Slade MAY be faster, but WW is slowed by her outfit and the absurdity of the whole situation. She then proceeded to tussle for a bit, and ended the fight with one punch. Slade has the best durability of the group and he was taken out with one shot. The others have no chance, and there are too many leaders to properly organize. I can't remember - is there prep in this fight? If not, the team is doubly screwed. It'll be over before the tactical minds even get on the same page. She's not going against a well-organized team, here. She's going against a collection of egos and individuals. That works to HER advantage, not theirs.