Originally posted by DisappearCould I know which scan this refers to btw... if the object is moving horizontally and Namor is travelling "perpendicular" and they collide then simple vectors say he is moving a greater distance than the plane in the same amount of time... and thus moving at faster velocity.
the scan i'm referring to in the "namor v. plane" paragraph has namor moving perpendicular to the planes. the plane's speed relative to his own applies only in points of intersection, as he is neither chasing it, nor approaching it along its path of flight.i really didn't feel like being a dick about this, but that scan clearly shows namor busting through both wings of the plane while the plane is, speaking relatively, not moving. there is a whizzing contrail behind namor, where there is none behind either plane in the frame. the white trail shows his path, and is unbroken between the two wings, both of which he plowed right through. if anything, my first post was being gentle about namor's speed, and the cited panel itself is telling a better story about it than i did myself.
namor's going incredibly fast to burst first through one wing of the plane, then through the other, while the plane moves relatively NO distance (though it's flying at several hundred miles per hour.) that image proves it, and as it agrees with numerous other scans DC's taken the effort to post, it's not "out of character" and doesn't fall under the "SvFL" category of neglected instances.
hate to break it to you, but namor's much faster than the handbooks suggest, and a lot of DC's scans have proven it.
