spetznaz
Senior Fanboy Killer
Originally posted by xmeat
wonder woman tagged flash last i remember and her speed isn't even a match for quicksilver. Also you have to remember if flash is in marvel than his than his speed is preety useless.
1)
The Flash has been tagged by several people (ranging from Zoom to Gorilla Grodd), with most of those instances (with the exception of characters like Zoom) being 100% pure unadulterated BS.
For instance, the Hulk was kicked by Batman, causing him to gasp for air and thus inhale a gas that knocked Ol' Green-skin out for the count! Is that valid?
Nope!
Why?
Because it is pure BS.
Guess what! It would be easier for Batman to bat-kick the Hulk (as impossible as that is) than it would be for someone like the Hulk to punch the Flash (that is technically impossible since any motion the Hulk made wouldn't even seem like movement to the Flash).
A good analogy would be that of a tree trying to hit a human (e.g. trying to hit you) by growing its branches towards you .....at the normal rate of growth that branches of a tree grow at. It would be IMPOSSIBLE for that to happen UNLESS you decided to stand in place, completely immobile, for a very long period of time (depending on the tree, the age of the tree, and things like orientation, that could take anywhere from several months to 15 years ....or much more if it is a mature tree that has to orient its branch growth pattern).
Same thing for the Flash and the Hulk ....even without speed-steal and such things, it would be IMPOSSIBLE for the Hulk to ever come CLOSE to hitting/tagging/tripping the Flash.
It really is that simple.
2)
You mentioned that the speed of WonderWoman isn't close to that of Quicksilver.
Hmmmm.
The truth is, unless you are talking about the time-travel Quicksilver (he doesn't have super-speed, but he can have similar effects by jumping forward in time) then WonderWoman can beat (orthodox) Quicksilver ....and in a running match.
Now, QS originally couldn't run much faster than 150mph (compare that with the Hulk's speed of around 300mph), but since then he has had his top speed increased. First to around 600mph, then to Mach 1, and after the whole Isotope-E thing it even increased.
As for WonderWoman ....she has always been one of the faster members of the JLA. While she is not the Flash, or even Superman, she is still crazy fast. Her various power sets stem from the gods (her speed stems directly from the god Hermes). The WW respect thread has some scans of just how fast she can go (thus don't waste time pulling up websites that state she can only go 600mph, or that she can only go Mach 3, or she can only ......the scans easily show she is super-fast. BTW ....those are the same sites that were claiming Superman can only lift 100 tons when even Aquaman has been shown lifting a freaking city block).
SO don't make her seem like she has the speed of oozing molasses.
3)
Then you said that we have to remember that in the Marvel Universe Flash's speed would be useless. Well, we really don't need to 'remember' that since it is an absolutely moot point in regards to this debate. Why? Because this is a KMC fight occuring in a location where both character's power sets are working as they should be.
Now, in the MU Flash wouldn't have access to the Speed Force, but that is simply not a factor for consideration here.
It is like me going into a boxing match against some opponent, and then someone yelling from the crowd that if I was fighting on the Moon I couldn't be able to breath and thus would suffocate to death (or one of a couple of other ways that someone could meet a gruesome death on the Lunar surface).
Well, while it is true that on the Moon I would be dead, the fact still remains that I am in a boxing ring (not the Moon) and thus whoever shouted that comment just uttered something completely irrelevant.
Hence, if we are dealing with irrelevancies, then let's look at this one:
- If the Hulk turned back into Bruce Banner in the DCU, and walked in some Gotham backalley at night, he would get mugged and couldn't do anything about it.
Well, that is true. However its relevance in this matchup is less than nil.
Fin.