Originally posted by Soljer
Not on the forum, there isn't. 😬.Look, to be honest, I feel the Spidey should easily be at least twice as fast as Cap is, but until it's canon on the page, I'm not going to pretend like it is.
We also don't have a scan of, say, Hercules running faster than Spider-Man. Or Cap. Or maybe we do, but we don't for some other Class 100 brick. Where do you finally break down and concede the point? Or is Cap faster than Herc because Herc doesn't have a MPH quoted on-panel? When dealing with such differences in strength, it becomes silly to be so absolute about it. And Pete is no less than x7 Cap's strength, and maybe 1.5x faster reflexes. And I'm being generous to Cap with those numbers, imo. And we do have scans aplenty to back those numbers. Claiming that Cap is faster in the face of such concrete knowledge borders on ludicrous.
Originally posted by DestinyGuy678
xactly, bounding over hurdles creates a large wind resistance and slows down that racer tremendously, by the time pete touched the ground again he'd be in last place.this is precisely the reason why you dont bound/jump over hurdles, you hurdle hurdles.
The argument that wind resistance plays a part (and that spiderman would slow down in the air when he leaps 5 hurdles at a time allowing others to pass him etc etc.) is flawed.
Very simple scientific way to prove it. (We did this in rugby) Get 15 guys to stand 5 yards away from each other and pass a ball from one person to the next while someone races the ball at top speed. You can pass the ball to every single person or you can skip 5 people at a time, it doesn't matter, the ball will always reach the finish line before the runner. Air resistance have no effect at all.
Spidey leaps twice to the finish line and downs a coke before the rest of the field catches up.