If you use that scan to prove that the Flash can punch 2000 times per seconds, then this scan can be used to state that the Surfer can react at nanosecond speeed.
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/48/marvelcomicspresents001fk4.jpg
2000 punches per second means that you punch/move your limbs once every 0.0005 seconds.
A nanosecond is 0.000000001 of a second.
With these examples as a reference, the Surfer's combat speed is much much faster than that of Flash.
Of course, in all honesty, I do not believe that such the case. I just believe that the example you used as reference is a little flawed.
Originally posted by Warlord
I bet if this was Superman talking about a microsec it would be even more valid 😉
It would indeed. There is no reason to discard feats in which the author obvioulsy wants to describe the speed of a characters cognition and action and does so in unambiguous terms. It's a lot more solid than people saying tha artist drew the character blurring so we know he's going ftl, which is ridiculous.
A microsecond is still a lot longer than a nanosecond, but if you show me a scan of SM clearly reacting to something in let's say under a picosecond, I'll gladly say he has picosecond reaction times and is a lot faster than SS can match based on his own showings.
