bluewaterrider
Senior Member
Well, the little that I'll say about the speed issue for now is that Supergirl did, indeed, outrace her cousin, however much effort he put into it, back in Superman/Batman #19, also known as Supergirl Number Zero.
In Supergirl #5, of course, Superman makes the all but famous speech that his fans love to quote so much,
to the dark half of Kara, created from black kryptonite trauma to Supergirl:
"I could catch you -- and I could stop you
-- any time I wanted to".
Ignored by people is the fact that "dark" Kara does NOT believe him when he says this, and challenges him to prove his claim, which he doesn't.
Instead, Batman makes dark Kara stand down by brandishing his green kryptonite ring,
which, for whatever reason, Batman did not feel necessary until then,
at which point light Kara takes responsibility for herself,
and takes initiative and tells Wonder Woman to bind her
and her dark half twin together,
reuniting Supergirl into a whole person again,
resolving the conflict.
It's worth noting that 10 issues after that point, roughly a year after that story and under a different main author,
Supergirl, now a year older,
STILL DOES NOT BELIEVE SUPERMAN IS REALLY AS FAST AS SHE IS.
She told Power Boy as much when they were a couple, and he did not believe her. Then they ... split as a couple.
Power Boy went mental and physically abusive.
They had a big fight, Supergirl got the better of him, Power Boy retreated a long, long distance away, thinking he had outrun Kara.
Deadly serious this time, Kara makes it clear to Power Boy that she was NOT lying:
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc141/Supergirl_Respect/roundtw9.jpg