Originally posted by Supermutant
So in just a race, Gladiator, Nova, Silver Surfer, Northstar, Aurora all deserve to be mention
along with the above pictured.
Those guys in that picture (with the exception of Captain Marvel aka Photon aka Spectrum) aren't worthy of any mention. Did you read the issue? They were beyond pathetic. Even Makkari before his awakening was a joke.
The cosmic race in Quasar was pretty explicit on why Monica wasn't up to snuff based on the rules. IIRC any racer whose strides were greater than 50,000 feet on the Architect's special track were ruled as "flying" and teleported out of the track as losers. We all know she can fly at the speed of radiation (C) but this was a foot race.
Originally posted by zopzopAs per the OP this is FOOT Race. What have Nova, Surfer, Northstar/Aurora done in that regard?
Those guys in that picture (with the exception of Captain Marvel aka Photon aka Spectrum) aren't worthy of any mention. Did you read the issue? They were beyond pathetic. Even Makkari before his awakening was a joke. [/B]
What? Where did I say that all those in that pic were the fastest? I merely posted a scan of a race in Marvel. And even though the question was about a foot race, the DC scan had three characters flying in the race.
Originally posted by SupermutantDid you read the description of the rankings? The picture itself is just showcasing the characters.
What? Where did I say that all those in that pic were the fastest? I merely posted a scan of a race in Marvel. And even though the question was about a foot race, the DC scan had three characters flying in the race.
Originally posted by Philosophía
Any particular ranking, with reasons?Quicksilver, Northstar, Aurora, Speed Demon, Nova, Gladiator, Makkari, Monica, Count Nefaria, Speed, Whizzer, Sentry, Hyperion are all good shouts, I'd say.
Buried Alien aka Barry Allen joined the race late and SMOKED them all.
Oh, I know.
But they all got faster as time went by, especially Quicksilver since re-powering after House of M.
Classic Quicksilver obviously gets smoked.
Speed Demon had a good showing in Superior Spider-Man, too:
Originally posted by SupermutantBlack Racer and the Black Flash are the same person. You know...the guy who ran with Wally to the end of time. To reiterate: that's just a picture, the criteria for the rankings is a foot race.
The black racer runs on skiis lol. Ok anyways carry on
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Bottom line: running speed. Not flying speed. I don't know why we keep going over this, when the OP couldn't be more clear.
You can also answer Zop's question, while you're at it. Or at least make a top 10?
I'm curious what you think, tbh.
Originally posted by zopzop
Dear Lord, the only person CM is faster than is Kid Flash? FAIL.As to the thread, Marvel doesn't really have a crapton of uber speedsters like DC. Off the top of my head :
Runner
Makkari
Quicksilver.
In that order.
I wonder how a foot race between QS and say someone like Superman would go?
This is tough, because Marvel usually doesn't put much emphasis on speed. To me it always looks like DC focuses more on magic and speed, while Marvel focuses more on reality warping and psionic powers, which are powerful enough that they pretty much also resemble reality warping.
Even someone like the Sentry might not even appear in this discussion, because there are just so little showings for him, when it comes to speed. He operates in milliseconds. That's 1/1000 of a second. Light travels 300 kilometers / 186 miles in that time. With such a speed, Sentry should dance circles around the majority of other Marvel characters, but he doesn't. Marvel writes their comics differently.
So when you talk about speedsters in Marvel, you can pretty much only take people into count, whose sole super power is super speed:
1. Makkari
Beat the Runner in a race.
2. The Runner
Plenty fast, but lost to Makkari in a race. Both of them however are much faster than Quicksilver. Or at least were.
3. Quicksilver
Pretty much your main speedster in Marvel. I think nowdays he can reach the speed of light, or at least come somewhat close to it. But there were often also times, where he simply couldn't reach the speed of light. Makkari and Runner don't struggle with that.
4. Blur
The Flash version in the Squadron Supreme. Kept up with Quicksilver pretty well.
5. Hermes
His flying speed is much more impressive than his running speed. But he is probably still faster than other 'who cares' speedsters, such as Speed and Speed Demon.