Despite their friendship , SupermanandFlashhave a small rivalry when it comes to who has a more impressive display of speed . While Barry had an edge over Clark for years thanks to his time change of location shenanigans , the Man of Steel may have bring out a full-grown secret about the Scarlet Speedster ’s greatest power .

The question of " Is Superman faster than the Flash ? " is one of fandom ’s oldest question . And it ’s a good one since Barry Allen has a bit of feat that make a strong case for being the Fastest Man Alive . But Superman ’s speed is nothing to sneeze at either , and like any other hero , his powers have only become more amazing as time has buy the farm on . Clark may not have a connection to the Speed Force , but his Kryptonian physiology has   permit him to keep up withany member of the Flash Family .

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So what does that mean for a hero who can agree the adroitness of the Flash ? Superman show up that regardless of a connectedness to the enigmatic Speed Force , a fast - enough hero could use the most curious artillery in the Flash ’s armoury : the Cosmic Treadmill . inactivity Comics # 992by   Dan Jurgens , Rob Williams , and Will Conrad , Superman ’s creation begins to unravel when he discovers that his Kryptonian father , Jor - El , is alive and has been posing as the cryptical Mr. Oz . Clark ’s friends help him agnise that someone has been messing with the timeline and that the only way he can figure out what ’s happening is by seeing Krypton ’s devastation for himself . He goes to the Justice League ’s Watchtower and find the time automobile oft used by the Flash . commit everything he has into it , Clark activates the Cosmic Treadmill and successfully travel back in metre .

But , while Clark does succeedin going back in time , it ’s not the smoothest , or the simple-minded . But even the Flash does n’t have a double-dyed record with going back in time , so it ’s unvoiced to hold that against Superman . Despite the bumpy road he plump down , Clark revealed an crucial point about time travel in the DC Universe : in decree to do it via the Cosmic Treadmill , a hero just needs to be fast enough .

Aside from heroes like Booster Gold or the Legion of Super - Heroes who explicitly have time change of location technology , Flash is one of the few fiber whose natural power allows him to meander through the timestream . Many fan regard time locomotion as   mostly a " Flash " thing for how often his speed have had drastic personal effects on reality . But if a Cosmic Treadmill just ask someone to be tight enough , then the room access ’s overt for   any non - speedster to employ it . For example , Shazam has the upper of Mercury . And Mon - El rivals Superman in nearly all his powerfulness . There ’s plenitude of champion with no connection to the Speed Force that are fast enough to potentially touch off the Treadmill . Flashhad better keep an eye out on his equipment , becauseSupermanlet a major cat out of the bag .

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