The Ego feat fits, because if he at least wanted to keep up with Superman, he could do it by holding his hammer out in front of him. Since his hammer travel is faster than Superman, he would simply run into Superman and hit him with his hammer. The microsecond feat fits as well. It's written plain by the narrator. Context isn't really needed here.
1. The person he was fighting doesn't need superspeed in order for Thor to hit him with superspeed. That logic wouldn't even make sense to me. Are we going to discredit every one of the Flash's speed feats if he's using it against people with no superspeed? I certainly hope not.
2. Thor was not in control of his hammer here. The guy Thor knocked out was in control of the hammer. Thor had to hit the guy hard enough to knock him unconcious without killing him, while also turning around to grab his hammer before he got hit by it. As the panel said; a few microseconds...
3. I don't know if there is much to contradict his speed. It's frequently stated that Thor has to restrain a great deal of his power when in the mortal realm. It has to do with Odin training his son to have humility. In order for you to argue that that Thor got legitimately blitzed, you would have to argue that Thor isn't simply repressing his own power and letting it happen. Now when Thor does let loose, he pretty much says outloud that he is going to stop holding back now. So he makes it obvious to the reader.
WW does have "more" speed feats, but then Thor doesn't really need speed in order to win most of his fights. Thor should have enough speed feats to credit himself for when he finally decides to let loose. He did almost beat the Silver Surfer to death. If Thor is slow, how would the Surfer get tagged by him?
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