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    Character » Superman appears in 18940 issues.

    Sent to Earth as an infant from the dying planet Krypton, Kal-El was adopted by the loving Kent family and raised in America's heartland as Clark Kent. Using his immense solar-fueled powers, he became Superman to defend mankind against all manner of threats while championing truth, justice, and the American way!

    What are Superman's Speeds on Earth?

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    What is Superman's combat speed, flight speed, and running speed on earth? (Please specify version too)

    I've seen many scans of him reaching FTL in space, but that is a vacuum..... On earth it has to be different....

    And when superman flies in space , is he at top speed right away? Or does he gradually reach a top speed? Or does his speed in space continue to go faster and faster with no top speed because he is in a vacuum?

    Thank you in advance and sorry if this was done before on this site...I couldn't find these exact answers when I googled Superman's Speed on comicvine via google.....

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    Superman is FTL in Earth and in space. Why would it be any different? It wouldn't. These are just pathetic excuses that people come up with to try and downplay Superman so that they can make it look like some other character they like more is actually more powerful than Superman.

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    Yea even Smallville superman is FTL.

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    FTL in space

    He doesn't go FTL on earth

    His combat speed isn't FTL

    /thread

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    @tjsh96: If superman went FTL on earth it would kill everyone he passed and destroy everything

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    @jayc1324:

    They're fictional characters, it's a comic-book.

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    @l3g3ndarypheonix:

    Please explain to me what combat-speed is and why Superman's combat-speed isn't FTL.

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    @tjsh96: i know but sometimes they at least try to provide some explanation, like how they claim that the speed force protects flash from destroying everything

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