List of characters who move at superhuman speeds

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Contents 1 Comics 1.1 DC Comics 1.1.1 Alternate universes 1.1.1.1 Funny Animals 1.2 Marvel Comics 1.3 Other 2 Television 2.1 Animation 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Comics

[edit] DC Comics

• Antiphon, a member of the Quraci terrorist group known as Onslaught.
• Black Flash (the representation of Death associated with the Speed Force)
• Black Racer
• Blue Trinity, a trio of Soviet supervillains:
  • Gregor Gregorovich
  • Boleslaw Uminski
  • Ivana Christina Borodin Molotova
• Blur, the name of a half Human, half White Martian hybrid speedster from Son of Vulcan #6.
• Fastbak, one of the New Gods
• All incarnations of The Flash, including
  • Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash
  • Barry Allen, the Silver Age Flash
  • Wally West, Silver Age Kid Flash/Modern Age Flash
  • Bart Allen, Impulse/Kid Flash II/current Flash
  • John Fox, the Flash of the 853rd Century
• The Glimmer, a giant from Wonderworld, seen in the JLA Mageddon storyline
• Hermes (Mercury), the messenger of the Olympian Gods
• Impala, former member of the Global Guardians
• Inertia (Thaddeus Thawne), a clone of Bart Allen
• Jaculi I, male member of the Quraci terrorist group known as Onslaught.
• Jaculi II, female member of the Quraci terrorist group known as Onslaught.
• Jesse Quick, Bronze Age daughter of the Golden Age hero
• Johnny Quick, a Golden Age superhero
• Several incarnations of Kid Flash, including Wally West and Bart Allen (both of whom later became the Flash), plus
  • Iris West
• Kid Impala a member of the Ultramarine Corps
• The twins Más y Menos, allies of the Teen Titans
• Max Mercury, superhero
• Red Shift, a member of First Strike
• Red Trinity, another trio of Russian speedsters:
  • Anatole
  • Bebek
  • Cassiopeia
• Reflex, a member of Sovereign Seven.
• The Reverse-Flashes including
  • The Rival
  • Professor Zoom (Eobard Thawne)
  • Zoom (Hunter Zolomon)
• Savitar
• Speed Metal
• Spin Doctor - An agent of S.H.A.D.E.
• Spine Doctor II - Cold and merciless replacement of the first.
• Tornado Twins - Barry Allen's children, currently living in the 30th century.
• Trajectory - Eliza Harmon, was part of Lex Luthor's Everyman Project, and the new Infinity Inc.
• XS (Jenni Ognats), granddaughter of Barry Allen
• Züm, a member of the Hyperclan

[edit] Alternate universes

• Dark Flash - Walter West is the Flash in an alternate universe
• Johnny Quick, the same character has had two separate histories
  • a Silver Age supervillain from Earth 3.
  • a Modern Age supervillain from the Anti-matter universe.
• Speed Freak, a female Flash from Earth-17

[edit] Funny Animals

• The Crash, a DC funny animal turtle with superspeed powers. He was the Earth C- analog of the Silver Age Flash.
• Fastback, a DC funny animal turtle with superspeed powers, native to Earth C. He is the nephew of the Terrific Whatzit.
• The Terrific Whatzit, DC's first funny animal superhero, who appeared in Golden Age comics. He wore a costume identical to that of Jay Garrick's, and had powers that included superstrength and flight in addition to superspeed.

[edit] Marvel Comics

• Aurora, a member of Alpha Flight (comics) and Weapon X (comics)
• Blur I, from Marvel's New Universe comics DP7
• Blur II, an updated version of the Whizzer in Supreme Power, J. Michael Straczynski's re-imagined version of Squadron Supreme
• Hurricane, a member of the Liberators in Ultimate Marvel.
• Makkari, a member of the Eternals.
• Meanstreak, a member of X-Men 2099
• Mercury, the Roman counterpart of the DC universe's Hermes.
• Northstar, a member of Alpha Flight and the X-men
• Quicksilver, a member of the Avengers
• The Runner, a member of the Elders of the Universe.
• Speed, a member of the Young Avengers
• Speed Demon, a Marvel Comics supervillain.
• The Whizzer, the name of two characters from Marvel Comics:
  • A hero from the Golden Age
  • A member of the Squadron Supreme

[edit] Other

• Blitzen, member of the Shadow Cabinet, published by Milestone Media
• Lightning, a member of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
• Velocity, a member of the Top Cow Comics, Cyberforce team.
• Billy Whizz, from The Beano
• Robin DeSanto, from the webcomics It's Walky and Shortpacked!

[edit] Television

• Johnny Bukowski, a.k.a. "Johnny B", a character from the short-lived television series, The Misfits of Science

[edit] Animation

• Blurr, a speedster Autobot, one of the Transformers
• Cheetara, a character from the ThunderCats Animated Series. Not only she had the ability to run at extremely fast speeds, but she also had a "sixth sense". While spinning at fast speed, she can see pasts or presents events.
• Dashiell Robert "Dash" Parr from the movie The Incredibles.
• Hammy the Sqirrel - In Over the Hedge, Hammy is (normally) extremely hyperactive and fast. Upon consuming caffiene, however, he becomes so fast his surroundings come to a standstill, and can outpace lasers at walking speed.
• Rev Runner one of the characters from Loonatics Unleashed
• The Roadrunner , from classic Looney Tunes shorts
• Sonic the Hedgehog - Sega's speedy blue mascot since 1991.
• Speedy Gonzalez, a Looney Tunes character
• Más y Menos, two spanish-speaking characters from the animated series Teen Titans.
• XLR8, from Ben 10
• Hunter from the cartoon series Road Rovers.

[edit] See also

• Speedster (comics)
• List of comic book superpowers
• List of superheroes named The Flash

[edit] External links

• Flash: Those Who Ride The Lightning - a detailed site about the Flash and DC Comics' many other speedsters