Superman AKA the Man of Steel is often described as being “faster than a speeding bullet.”However, the fact is he is a lot faster than that.

The Kryptonian hero from the pages of DC Comics is generally depicted as being capable of travelling and reacting at light speed.

In a lot of fans’ eyes, this makes Superman the fastest character in all of comic books—but they couldn’t be more wrong.

In the same way that Superman’s power is dwarfed by a plethora of infinitely more powerful characters, his speed is too.

Granted, the levels of what characters are capable of often fluctuates in comic books, but there is usually a general and consistent consensus of what level a character is at when it comes to any given physical attribute.

This article will list just five of the many comic book characters whose speed is superior to Superman’s:

1. Flash

Is DC’s Flash faster than Superman? He is certainly the most hotly debated character when it comes to the question – and the fact is he is (of course, there are a number of characters with the Flash title, but we’ll be focusing on Wally West here).

Superman is certainly stronger, more durable and generally more versatile than all of the Flashes when it comes to his powers, but he simply doesn’t come close in terms of his speed.

Wally casually breaks light speed, as seen in the image above (click on it to enlarge it). The image shows a city in North Korea being destroyed by a nuclear bomb. 0.00001 seconds after it detonates, Wally has evacuated its half a million strong population to a safe point 35 miles away – and he had done it carrying either one or two people at a time.

Essentially, he had ran 70 miles approximately 300,000 times – with the weight of people holding him down – in 100 picoseconds.

He has also done things like break the time barrier through speed alone, rebuilt a huge bridge on his own in about 30 seconds and moved to intercept a light speed attack directed at Wonder Woman so quickly that said attack appeared to be stationary in comparison.

Oh yeah – and he outran Death to the end of the universe.