3. Silver Surfer
Marvel’s Silver Surfer betters Superman in every way – apart from super-strength that is – but he is more durable, more versatile and far, far faster.
How fast is Silver Surfer?
Silver Surfer has proven time and time again to be able to think, move, and react within nano-seconds. His speed alone has enabled him to travel through time; he has been shown to analyze a situation within a microsecond and act upon his analysis in less time than that. And, he has searched the entire globe, and not just circled it—he covered every inch and looked in every nook and cranny on the planet before someone finished a sentence.
It is often argued that Surfer's speed is simply travel speed related to his board and nothing to do with his reactions, but Silver Surfer has been shown to be well beyond Superman’s limit of light speed in more ways than one. If being able to look in every possible place on Earth (every cave, every room, every basement etc) in a couple of seconds isn’t reaction speed, then we really don’t know what is.
The Herald of Galactus doesn’t often use his speed to its limits (mostly because he is something of a pacifist) – and that can be misleading for those people who haven’t seen him going all-out – but if you’re very familiar with what he’s capable of when he’s pushing himself, you’ll know that he is is considerably quicker than the Man of Steel.
