4. The Runner
Marvel’s Runner is a several-billion-year-old traveller and explorer who is a member of the group known as the Elders of the Universe. As his name would suggest, he is incredibly fast.
Such is the level of the Runner’s speed, the Silver Surfer – who himself is multiple times quicker than the speed of light and indeed Superman, thinks in nanoseconds and has cosmic awareness to warn him of things around him – didn’t even know the Runner was approaching him when he met up with him in space (see below and click the picture to enlarge it).
In battle with the Surfer, he has easily dodged the Herald of Galactus’ attacks and was essentially toying with him.
Although he doesn’t really have that many showings, in addition to the above, it has been implied that he can travel several light years in an instant and he has been seen to cross galaxies in mere moments.
On a somewhat related and interesting note (though not reflective of Runner’s baseline abilities), when Runner was in possession of the Space Gem, he was able to get to his destination – even if it was lightyears away – before he’d even realised he’d started running! He was also able to blitz Thanos – a character capable of reacting to Silver Surfer’s attacks – with the gem. Thanos claimed that it wasn’t enhancing his speed in any way at the time.
