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Speed

So, what does 'Speed' mean?

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Super speed is a very common power. Though its first famous user was Superman, the power has been even more popularized by the Flash. Super speed has long varied in meaning and power, but the general term means the ability to move quicker than a normal, athletic human. Quicksilver was able to run at 175 miles per hour, while the most recent Flash has been able to run at near-lightspeed levels. In the DC Comics universe, many speedsters are connected with an entity known as the Speed Force. A more recent character displaying this power is Dash from the 2004 film The Incredibles. Super agility or super reflexes are often associated with most forms of super speed, as well as enhanced perception (see "

Superheroes and villains with the ability of 'Speed'

Abomination, Emil Blonsky
Alan Scott, Alan Ladd Wellington Scott
Apocalypse, En Sabah Nur
Aquaman, Orin
Arachne, Julia Carpenter
Ares,
Atom I, Albert Pratt
Aurora, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier
Aztar, Aztar
Bane,
Beast, Henry Peter McCoy
Beta Ray Bill, Beta Ray Bill (translation of his Korbinite name)
Black Adam, Teth-Adam
Black Bolt, Blackagar Boltagon
Brainiac, Vril Dox
Cable, Nathan Christopher Charles Summers Dayspring
Cannonball, Samuel Zachery Guthrie
Captain Epic,
Captain Marvel, William Batson
Captain Planet,
Carnage, Cletus Kasady
Cheetah II, Deborah Domaine
Colossus, Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin
Crystal, Crystallia Amaquelin Maximoff
Cy-Gor,
Cyborg, Victor Stone
Dash, Dashiell Robert Parr
Doctor Doom, Victor von Doom
Doomsday, Doomsday
Doppelganger,
Dr Manhattan, Jonathan Osterman
Ego, Ego
Electro, Maxwell Dillon
Fallen One II,
Feral, Maria Callasantos
Flash I, Jason Peter Garrick
Flash II, Bartholomew Henry Allen
Flash III, Wallace Rudolph West
Flash IV, Bartholomew Allen II
General Zod, Zod
Goku, Kakarot
Green Goblin, Norman Osborn
Green Goblin II, Harold Osborn
Hancock, John Hancock
Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley
Human Torch, Jonathan Lowell Spencer Storm
Husk, Paige Elisabeth Guthrie
Hyperion,
Iron Man, Anthony Edward Stark
Isis, Adrianna Tomaz
Jack-jack, Jac-jack Parr
Jolt, Helen Takahama
Kraven I, Sergei Kravinoff
Kraven II, Alyosha Kravinoff
Mach-IV, Abner Jenkins
Man-Wolf, John Jameson
Martian Manhunter, J'onn J'onzz
Master Chief, John-117
Maxima,
Medusa, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon
Mephisto,
Minna Murray, Wilhelmina Harker
Morlun, Morlun
Mr Incredible, Robert Parr
Namorita, Namorita Prentiss
Northstar, Jean-Paul Beaubier
Osiris, Amon Tomaz
Overtkill, Nicholas Rocca
Power Girl, Kara Zor-L
Quantum,
Quicksilver, Pietro Django Maximoff
Rhino, Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich
Scarlet Spider, Benjamin Reilly
Scorpia, Elaine Coll
Sentry, Robert Reynolds
Shatterstar, Gaveedra Seven
Silver Surfer, Norrin Radd
Silverclaw, Maria de Guadalupe Santiago
Songbird, Melissa Joan Gold
Spawn, Al Simmons
Spider-Man, Peter Benjamin Parker
Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew
Spider-Woman III, Martha Franklin
Spider-Woman IV, Charlotte Witter
Stardust,
Sub-Mariner, Namor McKenzie
Supergirl, Kara Zor-El
Superman, Clark Joseph Kent (born Kal-El)
Thor, Thor Odinson
Thor Girl, Tarene
Thunderbird, John Proudstar
Thunderstrike, Eric Kevin Masterson
Tigra, Greer Grant Nelson
Titan,
Toxin, Patrick Mulligan
Ultragirl, Tsu-Zana
Venom I, Edward Brock
Venom II, Angelo Fortunato
Venom III, MacDonald Gargan
Vulture, Adrian Toomes
War Machine, James Rupert Rhodes
Warlock, Adam Warlock
Warpath, James Proudstar
Weapon XI, Weapon XI
Wolfsbane, Rahne Sinclair
Wonder Girl, Donna Hinckley Stacey Troy
Wonder Man, Simon Williams
Wonder Woman, Diana