WARNING: The following contains spoilers for "Race Through The Dread Dimension" from Heroes Reborn #3 by Jason Aaron, Federico Vicentini and Matt Milla, on sale now
The current incarnation of the Squadron Supreme of America -- crafted to perfection by Mephisto and Phil Coulson -- has effectively taken over the Marvel Universe in Heroes Reborn. Replacing the Avengers in the timeline (with the ensuing ripples having a major effect across the entire universe, for good and for ill), the Squadron accomplished some amazing acts and defeated plenty of dangerous foes.
While many of these can be placed at the feet of Hyperion -- the Justice League-inspired team's stand-in for Superman-- it turns out that the new version of Blur also has some truly impressive feats to his name as well. Modeled as a sort of compositive version of the Flash, Blur has been shown as a fairly jovial but skilled speedster, utilizing the teachings of the Ancient One to reach a balance between himself and his powers. But along the way, it seems like he performed a feat similar to one of the Flash's most impressive showings ever.
Referring to himself as the Speedster Supreme, Blur is shown contending with multiple problems at once in Heroes Reborn, even seemingly racing Eternity itself. Among his victories are a race against an army of microscopic Ultron drones, contending with the super speed amplified Silver Witch, outracing the Ghost Rider on foot and even seemingly overcoming the Mindless Ones from the Dark Dimension with relative ease. One of his most notable victories feels like a direct reference to one of the Flash's most absurd victories. During his latest battle against the Silver Witch, Blur notes that he once raced from one end of the multiverse to the other against Death and her Ring-Powered Infinity Chopper.
Racing death itself was actually a major moment for Wally West during his original tenure as the Flash. First teased in the preceding storyline "The Human Race," the Black Flash was formally introduced in The Flash #139 by Mark Millar, Pop Mhan, Chris Ivy, Tom McCraw, and Gaspar Saladino. Shortly before planning to propose to Linda Park, Wally West is warned by his fellow speedsters about a mysterious specter that's appeared in recent photos of him. The Black Flash is an avatar of death, specifically chosen as one of the few beings capable of catching up to the super-fast Flash. After seemingly losing Lina to the spirit, the other speedsters attempt to keep Wally West from being taken by it as well.
But refusing to allow his friends to sacrifice themselves, Wally instead raced the Black Flash across the time-stream, eventually ending up at the end of the universe. As with all things, death has no meaning in a time when entropy has taken its course, and Wally is able to escape back to the present with Linda in tow, successfully proposing to her after beating death itself at a race. Blur's unseen race against Death could be inferred to be a reference to this event and could even be all the more impressive, considering Death seemingly had access to the Infinity Stones during their race across space.
It all means Blur is arguably among the fastest Marvel characters ever -- and could be a real problem if the Avengers (which are slowly reforming thanks to Blade) if he were to unleash his full potential against the heroes. If Blur can outrun death itself, there might be little that the Avengers can actually even throw at him.
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