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Flash, Wally West, ‘The Flash’ Vol 2 148

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ByPatrick Ouandji

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IN POWER LEVEL

 

 

FLASH (WALLY WEST)
NEW EARTH

In The Flash (1999) #148, titled “Chain Lightning, Chapter Four: Undertow”, Flash performs a super-strength feat. President Malcolm Thawne, Barry Allen‘s twin brother threatens the Speed Force and all the iterations of the Flashes in the timestream with the Blue Gem. During the battle, Flash uses the Infinite Mass Punch to stop Professor Zoom from stealing the Blue Gem.

How much super-strength does it take for Flash to stop Professor Zoom with the Infinite Mass Punch?
  • In 'The Flash' (1999) #148, Flash uses the Infinite Mass Punch to stop Professor Zoom. DC Comics.
    In ‘The Flash’ (1999) #148, Flash uses the Infinite Mass Punch to stop Professor Zoom. DC Comics.
 

IN THE ISSUE, FLASH PUNCHED PROFESSOR ZOOM WITH THE MASS OF A WHITE DWARF STAR AT LIGHTSPEED.

RELEVANTLY, WHITE DWARF STARS CAN REACH A THIRD OF THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

IMPORTANTLY, THE INFINITE MASS PUNCH GENERATED 1.7901*1047 JOULES OF KINETIC ENERGY. SIMILARLY, THE EQUIVALENT OF 2.72727272727 TIMES THE KINETIC ENERGY OF THE MILKY WAY GALAXY. ENOUGH TO DESTROY A LARGE STAR.

SUPER-STRENGTH FEAT:

GALAXY

Super Strength: Galaxy 75%

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In order to defeat Zoom, Flash performs the Infinite Mass Punch. We will calculate the kinetic energy of a white dwarf star to estimate Flash’s super-strength.

NUMBER CRUNCHING


In the issue, Wally West states that at lightspeed, his punch hits with the mass of a white dwarf star. We will calculate the kinetic energy of a white dwarf star at lightspeed. A propos, stars in space travel at a third of the speed of light. We will assume one solar mass.

KE = E = mc2 = (0.5)(1.989 × 10^30 kg)(3*10^8 m/s)2 = 1.7901e+47 J.

ENERGY PROJECTION


Accelerating his mass to the mass of a white dwarf star, Wally hit Professor Zoom with the Infinite Mass Punch.
Though Flash generated infinite momentum. In order to knock out Zoom, Flash had to generate a Galaxy-Level of Super Strength.

SUPERHERO THERAPY PRACTITIONER? VISIT SUPERHERO DAY

LINKS

The Flash Vol 2 148 in DC Database.
On the Total Kinetic Energy of Our Galaxy with the Contribution of the Populations in Springer Link.
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