Cannonball is a mutant with the ability to propel himself through the air like a human rocket. Over the years, Sam Guthrie has grown from a New Mutant, to the leader of the original X-Force, to a full-fledged member of the X-Men. He's currently a U.S. Avenger.
I was wondering about it. I mean if you think about it his powers are similar to Wally West's. I know he's not as fast as Wally. but on a scale of 1 - 10: With 10 being Wally and 1 being, let's say The Turtle where is Cannonball?
Compared to the speedsters of the DC universe, Cannonball is slow. Those other guys could reach the speed of light. Not even Quicksilver and Northstar could run that fast. Cannonball I'd say could fly at supersonic speeds at best. So compared to DC's speedsters Quicksilver is a 7, Northstar is 8 and Cannonball would be a 5.
I don't think he is even at sonic or mach speeds but I think he is still pretty fast. I can't recall an issue where it has given anything definitive on how fast he flies. I think I have a handbook that put him around 150 mph as a max but it's not updated. I think that would at least put him in Firestar/Human Torch/Sunfire flight speed range.
I'm not one for comparing 'stats' of things like strength & speed. So in non-specific terms, he's as fast as a rocket but not as fast as the speed of sound...
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