Wally didn't just catch up though.See,wally bolts past him and come in front.
At this point wally west is billed as fastest even by his mentors standards. Superman doesn't stand a chance.Sure, power scaling can be inconsistent. But, they aren't that irrelevant. At the end of the day people expect action and feats. It's natural. That's the genre. Action comics kicked off the superhero boom.
Do you want preflashpoint stories with clone bizzaro or precrisis stories with cube world bizzaro?Escape from bizarro world. Superman #202#379. Adventure comics #285 - 299(tales of bizarro world) .