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* In Creator/WarrenEllis' ''ComicBook/{{Orbiter}}'', [[spoiler:the shuttle's FTL drive is heavily implied to be AlcubierreDrive (the name's not stated, but the picture of the warp field and the name Alcubierre was mentioned, and the theoretical explanation fits Alcubierre drive, except that starting and stopping is far easier)]].
* Franchise/TheDCU uses this every so often.
** ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Kyle Rayner has traversed the entire universe in a span of a few months, as well as traveling back and forth between Oa and Earth multiple times. Other Lanterns -especially Hal Jordan- have done the same, but not nearly as much as Kyle has.
** The Zeta Beam is primarily ComicBook/AdamStrange's method of FTL travel.
** In the ''ComicBook/NewGods'' there's the [[OurWormholesAreDifferent Boom Tube Gauntlet]], that allows instantaneous travel to planets as far away as [[PollutedWasteland Apokolips]] and [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas New Genesis]].
** Franchise/TheFlash and any speedster is able to run faster than light at any time he wishes.
*** Special mention goes to his RoguesGallery, who at some times at least can be even faster than ''him'', most notable being Reverse-Flash. Even '''more''' extreme examples might be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoTD7kW0tPY&t=273s Godspeed and Black Racer.]]
** Franchise/{{Superman}} [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and]] [[ComicBook/PowerGirl his]] [[ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperDog Kryptonian]] [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} family]] routinely could fly faster than the speed of light between [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks the late Golden Age]] through the end of MediaNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}, usually to travel across space. Said ability was also used (similar to the Flash's means) to allow them to travel through time. ComicBook/PostCrisis, Superman was usually limited to sublight speeds, though writers began to ignore this early on and write stories where he flies across vast distances of space without anyone on Earth noticing an absurdly-long absence.
*** An 80s Superboy story shows him making use of a wormhole early in his career to fly across space.
*** In another 80's story, [[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 "Blackstar"]], Supergirl takes one day to make her way to Earth from the center of the universe.
*** Similarly, Kal-El's ship that brought him to Earth was equipped with a warp drive engine.
** ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
*** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': While Diana generally uses the teleportation device Paula invented the Saturnians explicity have ships capable of faster than light travel, as Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor steal one to get back home after being abducted.
*** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Diana and Natasha end up lost very far from home after the modified New God tech Di was using to save Natasha from the space station is sabotaged and sends them flying out of the Milky Way into space, where they end up in Sangtee Empire territory.
* The 1980s British science fiction comic ''Starblazer'' had a wide variety of star drives in its stories, including warp drives and warp gates, traveling through hyperspace with hyperdrives, using natural wormholes, Worm Hole Drive (creating artificial wormholes) and Omega Drive (artificially created black holes).
* In ''ComicBook/TankVixens'' the "Credibilty Drive" relies on the crew being [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum gullible enough to warp the universe]]. It's really just a dressed-up VCR that plays a video of hyperspace lines on the monitors followed by their destination. However, when a tape of ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' is played by accident they end up TrappedInTVLand.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Pouvoirpoint}}'' the ship Entreprise-2061 makes use of FTL jumps several times during the journey from Earth to Alpha Centauri, producing each time psychedelic effects and giving space sickness to the main character.
* Franchise/MarvelUniverse's, ComicBook/{{Quasar}} wears the Quantum Bands which were created by [[CosmicEntity Eon]] for the Protector of the Universe. Eon would routinely bestow the bands on each new agent she chose to act as Protector. Among other things, they enable him to quantum jump or create small apertures between the fabric of space/time in the actual world of matter and energy and the potential world of matter and energy that is the quantum zone. He can then travel through this trackless featureless zone and emerge at a different point in our physical space. His quantum-bands enable him to keep his bearings while in the zone and thus emerge where he wants to. He can cross countless light years in a single jump, if he so desires. Important note, however, he cannot quantum-jump in an atmosphere without ripping a huge hole in its ozone layer. Thus using it for teleportation on Earth is out of the question.
* The ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics have a few versions, though they rarely go in detail:

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* In Creator/WarrenEllis' ''ComicBook/{{Orbiter}}'', [[spoiler:the shuttle's FTL drive is heavily implied to be AlcubierreDrive (the name's not stated, but the picture of the warp field and the name Alcubierre was mentioned, and the theoretical explanation fits Alcubierre drive, except that starting and stopping is far easier)]].
* Franchise/TheDCU uses this every so often.
** ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Kyle Rayner has traversed the entire universe in a span of a few months, as well as traveling back and forth between Oa and Earth multiple times. Other Lanterns -especially Hal Jordan- have done the same, but not nearly as much as Kyle has.
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''ComicBook/AdamStrange'': The Zeta Beam is primarily ComicBook/AdamStrange's Adam Strange's method of FTL travel.
** In the ''ComicBook/NewGods'' there's the [[OurWormholesAreDifferent Boom Tube Gauntlet]], that allows instantaneous travel to planets as far away as [[PollutedWasteland Apokolips]] and [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas New Genesis]].
** Franchise/TheFlash and any speedster is able to run faster than light at any time he wishes.
*** Special mention goes to his RoguesGallery, who at some times at least can be even faster than ''him'', most notable being Reverse-Flash. Even '''more''' extreme examples might be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoTD7kW0tPY&t=273s Godspeed and Black Racer.]]
** Franchise/{{Superman}} [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and]] [[ComicBook/PowerGirl his]] [[ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperDog Kryptonian]] [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} family]] routinely could fly faster than the speed of light between [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks the late Golden Age]] through the end of MediaNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}, usually to travel across space. Said ability was also used (similar to the Flash's means) to allow them to travel through time. ComicBook/PostCrisis, Superman was usually limited to sublight speeds, though writers began to ignore this early on and write stories where he flies across vast distances of space without anyone on Earth noticing an absurdly-long absence.
*** An 80s Superboy story shows him making use of a wormhole early in his career to fly across space.
*** In another 80's story, [[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 "Blackstar"]], Supergirl takes one day to make her way to Earth from the center of the universe.
*** Similarly, Kal-El's ship that brought him to Earth was equipped with a warp drive engine.
** ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
*** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': While Diana generally uses the teleportation device Paula invented the Saturnians explicity have ships capable of faster than light travel, as Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor steal one to get back home after being abducted.
*** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Diana and Natasha end up lost very far from home after the modified New God tech Di was using to save Natasha from the space station is sabotaged and sends them flying out of the Milky Way into space, where they end up in Sangtee Empire territory.
* The 1980s British science fiction comic ''Starblazer'' had a wide variety of star drives in its stories, including warp drives and warp gates, traveling through hyperspace with hyperdrives, using natural wormholes, Worm Hole Drive (creating artificial wormholes) and Omega Drive (artificially created black holes).
* In ''ComicBook/TankVixens'' the "Credibilty Drive" relies on the crew being [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum gullible enough to warp the universe]]. It's really just a dressed-up VCR that plays a video of hyperspace lines on the monitors followed by their destination. However, when a tape of ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' is played by accident they end up TrappedInTVLand.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Pouvoirpoint}}'' the ship Entreprise-2061 makes use of FTL jumps several times during the journey from Earth to Alpha Centauri, producing each time psychedelic effects and giving space sickness to the main character.
* Franchise/MarvelUniverse's, ComicBook/{{Quasar}} wears the Quantum Bands which were created by [[CosmicEntity Eon]] for the Protector of the Universe. Eon would routinely bestow the bands on each new agent she chose to act as Protector. Among other things, they enable him to quantum jump or create small apertures between the fabric of space/time in the actual world of matter and energy and the potential world of matter and energy that is the quantum zone. He can then travel through this trackless featureless zone and emerge at a different point in our physical space. His quantum-bands enable him to keep his bearings while in the zone and thus emerge where he wants to. He can cross countless light years in a single jump, if he so desires. Important note, however, he cannot quantum-jump in an atmosphere without ripping a huge hole in its ozone layer. Thus using it for teleportation on Earth is out of the question.
* The ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics have a few versions, though they rarely go in detail:
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* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': The Flash and any speedster empowered by the Speed Force is able to run faster than light at any time he wishes.
** Special mention goes to the Flash's RoguesGallery, who at some times at least can be even faster than ''him'', most notable being Reverse-Flash. Even '''more''' extreme examples might be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoTD7kW0tPY&t=273s Godspeed and Black Racer.]]
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Kyle Rayner has traversed the entire universe in a span of a few months, as well as traveling back and forth between Oa and Earth multiple times. Other Lanterns -especially Hal Jordan- have done the same, but not nearly as much as Kyle has.
* ''ComicBook/NewGods'': The [[OurWormholesAreDifferent Boom Tube Gauntlet]], that allows instantaneous travel to planets as far away as [[PollutedWasteland Apokolips]] and [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas New Genesis]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Orbiter}}'': In Creator/WarrenEllis' comic, [[spoiler:the shuttle's FTL drive is heavily implied to be AlcubierreDrive (the name's not stated, but the picture of the warp field and the name Alcubierre was mentioned, and the theoretical explanation fits Alcubierre drive, except that starting and stopping is far easier)]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Pouvoirpoint}}'': The ship Entreprise-2061 makes use of FTL jumps several times during the journey from Earth to Alpha Centauri, producing each time psychedelic effects and giving space sickness to the main character.
* ''ComicBook/{{Quasar}}'': Quasar wears the Quantum Bands which were created by [[CosmicEntity Eon]] for the Protector of the Universe. Eon would routinely bestow the bands on each new agent she chose to act as Protector. Among other things, they enable him to quantum jump or create small apertures between the fabric of space/time in the actual world of matter and energy and the potential world of matter and energy that is the quantum zone. He can then travel through this trackless featureless zone and emerge at a different point in our physical space. His quantum-bands enable him to keep his bearings while in the zone and thus emerge where he wants to. He can cross countless light years in a single jump, if he so desires. Important note, however, he cannot quantum-jump in an atmosphere without ripping a huge hole in its ozone layer. Thus using it for teleportation on Earth is out of the question.
* ''ComicBook/{{Starblazer}}'': The 1980s British science fiction comic had a wide variety of star drives in its stories, including warp drives and warp gates, traveling through hyperspace with hyperdrives, using natural wormholes, Worm Hole Drive (creating artificial wormholes) and Omega Drive (artificially created black holes).
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': Superman [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and]] [[ComicBook/PowerGirl his]] [[ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperDog Kryptonian]] [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} family]] routinely could fly faster than the speed of light between [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks the late Golden Age]] through the end of MediaNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}, usually to travel across space. Said ability was also used (similar to the Flash's means) to allow them to travel through time. ComicBook/PostCrisis, Superman was usually limited to sublight speeds, though writers began to ignore this early on and write stories where he flies across vast distances of space without anyone on Earth noticing an absurdly-long absence.
** An 80s Superboy story shows him making use of a wormhole early in his career to fly across space.
** In another 80's story, [[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 "Blackstar"]], Supergirl takes one day to make her way to Earth from the center of the universe.
** Similarly, Kal-El's ship that brought him to Earth was equipped with a warp drive engine.
* ''ComicBook/TankVixens'': The "Credibilty Drive" relies on the crew being [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum gullible enough to warp the universe]]. It's really just a dressed-up VCR that plays a video of hyperspace lines on the monitors followed by their destination. However, when a tape of ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' is played by accident they end up TrappedInTVLand.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': While Diana generally uses the teleportation device Paula invented the Saturnians explicity have ships capable of faster than light travel, as Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor steal one to get back home after being abducted.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Diana and Natasha end up lost very far from home after the modified New God tech Di was using to save Natasha from the space station is sabotaged and sends them flying out of the Milky Way into space, where they end up in Sangtee Empire territory.
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* In WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot, Jenny can fly around the earth, fly past Saturn, and fly back to Earth '''''from another galaxy''''' just in time for dinner, all in mere seconds!
** Misty and Teen Team were all born in different galaxies and roam the universe regularly
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** In the ''Film/TheLastJedi'', we find what happens when [[spoiler:a ship going at warp speed is used to deliberately ram a target. The answer? A spectacular DyingMomentOfAwesome and ultimate example of RammingAlwaysWorks]].

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** In the ''Film/TheLastJedi'', we find what happens when [[spoiler:a ship going at warp speed is used to deliberately ram a target. The answer? A spectacular DyingMomentOfAwesome and ultimate example of RammingAlwaysWorks]].Admiral Haldo takes out the First Order mothership in a single strike]], which InUniverse is acknowledged as a "one in a million" shot.

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