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| “ | It started the second he ran through these streets. There was a flash of a lightning from beyond, followed by a thousand thunderous footsteps. His strides ushered in a new age of those that would shatter the speed of sound, light and time. Those that would race down the same road he did, enforcing his archaic sense of justice. This man refused to believe the line between good and evil blurred like the scarlet and gold he wore. It was a simple fact to Barry Allen. You were guilty -- or you were not guilty. You were wrong about many things, Barry. Guilty or not guilty? Everyone is guilty. Death is never the end. And lightning always strikes twice. | „ |
| ~ Professor Zoom |
| “ | You hurt me. Like you hurt everyone, Flash. And I'm going to keep taking people from you until you learn to make time for the people who matter in your life. Maybe then you'd finally see who your real friends are. | „ |
| ~ Professor Zoom to Barry Allen. |
Professor Eobard Thawne, also better known as Professor Zoom and the Reverse-Flash, is one of the main antagonists of the DC Universe, specifically serving as one of the two main antagonists (alongside Gorilla Grodd) of the The Flash franchise.
He is a scientist from the 25th century obsessed with Barry Allen, the speedster hero known as the Flash, who developed the means to channel the Speed Force in order to replicate the Flash's powers, eventually creating his own Negative Speed Force. After encountering his idol and discovering that he was destined to become the Flash's archenemy, Thawne dedicated himself to destroying Flash's allies and making his life miserable; most notably, killing his mother Nora and framing his father Henry for the crime.
Following the events of Flashpoint, he became a "living paradox"—a being completely disconnected from the timeline—allowing him to use his abilities without consequence, and return from death indefinitely. He is one of the three arch-nemeses (alongside Gorilla Grodd and Captain Cold) of Barry Allen, being his most personal adversary, He also appears as an enemy towards Batman and the Justice League.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Born in the twenty-fifth century, Eobard Thawne's parents genetically engineered him to be a highly intelligent and handsome child. However, as he grew up, they became concerned regarding his lack of social skills and tendency to daydream, which was frowned and looked down upon in their very strict and regimented society. Hoping that having a sibling would help Eobard adjust, his parents had a second son, Robern.
However, Eobard struggled to manage his little brother, and he would frequently be berated by his parents for yelling at him and neglected in favour of Robern. Eobard spent so much time in social bonding sessions and psychological analyses with Robern that he fell far behind in his own studies. As a result, his application to study the Speed Force at the Flash Museum was rejected. Eobard then illegally began doing his own research on the subject.
Eobard later replicated the accident that gave the 21st Century's Flash his powers becoming the flash of the 25th century and in traveling back in time he realized that his fate was to collide with flash as his worst enemy instead of his best friend and successor. This painful realization drove him mad and lead him to become the villainous speedster known as the Reverse-Flash. This also leads Eobard to create his own speed force by being the opposite of the positive one which made it the negative speed force and due to Eobard's arrogant, cruel, unstable and sadistic nature, he easily able to connect with the Negative Speed Force as opposed to the Positive one, granting him the ability to travel faster than light and not just travel through, but alter time as well, feats that no other speedsters have accomplished. The Reverse-Flash then constantly traveled back in time to do battle with his nemesis, eventually coming into conflict with many other superheroes as well. For a time, he joined the Secret Society of Super Villains.
In Other Media[]
Batman: The Brave and the Bold[]
In Batman the Brave and the Bold in the episode "Requiem for the Scarlet Speedster" it is revealed a few years ago the Flash, Kid Flash, and Flash tried to stop Professor Zoom once and for all which resulted in a giant speed chase which went a cross the whole world. They went so fast that they opened up a rift to the future which sent the Flash and Zoom to the future where Zoom captured the Flash and made him run on a giant treadmill to power his new empire in the 25th century.
Batman and the other two Flash's came to the future to fight him. He managed to capture the two Flash's but Batman try to stop him but Zoom beats him without any difficulty and almost kills him but Flash manages to free himself and to overcome Zoom. He was then taken back to the present where he got sent to jail. In this show, he is voiced by John Wesley Shipp his original actor in the live-action Flash show.
Arrowverse[]
- Main article: Eobard Thawne (Arrowverse)
DC Animated Film Universe[]
- Main article: Professor Zoom (DC Animated Movie Universe)
Injustice[]
- Main article: Eobard Thawne (Injustice)
During the five years of Superman's Regime where the Regime killed one of Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash's ancestors in the first game, Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash was present. With the death of his ancestors, Thawne is stuck in the paradox of the present time.
Sometimes later in the second game, he joins the The Secret Society led by Gorilla Grodd and Brainiac. He, Captain Cold and Deadshot are seen fighting The Flash, but were defeated. He and Captain Cold, later along with Scarecrow are last seen fighting Wonder Woman, who along with other Regime remnants have a temporary alliance with Batman's Insurgency and being defeated by her.
Powers And Abilities[]
Eobard Thawne already possessed genius-level intellect by the standards of the 25th Century even prior to gaining his metahuman abilities. The Flash: Rebirth revealed that duplicating the accident behind Barry Allen's powers created a negative Speed Force by corrupting the positive version. The Reverse-Flash is therefore able to travel at superhuman speeds faster than the speed of light, deliver blows of extreme force by hitting the victim hundreds of times a second, run on water, generate vacuums, create after-images ("speed mirages") of himself, and vibrate his molecules to pass through solid objects. Unlike original Speed Force users, Thawne has the ability to travel through and manipulate time, being able to drastically alter history and completely erase people from existence (other speedsters cannot change the past without dramatic consequences). Thawne developed numerous new powers in the events leading up to Flashpoint, including the ability to cross over to other dimensions, create shockwaves across time and space at the snap of his fingers, absorb another's memories via physical contact, and alter the age of anyone or anything. Thawne has also displayed low levels of superhuman strength, as well as electrokinetic abilities. The presence of his lightning is able to disrupt and fry nearby electronics, in addition to allowing him to manipulate magnetism. During the New 52 reboot, Eobard gained the ability to slow down time similar to Hunter Zolomon. He retained his pre-New 52 counterpart's age altering abilities in the DC Rebirth relaunch, however, Eobard regained his negative Speed Force connection and therefore all of his original powers.
Quotes[]
| “ | Reverse-Flash: Someone pushed you down the stairs in school. But when you looked back--no one was there. Do you remember the electrical fire that burned down your first house in Fallville? Or the day you moved to Central City and left the back door open? Your dog ran out and got hit by a car. What if every bad thing that happened to you was orchestrated by one person? By an enemy you hadn't even made yet? I pushed you down the stairs. I opened the door, Barry. I started the fire The Flash: You... You did it, didn't you? You son of a bitch. Reverse-Flash: Yes. I murdered your mother, Barry. |
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| ~ Reverse-Flash admitting to being behind nearly every bad thing that happened in the Flash's life, including the murder of his mother, just to spite him. |
Trivia[]
- He was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino.
- Thawne's costume is a mirror replica of Barry's costume, swapping the red and yellow elements. It would later be elaborated that his costume is truly based upon Bart Allen/Kid Flash's attire, representing Thawne's inner desire to be Barry's sidekick and friend rather than his enemy.
- Thawne is a dark reflection of both Barry Allen and Wally West.
- IGN ranked Eobard Thawne as the 31st Greatest Comic Book Villain Of All Time in 2009 and #2 on their Top 5 Flash Villains list in 2015.
External Links[]
- Professor Zoom on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Professor Zoom on the DC Wiki
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