![]() Thawne defeats Jay and prepares to kill Bart, but Barry, Max, Wally, Jesse Quick and Impulse arrive to prevent the villain from doing so. Thawne then attempts to kill Wally's children through their Speed Force connection in front of Linda Park-West, only to be stopped by Jay Garrick and Bart Allen. When Thawne reappears, he murders the revived Johnny Quick, before proceeding to trap Barry and the revived Max Mercury inside the negative Speed Force. It is later revealed that Thawne's recreation of the accident behind Barry's powers made Thawne able to lure Barry out of the Speed Force during Final Crisis and temporarily turn his nemesis into the Black Flash. His resurrection is foreshadowed to occur in a near-future event. In 2009, Thawne was re-imagined as a major villain in the DC Universe by writer Geoff Johns in The Flash: Rebirth. Īfter the events of Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!, it is revealed that Malcolm Thawne is Eobard Thawne's ancestor and Barry's long-lost twin brother, meaning that Barry is Thawne's great-uncle. Despite this, Thawne still managed to bring the remains of his older self's costume with him, cluing him further into his destiny. ![]() Wally West ultimately tricked Thawne into returning to the 25th century with no memory of the incident. As a result, the unstable Thawne convinced himself that he was Barry and subsequently attacked Central City for "forgetting him". Seeking to use the Cosmic Treadmill to travel back in time and meet his idol, Thawne arrived at the Flash Museum several years after Barry's death, discovering that he was destined to become Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash and die at his idol's hands. Obtaining the Cosmic Treadmill from an antique shop, Thawne gained all of the Flash's powers after replicating the electrochemical accident that created the Flash. The Post- Crisis extended origin storyline "The Return of Barry Allen" revealed that Thawne was once a scientist obsessed with the Flash, even undergoing cosmetic surgery to resemble his hero. Fearful that history was repeating itself, Barry killed Thawne by breaking his neck. After Flash had found love again, Thawne threatened to kill Fiona Webb (Barry's new fiancé) on their wedding day. When Iris West (Barry's wife) rejected his romantic pursuits, Thawne killed Iris. īlaming the Flash for his defeat, Thawne became obsessed with "replacing" Barry and traveled back in time to exact his revenge. Unfortunately he did not, but Flash later found the clock, detonated it safely, and destroyed Thawne's costume. However, the time capsule also contained an atomic clock, and to prevent a nuclear explosion, Flash pursued and defeated Zoom, hoping he knew where the clock was. Reversing the costume's colors, he adopted the moniker of "Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash" and went on a crime spree. Tom Cavanagh and Matt Letscher portray the character in The CW's live action Arrowverse franchise, most notably on the television shows The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.Įobard Thawne's debut as seen on the cover of The Flash #139 (September 1963).Įobard Thawne found a time capsule in the 25th century containing a costume of the Flash (Barry Allen) and with a Tachyon device amplified the suit's speed energy, giving himself speedster abilities. Thomas Howell in the DC Animated Movie Universe and Liam O'Brien in various video games. He has been established as one of the fastest speedsters in the DC Universe.Įobard Thawne has been adapted from the comics into various forms of media, having been voiced by C. The first and most well-known character to assume the "Reverse-Flash" mantle, Thawne is the archenemy of Barry Allen (the second superhero to be called the Flash), a descendant of Malcolm Thawne, and a forefather of Bart Allen, Thaddeus Thawne, and Owen Mercer. The character was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, and made his debut in The Flash #139 in September 1963. Cellular regeneration and accelerated healingĮobard Thawne, otherwise known as Professor Zoom and the Reverse-Flash, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.Superhuman speed to travel faster than light.
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