Threats, both new and old are coming to my city and I'm the only one fast enough to stop them. This is how Eobard Thawne is alive. [8] His resurrection is foreshadowed to occur in a near-future event. When Thawne is exorcised from Barry Allen, he rounds up every villain who hates the Flash family to expand his Legion of Zoom like Abra Kadabra, Belladonna, Blacksmith, Bloodwork, Double Down, Fiddler, Folded Man, Girder, Papercut, Peek-a-Boo, Plunder, Rag Doll, Razer, Thinker, and Top. There may be a small hint embedded in a comment Flash star Tom Cavanagh — whose many characters include the version of Thawne with Harrison Wells' face — made just before The Flash Season 4 began. [14], In the 2009–2010 storyline "Blackest Night", the Pre-Crisis version of Thawne's broken-necked corpse is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps. Revealing his backstory to Barry, Thawne proceeds to best Barry in combat and is about to kill him until the Flash realizes how Thawne's powers work, and then proceeds to counter by moving time forward – finally defeating him. A time wraith shows up several times to attack Barry and is seen by Thawne who thinks it's after HIM until he realizes this version of Barry is from the future. [15] When the Black Lantern Rogues attack Iron Heights, the living Thawne is encountered and the Black Lanterns' rings strangely malfunction, displaying a strange symbol. Believing himself to have been "chosen" by the Speed Force as the Flash's replacement, Thawne dons a costume similar to the hero's and begins to terrorize the Gem Cities as "Zoom", demanding the citizens accept him as a king. You will never find love. Thawne brutally beats and verbally taunts Bruce before picking up the Comedian's smiley-face pin, which teleports him away to an unknown location. Eobard Thawne explains his existence in Legends Season 2 Episode 10 "The Legion of Doom" Spoiler-free plot-point from that episode. I swear the timeline is just getting worse everytime Barry changes things. Eobard Thawne was a brilliant scientist born in the 25th century, where Barry Allen's heroism as the Flash is the stuff of legend. [26] Jealous and bitter that the Flash is worshiped and loved by the people despite their similar powers, Thawne uses Rip Hunter's notes to travel back in time, where he starts recruiting four individuals "touched by the lightning" (the Speed Force) across history, after "saving" them from situations he himself put them into under the false pretense that he requires their help in order to vanquish the "evil menace" of the Flash.[27]. With Jesse Quick now working well as an Earth-1 hero, it's difficult not to wonder whether or not Harry could bite the dust at some point in Season 4 to throw Jesse off of her game. They reach Thawne and in doing so, they become the lightning bolt that turns Barry into the Flash as they are able to stop Thawne from killing Iris. [14], In the present, he is imprisoned in Iron Heights. "There is stuff that's involved with the season, how Wells might become a different version of Wells, but I think that's a storyline too far for me to give up," he said. [24] Thawne later reveals that the Flashpoint timeline was created when Barry went back in time to stop the Reverse-Flash from killing Nora. [32] Seeking to teach the Dark Knight's son a lesson, Thawne attacks Bruce Wayne in the Batcave and destroys Thomas's letter as retribution. It is a paradox. If Eobard is never born, there is no reason for Eddie to kill himself. In December, Entertainment Weekly broke the story that Eobard Thawne actor Matt Letscher would be making his unexpected return to The Flash in … He has been established as one of the fastest speedsters in the DC Universe. Fearful that history was repeating itself, Barry killed Thawne by breaking his neck. Now since Thawne was able to run back to his own timeline, the fact that he died in season 1, is completely erased from existence. While 'The Flash' Season 5 predominantly focused on Cicada as a key villain, it later threw a shocking surprise when it brought back Eobard Thawne (Tom Cavanagh) and Nora West-Allen (Jessica Parker Kennedy) in the second part of the series. In spite of these retcons, his New 52 history is shown to have somehow still occurred, to some extent. Zoom does not answer him directly, giving a cryptic response and eventually escaping as Captain Boomerang is confronted by the rest of the Rogues.[21]. The Entity proclaims Zoom has completed his task and his life is restored to him, later revealing that Zoom (having fulfilled his task) is now fully purged of all trace remnants of his Black Lantern ties – both present and future. "This year, we’ve had a different villain and so I think there’s going to be areas that we could use a different Wells," he said, likely referencing the Thinker, The Flash Season 4's biggest villain so far. [18], In the follow-up "Brightest Day" storyline, the present Professor Zoom is still imprisoned in Iron Heights. As the Flashes tie him up to stop him from running, Iris discovers Thawne's weapon back in the past, which she keeps. Laying low for many years, Zoom reemerges following William Selkirk's defeat, recruiting as an "acolyte" of his. [5] When Iris West (Barry's wife) rejected his romantic pursuits, Thawne killed Iris. Matt Letscher will reprise his role as Season 1 nemesis Eobard Thawne (aka Reverse-Flash) in an upcomi… Thawne has already killed one Harrison Wells and pretended to be him. [16] When Thawne's corpse approaches his living counterpart, he stops moving and is then frozen by Captain Cold's "cold grenade". Or, Barry could potentially try to mess with the timeline in order to stop the Thinker from even receiving his powers in the first place. Yes, Cisco can see the future. . The black power ring downloaded the corpse's memories, resulting in him not knowing of Barry's death and resurrection. Thawne killed Barry’s mother. All rights reserved. [23] The Reverse-Flash reveals that his body is permanently connected to the Speed Force, enabling him to create a negative version, with which he escaped prison. So he remains alive but in his own timeline. [11], When Thawne reappears, he murders the revived Johnny Quick,[12] before proceeding to trap Barry and the revived Max Mercury inside the negative Speed Force. In subsequent changes to the timeline, Zoom defected to the rebellion against Tremain led by Gorilla Grodd; turned into a gorilla fighting against an army of flying turtles led by Grodd, now a flying turtle himself; and was a gorilla in a modern society identical to that of ancient Egypt. [46] Confronted with Thawne's taunts about how their history with each other had defined them for so long, Barry instead chose to forgive Thawne rather than kill him or allow him to escape, tricking Thawne into attacking him as he was vibrating at just the right frequency to 'infect' Thawne with a sample of his own Speed Force energy. Barry tosses Thawne in and Jay activates the device, severing his connection to the negative Speed Force. Instead, Thawne decides to ruin Barry's life during the latter's childhood, killing his mother, Nora. As he collapses, Thawne says "God...I saw...God. It seems too far-fetched to imagine Thawne joining Team Flash now, as probably the most powerful super villain Barry's ever battled, but the series has rehabilitated bad guys before (and The CW's DC Universe is full of villains turned heroes). [22] He later had his younger self find the time capsule containing Barry's costume to make himself the Flash of the 25th century. [19] When Deadman activates the White Power Battery, the Entity speaks to the 12 heroes and villains resurrected at the climax of the "Blackest Night" and tells each of them of their mission that must be accomplished in order to restore 'life' to the universe and prevent the Blackest Night from ever recurring. Thawne mistook Zolomon's helmet for Garrick's, and it being his cue to leave is because he thought it was from close to his timeline. 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 afterimages ("speed mirages") of himself, and vibrate his molecules to pass through solid objects. 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. Zoom becomes the first to inadvertently fulfill his mission, which occurred in the events of The Flash: Rebirth when he freed Allen from the Speed Force following the resurrection. The Flash: Rebirth revealed that duplicating the accident behind Barry Allen's powers created a negative Speed Force by corrupting the positive version. [20] Zoom is released from Iron Heights by Captain Boomerang, who had hoped to better understand his version of the Entity's message. In Gorilla City, one of the apes warns that Professor Zoom has done something horrible to their jungles, but just what he has done is something even they do not know. He is present at Iris West's house when she arrives with Wallace West,[37] who Thawne brutally beats and denounces as a fake, before kidnapping Iris and bringing her to the 25th century. Could he possibly pull the same trick again? Reversing the costume's colors, he adopted the moniker of "Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash" and went on a crime spree. You'd think post-Flashpoint that he'd think twice before attempting to change the past, but maybe DeVoe will be so powerful that Team Flash doesn't see much of a choice. And Barry, in his desperation to recreate the Speed Force, might just hand it to him. [59], Fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise, Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship, Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, "Injustice mobile game update adds Reverse Flash, Arkham Knight, Survival Mode and more", "Injustice 2 story trailer, Darkseid pre-order DLC and special editions announced", "Injustice 2: 3 Extra DC Characters Added as Alternate Skins in Special Edition", "Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time: 31. However it is that Eobard Thawne is still alive, his return cannot be good news for Barry Allen and the rest of the gang. Professor Eobard "Zoom" Thawne, otherwise known as the Reverse-Flash, is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. It is revealed that he went back in time to kill Barry's mother and then was stuck in the past. He calls her Dawn but she corrects him and says her name is Nora. This transference 'grounded' Thawne back in reality, erasing his personal experience of his life as the Reverse Flash, leaving him as a tour guide in the Flash Museum of his home era and unaware of his villainous past. It could also be possible that Cavanagh simply meant that Harry would be replaced with another version of Wells, the way H.R. [22] Thawne later falls in love with a reporter who had been hired to interview him, thus his future self wipes all of the reporter's romantic interests from existence. [29], In the DC Rebirth relaunch, Thawne's powers are retconned back to Negative Speed Force superspeed, his origin is revised to be closer to his pre-Flashpoint ones (albeit with some differences and an altered motive), and the Reverse-Flash mantle is returned to him, now as his primary moniker. After a long struggle, their plan to beat Reverse-Flash fell apart in the season finale, forcing his descendant, Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett), to take matters … In 2009, Thawne was re-imagined as a major villain in the DC Universe by writer Geoff Johns in The Flash: Rebirth. [50], IGN ranked Eobard Thawne as the 31st Greatest Comic Book Villain Of All Time in 2009[58] and #2 on their Top 5 Flash Villains list in 2015. He h… He even suggested that he might be adopting a whole new identity the next time they battle, quipping, "I wonder what face I’ll be wearing next time we meet, Flash.". In the aftermath of "The Button", Thawne's corpse is taken to S.T.A.R. In an alternate timeline created when Impulse kills an insect in the Devonian Age, most super-villains are government bureaucrats. Barry Allen destroyed my future. So fans would be smart to keep Thawne's final words to Barry in mind as the season continues. There is another possibility, and that's that Thawne could be involved in flashbacks. They start to attack Flash on all fronts to the point where Thawne starts to take over Flash's body enough that the Flash Family had to assemble to combat him. The network hasn't announced a specific time to expect more Reverse-Flash, but given that this villain is a master of time and inter-dimensional travel, he can basically appear anywhere at any time. Professor Zoom is the National Science Advisor to President-for-Life Julian Tremain. However Thawne winds up returning, it seems likely from Tom Cavanagh's comments alone that he'll never be totally gone from the show, even as more versions of Wells populate the team. Thawne defeats Jay and prepares to kill Bart, but Barry, Max, Wally, Jesse Quick and Impulse arrive to prevent the villain from doing so. However, her motivation for this has remained a mystery -- until now. However, he is enraged when people rebel against him in the Flash's name. At the end of the latest CW/DC crossover, "Crisis on Earth-X," Barry Allen's arch-nemesis Eobard Thawne, who worked for the evil Nazi regime in that reality, was able to escape, with Barry's help. 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. [11][13] In the ensuing fight, Thawne reveals that he is responsible for every tragedy that has occurred in Barry's life, including the death of Nora Allen (Barry's mother). We're less than a week away from the return of The Flash, and its pretty safe to say that the series will be coming back … The actor told Comic Book Resources at San Diego Comic-Con that Wells could go through another transformation. [35] As he follows the traces leading to the entity, Thawne muses that he may go back in time to raise his nemesis as a "family friend" after killing Nora, but is killed by Doctor Manhattan and teleported back to the Batcave.[36]. Darhk: Well, you look pretty spry despite it. He held me captive for months. Barry later travels back in time to season one's timeframe to obtain Thawne's help with tachyon equipment. Thawne developed numerous new powers in the events leading up to Flashpoint, including the ability to cross over to other dimensions, create shock waves 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. As a fellow time traveler, Thawne could wind up being an unlikely ally, especially if he's threatened by the idea of a man so much more intelligent than he is. It certainly seems unlikely that Team Flash wouldn't notice that their resident Earth-2 super-genius was replaced with a doppelgänger. Eobard Thawne as the Reverse Flash appears in Justice League Adventures #6 (June 2002). One day, he learns his enemy's name, and travels back in time to kill him as a child, only for Barry, who had already experienced this from the perspective of a chil… [40][41][42] To learn how to do so, Barry pulls an earlier version of Thawne out of the timeline, from the night he killed Nora. After talking Henry out of killing Thawne, Barry has him arrested and imprisoned at Iron Heights Penitentiary. [30][31], Leading up to the 2017 "The Button" crossover, Thawne's memories of his Pre-New 52 self are restored after a mysterious wave of energy strikes him, and he recalls being killed by Batman (Thomas Wayne) during Flashpoint. The season culminated with the Black Flash catching up to Thawne and seemingly destroying him. During an interview with TVLine, The Flash showrunner Todd Helbing confirmed there are more Eobard Thawne twists coming in the fifth season finale of the Grant Gustin series. In the 2011 Flashpoint storyline, a new timeline is created through the alteration of history. 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As shown in the series' 100th episode, Nora has been working with Eobard Thawne since she arrived in The Flash's present-day timeline. Nevertheless, Thawne vows to regain his powers and keep coming back to torment Barry, before being killed by Iris with a vaporisation gun. [39], Thawne is revealed to be the only person to have defeated the chronokinesis-wielding new Flash villain, Paradox. [3] However, the time capsule also contained an atomic clock, and to prevent a nuclear explosion,[clarification needed] Flash pursued and defeated Zoom, hoping he knew where the clock was. ", Now, this could just be a reference to Thawne's temporary return during "Crisis on Earth-X," or even the "Council of Wells," but Cavanagh followed this up with another statement that suggests a slightly different possibility. Labs, but he is resurrected via his connection to the Negative Speed Force and returns to the future, to examine the difference between the pre and post-Flashpoint timelines. As if The Flash’s Barry Allen doesn’t have enough evil speedster problems already. [47], Eobard Thawne already possessed genius-level intellect by the standards of the 25th Century even prior to gaining his metahuman abilities, making him possibly one of the smartest individuals when in the 21st century. Eobard Thawne is never really still "alive" after. He was unable to alter Barry's transformation into the Flash, however, as that would effectively erase himself from existence. Thawne: The Flash pulled me from the timeline. He sheds a tear as his altered past self runs past him while saying "It won't last long. [This post contains SPOILERS for season 1 of The Flash. Well, it was Eobard Thawne disguised as Harrison Wells, but you get the idea. Hunter Zolomon speaks to him, saying they can help each other be better. After the failure of his plan to be a god, Zoom then takes Henry to the Allen house, with Barry in pursuit. At the end of the season, he was erased from existence. 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). Obviously, this could lead to Eobard Thawne getting his powers back again and unleashing hell on Barry, just like he always does. Thawne is then teleported back to the Batcave, having been bathed in radiation by a mysterious entity. Zoom and his acolytes then cause havoc in the city and put the blame on the Flash, desiring to destroy his nemesis's legacy. Labs to Barry and a video-recorded confession to Nora's murder which allows for Henry's exoneration. If Eddie doesn't kill himself, Eobard will be born. Nora did not actually die. [45] As the battle continues, Thawne reveals that he was responsible not only for the creation of Barry's other major speedster enemies, such as Zoom and Godspeed, but reveals that he was present at every moment where Barry essentially isolated himself from his allies, such as keeping the investigation into the button secret or provoking the fight between Barry and Wally, whispering at hyperspeed to implant a subconscious suggestion in their minds. This has already been revealed through flashbacks, so perhaps the series will give more context to the Thinker's origins. 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. Thawne: My ancestor [Eddie Thawne] killed himself in an effort to erase my very existence. You will never be the Flash. Why does Nora Allen die? He retained his Pre-New 52 counterpart's age-altering abilities. Now after killing Nora Allen again, Thawne has the power to run back to his timeline, so he does. He kills the actual Harrison Wells and take his form and waits for Barry to become the Flash. 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. In the Season 2 episode "Flash Back", Barry travels back in time for advice from Thawne on how to increase his speed. [44] After Thawne in Barry's body tries to get Captain Cold, Golden Girder, Gorilla Grodd, and Turtle to dig up Nora Allen's body, Trickster and the Tornado Twins try to stop him when the rest of the Flash family shows up only to be returned to their own timelines. They have battled multiple times. I seriously doubt that will ever happen. Once people come back in season two, they'll look back at some of these episodes in season one and go, "Oh wait a minute, I see where this came from." The Flash family receives aid from different Flashes from across time and the Multiverse as well as the Renegades. Still seeking to spend time with the Flash and be his friend, Thawne becomes the Reverse-Flash, vowing to making Barry's life a living hell until he learns to "make time" for him. Created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, he made his debut in The Flash #139 (September 1963). After restoring the multiverse, I woke up to find myself back at the beginning of my journey and now that I am armed with knowledge of what is to come, I know I can prevent it from happening again. He also eventually becomes the curator of the Flash Museum. What I want to know is how Eobard Thawne plays in this season. By Jenna Anderson - February 26, 2021 12:03 am EST. After Flash had found love again, Thawne threatened to kill Fiona Webb (Barry's new fiancé) on their wedding day. During the New 52 reboot, Thawne gained the ability to slow down time similar to Hunter Zolomon. But when his closest "ally" Magali (who has been keeping Thawne alive for centuries via powers) discover the truth about him, he uses the glove to steal Magali's abilities of affecting the age of organic and inorganic matter, leading to his true nature being exposed to the rest of his acolytes, who join forces with the Flash to destroy the device. Now Barry, who is more than a bit shaken up to see his worst enemy back in action, has three hours to find his old (new?) [30][31], An only child when his parents died in an accident, Eobard Thawne grew up obsessed with the Flash. Okay. However, he is enraged after he witnesses Barry give Wally West a talk on how "every second is a gift", similar to one that Barry gave him, and realises that he wasn't treated specially by the Flash. And with his sharpened time-traveling skills, he might already know the time and place of his next clash with Team Flash. One day, he is struck by lightning and gains the ability to control the flow of time around him, making it appear as if he is moving at superhuman speeds. Eobard 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. As a child, Thawne witnessed his father murder his mother and subsequently get arrested. They return to the present, where the Justice League, the Justice Society, and the Outsiders have built a device originally intended to disconnect Barry from the Speed Force as the Black Flash. "We're going to start with Harry and then find a way, I think, to try and get a different version of Wells in there, be it some form of version of Harry or whatnot. Seeing no other choice, Barry and Nora phase into the Time Vault of S.T.A.R. [48] Thawne has also displayed superhuman strength, as well as electrokinetic abilities. Despite this, Thawne still managed to bring the remains of his older self's costume with him, cluing him further into his destiny.[7]. [1] Created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, he made his debut in The Flash #139 (September 1963). The presence of his lightning is able to disrupt and fry nearby electronics, in addition to allowing him to manipulate magnetism. Thawne asks which Barry Allen he’s talking to now and Barry says a much later one from the one he has cuffed there. Thawne … After Thawne is killed by this reality's Batman with a sword stab through the chest , the Flash travels back in time to stop Barry's younger self from altering history but instead, under Pandora's manipulations, a third, new timeline is created, in which DC Comics' continuity takes place from 2011 onward. ("My starting point is always the Reverse Flash," Cavanagh told CBR in the same interview.) ]-Last season on The Flash, Barry Allen fulfilled his lifelong mission of confronting the man in the yellow suit - only to find out that it was fact his mentor, Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh). They are mortal enemies. [38] When Barry arrives, he is quickly beaten by Thawne, who reveals his identity as the Flash to Iris. As Barry forces Thawne into the Speed Force, Barry's allies are able to meditate to tap the Force's power and banish their foes back to their points of origin, but the Tornado Twins contact those in the present stating that this will be Barry and Thawne's final race. 2021 Bustle Digital Group. As it turns out, the reason she went to Thawne has everything to do with Godspeed and her mother Iris' decision to keep her powers a secret. Seeking to show Barry how much he's changed and become his partner, Thawne travels to the past. In subsequent seasons, Thawne makes sporadic appearances. Thawne uses his powers to completely rewrite his own history; he erases his younger brother from existence and kills his parents when they try to interfere with his research. Professor Eobard "Zoom" Thawne, otherwise known as the Reverse-Flash, is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. To prevent that, Eobard will continue to exist until the point where Eddie kills himself. Unfortunately he did not, but Flash later found the clock, detonated it safely, and destroyed Thawne's costume. Wells could go through another transformation. But when Henry refuses to help him with an unknown cause, Zoom subsequently murders Nora in order to make Barry endure and give them both an "equal start", and forces Henry to take the blame for his deed, with the threat of Barry's life. Upon the destruction of Cicada’s dagger, Nora’s timeline, as well as that of Cicada 2.0/Grace Gibbons, changed and reset. It's time I destroyed his.". Due to the meddling with the timeline by her, Eobard Thawne’s plan came to fruition by manipulating Team Flash into destroying Cicada’s dagger and setting him free. The Flashes push Thawne back through time, showing his past and future. [49] In the DC Rebirth relaunch, however, Thawne regains his Negative Speed Force connection and therefore all of his original powers.[32]. He is overjoyed when Barry Allen travels to his time and teaches him new tricks, but his deceit is soon found out. [2] 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. Thawne then makes an acquaintance with Dr. Henry Allen (Barry's father), funding Henry's research lab. After finding a time capsule with the speedster's costume, he uses traces of the Speed Force in it to turn himself into a Flash. [43], Thawne later starts to assemble the Legion of Zoom by bringing together Captain Cold, Golden Glider, Gorilla Grodd, Tar Pit, the Tornado Twins, Trickster, and Turtle. Labs where Thawne, disguised as Wells, has season two Barry cuffed to a chair. [4], Blaming the Flash for his defeat, Thawne became obsessed with "replacing" Barry and traveled back in time to exact his revenge. [25], In The New 52 reboot of DC's continuity, Thawne's origin is re-established as hailing from the Central City of a 25th-century devoted to the Flash. stepped in for the last season as the resident fedora-wearing BS artist who nobly sacrificed himself to save Iris at the end of Season 3. What we have after season one is a Time remnant. In The Flash: Eobard Thawne is the reverse flash. 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