Eobard Thawne was a brilliant scientist born in the 25th century, where Barry Allen's heroism as the Flash is the stuff of legend. Seeking to emulate his idol, Thawne traveled back in time to meet the Flash, but learned instead that his destiny was to become the Reverse-Flash, Allen's greatest nemesis. Rendered unstable by this knowledge, Thawne set out to erase Barry Allen from history and establish himself as the one true Flash.
Respect Thread to Flash's most dangerous, worst And/Or best enemy (depending how you look at it) Eobard Thawne / Professor Zoom, the second to take on the Reverse-flash mantle and my favorite to do so.
Powers
Professor Zoom's powers stem from The negative Speed force, and gives him the perks that the normal speed force gives The Flash, and is actually faster than Barry Allen. although not much, but faster nonetheless ;) besides being faster His abilities range from:
Existence erasing
Leeching time/youth
Negating speed force users ability to tap into the speed force via corruption by his Negative speed force
Time travel without the need of a cosmic treadmill to get him to his desired time and place.
Time Manipulation. (as in speeding up and Slowing down time)
Eobard Thawne, was born into the 25th century, and due to loneliness he found comfort as Barry Allen's biggest fan. Soon Eobard would grow obsessive about The Flash. in his origin he also shows new powers: the ability to erase someone's total existence from the time line. Here, he even boasts of his 167 IQ. And we see him use his powers to get rid of his secret love's boyfriends to get a shot with her... Thawne you dog, you. :)
In his first encounters with the Flash he proves to be too much for the Scarlet Speedster:
When he was convinced that he was Barry Allen, and confronted by Hal Jordan, beats him down throughout the flash Museum
While Still thinking he was BArry Allen, he is confronted by Jesse Quick, Jay Garrick, And Max Mercury in a construction site. Purely many feats included here such as taking a metal beam to the gut, pummeling jay Garrick's face into the dirt, and speed.
After getting to Earth 3, he quickly dispatches Super Woman And Power Ring himself.
On earth 3On earth 3On earth 3
An encounter with Wally West. As it turns out, he still hasn't even met Barry Allen yet. and still mops the floor with West, Jordan, Quick and Mercury.
Cheers to knocking Wally West around :) Read Wally's thought boxes: "The sound of Thawne's fists breaking the sound barrier". "He moves so fast he's invisible".
Here's the entire fight between Professor Zoom and just about every Speedster in Rebirth. Barry needs Wally's help to reach Professor Zoom. Despite taking a beating, it's still a good showing when you see that he can take away normal speedster's connection to the speed force, and that he was only focusing on Barry and Wally West for the majority of the fight. We also learn that Professor Zoom has learned the Boom Snap from his would-be successor, Hunter Zolomon.
Gallery
Presenting Professor Zoom! upon request from Zolomon, Thawne comes back in time and fights along side him against Wally, Bart, and Jay. they then drag him back to the moment were Linda lost her unborn twins. Thawne and Wally have a bried 1-on-1 match. with every Punch they trade, every window within two miles shatters.... (i skipped a few scans. wanted to get to the point)
Thawne facing Booster Gold, Green Lantern and Superman here while he's hunting for the Omega effect
We see Thanwes true potential unfold as he is traveling back in time easier than his whim, outrunning Barry Allen and Bart Allen,Erasing people's entire existence, shapeshifting, Sense imbalances in time, and Dimensions, and Leech the youth out of people.
During his time experimenting he finds he can erase entire existences, And Time Manipulation.
Being a speedster, he gets the added perk of a kind of "healing factor" via faster metabolosim. after the anesthesia stops being fed into him, it's only seconds before it wears off.
I like how i haven't put up the scans explaining that that was Eobard Thawne's first time using his powers. ;P from the same Return of Barry Allen Storyline, or his Rebirth.
Lol wut? Of course Jay was faster. Eobard Thawne had never used his powers before, and explains that he hadn't even met Barry Allen yet. ;) but numerous times (4, by my count) he's absolutely destroyed Jay Garrick who had back up too :P
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