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This page covers the DC comicbook hero Zoom also known as Eobard Thawne . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.
A former FBI profiler and once close ally to the Flash, Wally West, Zoom believes that to make Wally a greater hero he must test him by being his greatest villain. Thus was born the merciless Zoom.
Eobard Thawne
The first Professor Zoom also known as the Reverse Flash was actually from the 25th Century. He was obsessed with the second Flash (Barry Allen) and later killed his wife Iris(who was actually sent to the future).Not knowing his wife was still alive Barry hunted down Eobard and in the resulting fight Barry accidently broke Zoom's neck.
Hunter Zolomon
Hunter Zoloman came from a troubled family background. His parents rarely spoke too one another or even to him.
On the day Hunter was set to leave home to go to college, on his way home he found the police laying siege to his home. He found that his father was a serial killer who in his time had killed six young girls. Hunters mother gave her husband up to the police but he was killed after he refused to come willingly.
After this Hunter became obsessed with understanding how the criminal mind functions and stopping people like his father from killing innocent people. Hunter studied psychology and criminology at college. It was also here that he met his girl friend, and later wife, Ashley. They both joined the F.B.I together and became agents. Unfortunately, by a miscalculation on Hunters part, Ashley’s father was killed. Hunter said that the criminal they were pursuing would be unable to face his adult life and thus would be unable to use a gun as a weapon, he was wrong. Ashley left him soon after this. Due the events that took place and the subsequent killing Hunter was let go from the F.B.I, he left with an injured knee now needing a cane to walk.
Hunter found himself in Keystone City, home to the Flash. There, he was able to get a job in the local precinct as a profiler, working in the Department of Metahuman Hostilities. With his new range of work he was in constant contact with the Flash, Wally West. The two soon struck it off and became good friends. Hunter was a key player in several of Flash’s cases, yet he always felt resentment towards the Flash as he was stuck behind a desk.
A Timely Creation
Hunter was injured by Gorilla Grodd when Grodd staged a massive prison break and as a result was left paralysed from the waist down. Hunter asked Wally to use the cosmic treadmill, found in the Flash Museum, to travel back in time and stop the event from taking place. Wally declined the offer saying that he could not take the chance in disrupting the time stream. Hunter was angered by this. He felt Wally had refused his offer as he had never suffered personal tragedy or loss like the previous Flashes I.e. Barry Allen and thus could never understand the importance of what he had asked Wally to do or how terrible it truly felt.
Hunter broke into the Flash Museum in a desperate attempt to use the cosmic treadmill himself. It didn’t work. The resulting explosion destroyed the explosion. It was soon after the Hunter found that all was not well. The explosion at the Museum had knocked Hunters connection to time out of sync. With this he was able to slow down time and move normally through out it, thus giving the impression of super speed.
Hunter decided that if he could cause a great tragedy in Wally’s life he would be able to make the Flash a better hero. He became the new Zoom. Zoom began a reign of terror which of course grabbed the attention of the scarlet speedster. To defeat his new enemy Wally had to reach Zooms near light speed motion. Flash had to steal Kid Flash’s (Bart Allen) and Jay Garricks speed to catch up with him, and in Wally’s words, even with their speed, Zoom was still a blur.
Eventually Wally was able to bring Zoom down, preventing him from killing Linda Park, who at the time was pregnant with twins. However Linda suffered a miscarriage due to being hit partially by Zooms sonic boom. Using the slight “rips” in time created by the use of Zooms powers Wally was able to force Hunter into a temporal anomaly where he would watch the death of his father-in-law over and over. All while being in a state of comatose.
Hunters ex-wife Ashley replaced him in Keystone City as a profiler. She spent a lot of time trying to communicate with Hunter. She was hospitalised due to her involvement in a car accident. It was at this time that Hunter awoke from his coma, out of concern for hi spouse. Even though plagued with concern he chose to stay within his cell.
Rogue War
Zoom wanted to finish what he started and kidnapped Jay Garrick to power the treadmill. He went into the past and brought back Eobard Thawne, the original Professor Zoom. After defeating all of the Rogues fighting the Flash, the two Zooms attacked Wally, bringing him back to the past when Zolomon caused Linda to lose her children. They replayed the scene over and over again, tormenting Wally. They seemed to be accomplishing their objective when Barry Allen appeared, searching for Professor Zoom. Barry managed to take Professor Zoom back to his time and Wally chased Zoom who wanted to gain enough momentum by running around the world so he could kill Linda in the past. Wally pushed Zoom in the way of the shockwave that made Linda lose the babies. Zoom took the majority of the blast which allowed Linda to have babies in the present. Zoom tried to reverse time with the treadmill but it wouldn't work for someone who emitted time not kinetic energy. The treadmill exploded along with Zoom.
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