31 Facts About Eobard Thawne

Eobard Thawne, otherwise known as the Reverse-Flash and Professor Zoom, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

The first and most well-known character to assume the "Reverse-Flash" mantle, Thawne is depicted as the archenemy of Barry Allen, a descendant of Malcolm Thawne, and a forefather of Bart Allen, Thaddeus Thawne and Owen Mercer.

Eobard Thawne has been established as one of the fastest speedsters in the DC Universe.

Eobard Thawne has been adapted in various forms of media, having been portrayed by Tom Cavanagh and Matt Letscher in The CW's live-action Arrowverse franchise, most notably on the television series The Flash.

Eobard Thawne found a time capsule in the 25th century containing a costume of the Flash and with a Tachyon device amplified the suit's speed energy, giving himself speedster abilities.

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Eobard Thawne did not, but Flash later found the clock, detonated it safely, and destroyed Thawne's costume.

Wally West ultimately tricked Eobard Thawne into returning to the 25th century with no memory of the incident.

In 2009, Eobard Thawne was re-imagined as a major villain in the DC Universe by writer Geoff Johns in The Flash: Rebirth.

Eobard Thawne's resurrection is foreshadowed to occur in a near-future event.

When Eobard Thawne reappears, he murders the revived Johnny Quick, before proceeding to trap Barry and the revived Max Mercury inside the negative Speed Force.

Eobard Thawne then decides to destroy everything the Flash holds dear by killing Iris before they even met.

Eobard Thawne's corpse is brought back to life by the white light of creation, and manages to escape.

Eobard 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.

Eobard 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.

Eobard Thawne later had his younger self find the time capsule containing Barry's costume to make himself the Flash of the 25th century.

Eobard Thawne was unable to alter Barry's transformation into the Flash as that would effectively erase himself from existence.

Eobard Thawne later reveals that the Flashpoint timeline was created when Barry went back in time to stop the Reverse-Flash from killing Nora.

Eobard Thawne then makes an acquaintance with Dr Henry Allen, funding Henry's research lab.

Eobard Thawne is overjoyed when Barry Allen travels to his time and teaches him new tricks, but his deceit is soon found out.

Eobard Thawne eventually becomes the curator of the Flash Museum.

Still seeking to spend time with the Flash and be his friend, Eobard Thawne becomes the Reverse-Flash, vowing to making Barry's life a living hell until he learns to "make time" for him.

Eobard 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 is then teleported back to the Batcave, having been bathed in radiation by a mysterious entity.

Eobard Thawne is present at Iris West's house when she arrives with Wallace West, who Thawne brutally beats and denounces as a fake, before kidnapping Iris and bringing her to the 25th century.

Eobard Thawne is revealed to be the only person to have defeated the chronokinesis-wielding new Flash villain, Paradox.

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Eobard 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.

When Eobard 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.

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.

Unlike original Speed Force users, Eobard Thawne has the ability to travel through and manipulate time, being able to drastically alter history and completely erase people from existence.

Eobard 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.

Eobard Thawne has displayed superhuman strength, as well as electrokinetic abilities.