Originally Posted by thabear04:
Eobard Thawne, also known as "Professor Zoom" and "Reverse-Flash", is a comic book supervillain in the DC Universe. Thawne is the archenemy and a foil of the superhero Barry Allen, the second hero to be called the Flash. Thawne is also the second of the Reverse-Flashes, as well as a maternal forefather of Bart Allen and Owen Mercer. Created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, Thawne first appeared in The Flash (vol. 1) #139 in September 1963, and remained one of Barry Allen's most formidable adversaries in comics over the next quarter century.
In Flash #324, Thawne was apparently killed by the Flash in an effort to save his fiancée, and spare her the death that Thawne gave to Flash's first wife, Iris. Largely unseen over the next 25 years except in sporadic appearances, Thawne was resurrected by writer Geoff Johns in 2009's The Flash: Rebirth, and reimagined as a major villain in the DC Universe with his reintroduction. Johns compares this to his similar treatment of Green Lantern villain Sinestro in an early outline of the Rebirth series.[1] In 2009, Professor Zoom was ranked as IGN's 31st greatest comic book villain of all time,[2] and in 2015, he was ranked #2 on their Top 5 Flash Villains list.[3] Actor Tom Cavanagh portrays Thawne in the CW's The Flash
That is the kind of info I was looking for. Thanks [Reply]
that was sick except... I don't like how they're treating time travel, I was expecting him to pop back again into the current timeline but apparently they're doing the incredibly nonsensical "well he went back in time and then magically went inside the consciousness of his past self"
EDIT: oh yeah, they didn't give him much to do but Spartacus did a good job and his fake American accent was pretty good [Reply]
They haven't established what the rules for time travel are. That's what tonight's show is for, I'm guessing. I doubt it's just going to be a reset ex machina. [Reply]
Time travel is a weak move. What are they going to do now? He can use that to solve every problem from now on.
Episode might as well have never happened, everything will go back to what it was.
Spoiler!
Time travel is pivotal to Flash's story. In the comics, the New 52 is actually directly related to Flash time-traveling to try saving his mother. He does, but it significantly alters the timeline. Bruce Wayne is killed instead of his parents, causing Thomas Wayne to go all bad-ass Batman, Superman is captured by the government as a child, Aquaman and Wonderwoman are at war, etc.
I think this small alteration to the timeline is just a precursor to a similar event, where Flash DOES go back, saving his mother, and therefore never depowering Eobard Thawne.
Originally Posted by thabear04:
Eobard Thawne, also known as "Professor Zoom" and "Reverse-Flash", is a comic book supervillain in the DC Universe. Thawne is the archenemy and a foil of the superhero Barry Allen, the second hero to be called the Flash. Thawne is also the second of the Reverse-Flashes, as well as a maternal forefather of Bart Allen and Owen Mercer. Created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, Thawne first appeared in The Flash (vol. 1) #139 in September 1963, and remained one of Barry Allen's most formidable adversaries in comics over the next quarter century.
In Flash #324, Thawne was apparently killed by the Flash in an effort to save his fiancée, and spare her the death that Thawne gave to Flash's first wife, Iris. Largely unseen over the next 25 years except in sporadic appearances, Thawne was resurrected by writer Geoff Johns in 2009's The Flash: Rebirth, and reimagined as a major villain in the DC Universe with his reintroduction. Johns compares this to his similar treatment of Green Lantern villain Sinestro in an early outline of the Rebirth series.[1] In 2009, Professor Zoom was ranked as IGN's 31st greatest comic book villain of all time,[2] and in 2015, he was ranked #2 on their Top 5 Flash Villains list.[3] Actor Tom Cavanagh portrays Thawne in the CW's The Flash
Iris' boyfriend is named Eddie Thawne. Coincidence? [Reply]
