And when I came to this primitive era from the Twenty-Fifth Century, my super-speed and advanced science should have made me a king! But even when you were a teenaged Kid Flash, you and the other Flashes kept spoiling my plans. 
- — Professor Zoom src
Eobard Thawne was a mad scientist who used his connection to the Speed Force to commit crimes under the moniker Professor Zoom, aka Reverse-Flash.
History
He traveled back to the 21st Century and became a foe of the Flash Family.
Double Trouble
Seeking revenge against The Flash, Eobard teamed-up with Sinestro in exchange for helping him battle Green Lantern. They imprisoned their rivals and impersonated them in order to trick the Super Friends into helping them commit crimes. The Flash and Green Lantern eventually escaped and sent their nemeses off to jail.[1]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Speed Force Conduit: Speed force conduits possess a connection to the Speed Force, a cosmic force that allows its users to push the boundaries that keep time and space. As a conduit of the Speed Force, all aspects of their physiology are accelerated and enhanced.[2]
- Accelerated Healing: By having a connection to the speed force, every speed force conduit has an incredibly fast healing ability and can heal from most injuries in seconds and devastating injuries in minutes.[3]
- Enhanced Senses: The Speed Force enhances the speedster's senses, allowing them to perceive and process thoughts faster than the normal person.[4]
- Phasing: Speed Force conduits can tap into the Speed Force to vibrate their molecules in a way to achieve intangibility for short bursts, allowing them to phase through objects.[5]
- Speed Force Aura: The Speed Force manifests an aura around the speedster and whatever they are carrying, protecting them from adverse effects of their speed, such as friction with the air.[6]
- Superhuman Durability: The Speed Force Aura also protects speedsters from kinetic impacts, which in turn, makes them much more durable and resistant to injury than any normal human.[7]
- Superhuman Stamina: The Speed Force grants its conduits with a great increase of stamina, allowing them to fight or run much longer than the average person. Although a great increase, it is not unlimited.[4]
- Superhuman Speed: The universal factor of being a Speed Force conduit grants its user with imperceptible amounts of speed. All powers that conduits possess derives from their speed.[4]. This also confers:
- Superhuman Agility: The speedster's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to superhuman levels. This allows them to easily maneuver while moving at superhuman speed.[4]
- Superhuman Reflexes: In conjunction with their enhanced senses, The speedster's reflexes are heightened immesurably, allowing them to dodge or react faster than normal.[4]
- Vortex Creations: Speed Force conduits are able to create vortices of air by running in circles or rotating their extremities at super-speed. These vortices can be used for a number of effects.[8]
Abilities
Related
- 1 Appearances of Eobard Thawne (Earth-508)
- 4 Images featuring Eobard Thawne (Earth-508)
- 1 Quotations by or about Eobard Thawne (Earth-508)
- Character Gallery: Eobard Thawne (Earth-508)
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 DC Super Friends #27
- ↑ Being a speed force conduit conveys some core powers as demonstrated by Barry Allen and Wally West.
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 5) #73
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 The Flash (Volume 2) #1
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 2) #76
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 2) #63
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 2) #2
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 2) #74
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