Professor Zoom
| Eobard Thawne | |
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Cover art to Time Masters: Vanishing Point #5
Art by Dan Jurgens. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | The Flash (vol. 1) #139 (September 1963) |
| Created by |
John Broome Carmine Infantino |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Eobard Thawne |
| Team affiliations |
Secret Society of Super Villains Injustice League Black Lantern Corps The Rogues The Acolytes of Zoom |
| Notable aliases | Professor Zoom, Reverse-Flash, Black Flash |
| Abilities |
Genius-level intellect
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Genius-level intellect
Skilled hand-to-hand combatant
Age alteration
Memory absorption via physical contact
Speed Force grants:
Professor Eobard "Zoom" Thawne, otherwise known as the Reverse-Flash, is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, he first appeared in The Flash (vol. 1) #139 in September 1963. He is the archenemy of Barry Allen (the second superhero to be called the Flash), a descendant of Malcolm Thawne, and a maternal forefather of both Bart Allen and Owen Mercer.
IGN ranked Professor Zoom as the 31st greatest comic book villain of all time in 2009, and #2 on their Top 5 Flash Villains list in 2015.C. Thomas Howell voiced him in the 2013 animated feature film Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, and Matt Letscher currently portrays the character on various TV shows set within The CW's live-action Arrowverse.
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