The Flash
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The chess opening chapter of DC’sFlash Warreveals the secret ancestry of Hunter Zolomon , the third Reverse Flash - and how Wally West ’s great foe emerge into the realism ofDC Rebirth . The taradiddle also shows how both current versions ofThe Flashshare a family relationship of sort with one another ’s Reverse Flash counterparts .
Despite having inspired a villain named Zoom in the 2nd time of year ofThe Flashtelevision show , the original interlingual rendition of Hunter Zolomon is quite different . A criminal profiler with the FBI , Zolomon ’s career was abbreviate brusque after a bumble analysis led to the end of his wise man and a downward volute that result Zolomon divorced and discredit . With Wally West ’s help , Hunter was able to reconstruct a life for himself with the Central City Police Department , only for his vocation to be switch off shortagainwhen an attack by Gorilla Grodd saw him for good paralyzed .
When Wally refuse to use his business leader to go back in sentence and save him from being wound , Hunter attempted to do the chore himself using The Cosmic Treadmill in The Flash Museum . The leave explosion drove Zolomon insane but also give him a unique material body of crack - speed self-employed person of The Speed Force , enabling him to buckle the transition of time around him .
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The last time Hunter Zolomon made an appearance in the comics was at the end ofThe Flash : Rebirth backin 2010.It was here that the second Reverse Flash , Eobard Thawne , interrupt a de - powered Hunter Zolomon out of prison . With the 2011 eventFlashpointresetting the DC Comics Universe , it seemed that Hunter Zolomon was one more casualty ofThe New 52until his sudden surprisal appearance inthe ending ofThe Flash Annual # 1earlier this year .
The Flash # 46explains how the two Reverse Flashes traveled to Thawne ’s home in the twenty-fifth Century , where the two were somehow protected from the late changes to the DC Comics timeline . The two enact several plans to disrupt the life of Barry Allen , but Thawne quickly lost patience with Zolomon ’s methodical approach . This depart Zolomon , whose powers allow him to neuter the flow of time but not move through it , trapped in the future .
After witnessingEobard Thawne ’s deathat the hands of whatever power spay the timeline , Zolomon elected to habituate his succeeding knowledge and his admittance to Thawne ’s applied science to drive The Flashes to defend amongst themselves .
Another interesting vista of this story is the parallels that can be drawn between the various Flashes and Reverse Flashes . Zolomon compares his mentor and Wally West in how they both were inspired by Barry Allen ’s instance , and have a inclination to cope with stress by running . He also notes that Wally now seems to be chevvy by the same time - visions as Thawne , with this issue seeing Wally hallucinate the pre - Flashpointworld , seeing things and people as they were rather than what they are now .
The reverse comparability can be made between the unexampled Zoom and the Barry Allen translation ofThe Flash . Hunter Zolomon ’s living is a dark mirror of Barry Allen ’s , with both valet having been inspired to becoming peace officer after their fathers were accused of criminal action - the fundamental difference being that Dr. Henry Allen was innocent of his married woman ’s execution whereas Hunter Zolomon ’s father honestly was a serial orca .
Both Zolomon and Allen also essay to use time - change of location to change their lives with devastating consequences . At this power point , foretell how Zolomon will be guiding the comingFlash War , and who he would prefer win , are up for debate . No matter what , thing are only go to get strange for Barry and Wally from here .
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The Flash # 46is usable now fromDC Comics .
