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Professor Eobard "Zoom" Thawne, otherwise known as "Professor Zoom" and the "Reverse-Flash", is a comic book supervillain in the DC Universe. He is the archenemy and foil for Barry Allen (the second superhero to be called the Flash), the second iteration of the Reverse-Flash, and a maternal forefather of both Bart Allen (aka Kid Flash) and Owen Mercer. Created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, he 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, the character 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.〔''Flash: Rebirth'' outline in the hardcover collection of the story〕 Professor Zoom was ranked as IGN's 31st greatest comic book villain of all time in 2009, and he was ranked #2 on their Top 5 Flash Villains list in 2015.〔Schedeen, Jesse (January 13, 2015). ("Top 5 Flash Villains" ). IGN.〕 Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash made his live action debut in the CW's 2014 TV series ''The Flash'', primarily portrayed by actor Tom Cavanagh. == Fictional character biography == The "Return of Barry Allen" storyline in ''The Flash'' (vol. 2) #74-79 reveals that Eobard Thawne started out as a fan of The Flash that lived in the 25th century and became desperate to meet Allen. After gaining super-speed by replicating the electrochemical bath that gave Barry Allen powers (losing years of his life in the process) and even undergoing surgery to make himself look like his idol, he traveled back in time using the Cosmic Treadmill to meet his hero. Thawne became mentally unstable upon arriving several years after Barry's death—the machine having broken down over the centuries—and discovered from the Flash Museum that he is destined to be Reverse-Flash and die at the hands of his idol, resulting in his mind—already disoriented by the stress of time travel—seeking escape by convincing himself that he ''is'' Barry Allen. However, his true identity is eventually revealed due to his more violent nature. Thawne, as "Barry," attacked Central City in revenge for "forgetting him" until he was ultimately defeated by the Flash family and sent back to the future, his memory wiped of the incident due to the trauma of the time-travel and the beating he had received at the hands of Wally West. He later became known as "The Professor", who found a time capsule containing the Silver Age Flash's costume. He was able to use a Tachyon device to amplify the suit's speed energy, giving himself the abilities of the Flash as long as he wore it. In the process, Thawne reversed the colors of the costume, the suit becoming yellow, the boots and lightning bolt highlighting the red color, and the chest symbol's white circle becoming black. Taking the new name "Professor," Thawne used his speed powers to commit crimes, but was stopped by the Flash, who had traveled forward in time to witness the time capsule being opened because it also contained an atomic clock which threatened to explode like an atomic bomb due to the process with which it had been sent into the future. The Flash, assuming his counterpart might know where the clock was, pursued Professor Zoom. After a destructive battle, the villain was finally defeated when he boasted how he used a chemical coating to protect himself from air friction. Betting that the invisible aura around his body would be superior protection, the Flash seized Thawne and began to push him forward so fast that the intense air friction overwhelmed the coating and the resulting burns forced him to surrender. It proved a waste of time, as Thawne knew nothing about the clock and the Flash was just barely able to find and remove it to an isolated area before it exploded. He also destroyed the costume to prevent it from being used again. Blaming the Flash for his defeat, Thawne began traveling back in time to gain revenge, using his knowledge of history to his advantage. In his second appearance he hypnotized Doctor Alchemy, who was trying to go straight, into helping him. He also became obsessed with "replacing" Barry Allen, not only as the Flash, but as the husband of Iris West. After Iris finally made it clear that this would never happen (actually the second time she had insisted this, Thawne having erased her memory of the first time), Thawne (apparently) kills her at a party, vibrating his hand into her head. It took a long time for Allen to get his life back together after this. Shortly after Allen had found love again, Zoom reappeared, threatening to kill his new fiancee on Allen's second wedding day. Terrified that history would repeat itself, Allen instinctively and inadvertently kills his enemy, breaking Thawne's neck in a final struggle.〔''Flash'' (vol. 1) 324〕 After he was found not guilty of murder in the subsequent trial, despite the fact that Wally West (the then-Kid Flash and future Flash) testified that Barry could have stopped Thawne without breaking his neck, Barry went to the 30th century to retire and live with the resurrected Iris, as it was revealed she was really an inhabitant of that era sent back for protection and that her mind had been taken from the moment before death, only to later die during the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eobard Thawne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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