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The Reverse Flash Origin Story

The Reverse Flash:

                 The Reverse of the Flash, The Flash's arch-enemy, Negative of the Positive, The Reverse Flash aka The Eobard Thawne aka The Professor Zoom. The man who followed the Flash in his every step and became one of the most popular villains in DC Universe. Well, personally I think one of the best villains in the DC Universe. From the beginning, The Reverse Flash has always been there as a nightmare to the Flash. When CW's famous show The Flash came out in 2014, The Reverse Flash played with the Flash a lot in season 1. Moreover, Actors like Tom Cavanagh and Matt Letscher made the Reverse Flash character very cool with their acting skills.

In the Comics, Eobard Thawne was the greatest fan of The Flash but because He screwed up a lot with time, He ended up becoming Flash's greatest enemy.

In this article, Let's go ahead and find out the comic book origin of The Reverse Flash. As there are many versions of Reverse Flash in the comics and there are many stories of him. So I have written about the two most relevant and popular origin stories and next to that I have written some stuff about The Reverse Flash in The Flash TV show, Justice League Movie (2017).

The Reverse Flash (Tom Cavanagh)

The Reverse Flash ( Matt Letscher)

The Reverse Flash

The Reverse Flash Original Story #1:

                         This origin story is based on The Flash (vol 1) #139 (September 1963) "The Menace Of The Reverse Flash" comic. Eobard Thawne debuted in DC universe through this comic. This story is one of the most important stories of The Reverse Flash because He appeared in the comics for the very first time.
In this story, A scientist named Dr. Walter Drake succeeded to create a time capsule which was capable of traveling through time, to future or to past. Instead of the need to bury the time capsule to be discovered by future generations. Dr. Drake and the Science Federation decided to send the time capsule containing things like latest books, an atomic clock, some musical records and last but not the least the uniform of the Scarlett speedster the Flash (spare uniform) to the 25th century and they succeeded in doing that. When the time capsule reached the 25th century, a scientist in the 25th century named Eobard Thawne saw it and when He discovered that it contains Flash's suit, He kept it for himself instead of handing over it to the authorities.

Time Capsule in the 25th century

Eobard Thawne stealing Flash's suit

After keeping Barry Allen's Flash costume for himself Scientist Eobard Thawne started studying it. As the Flash used to wear that costume, it contained the wave patterns of the energy that Flash represents That is the speed force. By using the advanced technology in the 25th century and with the help of Tachyon device Eobard Thawne succeeded to amplify the Flash suit's energy and the suit gave him speedster energy as long as he wore it. Eobard Thawn started a crime spree by using his alternate identity that "Professor Zoom"/"Reverse Flash".
He started using his powers for bad purposes like stealing metal Sculptures in the 25th century.
Here in the present time, Dr. Drake discovered a problem with the time capsule sent to the 25th century. Dr. Drake told the Flash that the Atomic Clock sent along with other things in the time capsule would convert into an Atomic Bomb due to Nucleotic change and will destroy the 25th century as soon as it will be detonated.
The Flash used his cosmic treadmill to travel to the 25th century to stop that atomic bomb from getting exploded. When Flash arrived in the 25th century, He discovered that somebody called the Reverse Flash is running a criminal crusade by using powers like him. So Flash not only stopped the Atomic Bomb from getting exploded but also He defeated Reverse Flash by using different strategies.
Eobard Thawne got very mad at the Flash and soon He began traveling back in time to take his vengeance from the Flash. Using his knowledge of history and great intellect Reverse Flash became the greatest enemy of the Flash. However, Flash threw Eobard Thawne to timeless void when He killed Flash's wife iris west. But the Reverse Flash returned again threatened to kill Barry Allen's new fiance on their wedding day (Man! looks like Reverse Flash doesn't want Barry to get married 😡) But this time Flash made no mistake and killed Eobard Thawne by breaking his neck.

The Reverse Flash Origin Story #2:

                              This origin story of the Reverse Flash is based on The Flash (vol 2) #74-79 comics. The TV show of the Flash is pretty relevant to this story.

In this story, Eobard Thawne was a famous scientist in the 25th century who was obsessed with the Flash. He was one of the greatest fans of the Flash and He spent plenty of his time to study the Flash and his powers. Eobard Thawn's obsession with the Flash was this much that He even underwent cosmetic surgery just to look like the Flash. But that wasn't enough Thawn wanted to become like the Flash in each and every aspect and He wanted to have powers just like the Flash and that's what he did, Eobard Thawn succeded to replicating the electrochemical accident that created the Flash and that's how he got his powers. After obtaining the cosmic treadmill from an antique shop Thawn traveled back in time to meet his idol. Due to some malfunctioning, Eobard ended up several years later the death of the Flash. Thawne went to the Flash museum he discovered that he is destined to be Flash's greatest enemy "The Reverse Flash"/"Professor Zoom" and to die at the hands of his idol. 

Eobard Thawne

After knowing all these Eobard Thawne got angry and unstable Thawne attacked Central City but the current flash Wally West ultimately tricked Thawne into returning to the 25th century with no memory of the incident happened with him. Despite all this Thawne managed to continue as the Reverse Flash as with only one goal in his mind that is to become the greatest enemy of the Flash.

The Reverse Flash In The Flash TV show:

                                 Well, those were the two most relevant and famous origin stories of the Reverse Flash. Now Let's go ahead and see about The Reverse Flash in CW's The Flash TV show.

The Flash TV show

In the first season of The Flash TV show, The Reverse Flash stayed with the Flash all time as his mentor Dr. Harrison Wells but later his identity got revealed that He is actually The Reverse Flash and He is the one who killed Barry Allen's (Flash's) mother.

Dr. Wells/The Reverse Flash

In TV show Reverse Flash was once the greatest enemy of Flash but He wasn't able to defeat the Flash. Reverse Flash decided to go back in time and kill Flash as a child when He learned Flash's true identity. When He learned that Barry Allen is the Flash. But the Flash followed the Reverse Flash, back in time to stop the Reverse Flash and to protect Barry's younger self. Reverse Flash got angry and He thought Barry Allen will never become Flash if He will suffer a childhood trauma, So Reverse Flash killed his mother and Finally Reverse Flash was able to return to his time without any Flash but while traveling back He lost his ability to travel the time and He got stuck in that time and the only way for him to go back to his time was the Flash. So Eobard Thawne took the place of Dr. Harrison Wells by killing him and intentionally replicated the particle accelerator explosion so that Barry Allen can become the Flash and help him go back to his time.

Eobard Thawne kills Dr. Wells

Particle Accelerator explosion

The Flash TV show started from the death of Barry's mother and It hasn't been shown yet that where did Reverse Flash actually come from? But The Reverse Flash answered to Barry when he asked him that When was he born? and Thawne said "136 years from now." So it is clear that He is from far ahead from the future. The story of Eobard Thawne in this TV show is much like the second origin story that I discussed above.
The Flash season 4 is coming soon and it will reveal the answers to many questions.

The Reverse Flash In DCEU:

                                  With the Justice League 2017 movie, the Flash will make his first appearance in the DCEU. The film hasn't released yet but in the Justice League 2017 trailer it has shown that Barry's father is in prison. So it is clear that the Reverse Flash will appear in upcoming DCEU movies because the Reverse Flash is the reason why Barry's father is in prison just like we saw in The Flash TV show.

The Flash in DCEU

Barry's Father

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Article by/Author: Virat Kamble.

Images and Media: DC comics/DC movies, CW's The Flash TV show.