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My name is Hunter Zolomon. Despite what the public believes, I am the fastest man alive. I am Zoom. But I am not a Rogue. Far from it. I have taken the name and colors from Eobard Thawne -- the time traveler known as Professor Zoom -- in order to terrorize my friend. Wally West. The Flash. I suffered through tragedy. I lost my family to it. I understand the depths it will drag one down to. And only by surviving it does one become stronger. I will recreate myself to help my friend and in turn -- the world. I will do anything to make the Flash a better hero.
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~ Zoom
Hunter Zolomon, also known as Reverse-Flash or Zoom, is a major antagonist in the DC Universe, appearing as one of the main antagonists of the Flash franchise and serving as the arch-nemesis of Wally West.
Zolomon was a F.B.I. profiler who was attacked and paralyzed from the waist down by Gorilla Grodd. This being another tragedy in his life after a long list, he asked The Flash to use the Cosmic Treadmill to take him back to when his life first started falling apart so he could prevent the mistake that started his downfall. When Flash refused, Zolomon, undeterred, broke into the Flash Museum and attempted to use the treadmill himself, destroying it along with the museum in a catastrophic explosion.
When he awoke from the incident, his paralysis was cured, and he was granted the ability to alter the flow of time around him. Believing that The Flash needed to experience tragedy to become an optimal hero, he decided to become his greatest enemy, the Reverse-Flash.
Hunter Zolomon was a survivor of tragedy. His parents had died on the same day; his mother was killed by his father, and the police killed his father. He worked for a career in the FBI, but he made a mistake that led to the death of his father-in-law, his wife leaving him, a bad knee, and his discharge from the bureau.
He tried once more to build a life in Keystone City as a profiler with their police department, which made him a target for Gorilla Grodd, who broke his back with a single snap, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Hunter was driven into the depths of depression by his feelings of helplessness and insisted the Flash take him back in time to prevent the mistake that cost him everything. The Flash knew first-hand that changing history can easily make things far worse and refused.
Undeterred, Hunter took the F.B.I.'s theories on the workings of the Cosmic Treadmill and attempted to hot-wire the device so that he could use it himself. Instead, it exploded, taking the Flash Museum with it, and shifting Hunter's timeline out of sync with reality, effectively giving him super-speed. With his grasp on reality deteriorating, Hunter latched onto a recent discussion about Professor Zoom and decided he needed to become a new Reverse Flash. He would make the Flash face tragedy. He would force the hero to understand that he must risk everything to prevent it. Zoom was born.
Powers and Abilities[]
Hunter Zolomon's primary ability is to alter time relative to himself, as opposed to utilizing the Speed Force like most of the DC Universe speedsters do. He can control his own personal timeline, allowing him to reach unlimited speeds, and he can even stop time altogether. However, he cannot travel back in time. He can apparently use this ability to move at "speeds" to surpass even Wally West, the fastest of the Flashes. Since Zoom isn't actually moving at great superhuman speeds (rather, he is greatly slowing downtime relative to himself and can make himself so "fast" that even most of the Flashes look to him to be moving in slow motion instead), the Flashes cannot steal his speed when he is moving. The temporal nature of his speed allows him to avoid the usual problems encountered by other Flash-type speedsters (friction, seeing and hearing at such near-light speeds, etc.), whose automatic and unconscious use of the Speed Force overcomes those problems. As he is moving at a normal velocity and the rest of the world is "slow," those hindrances simply do not affect him.
In Flash War, Zoom temporarily gained the powers of the Speed, Strength, Still and Sage Forces. The Strength Force gave Zolomon super-strength and durability; the Sage Force enhanced his mind; and the Still Force allowed him to manipulate motion.
In other media[]
Justice League Unlimited[]
Zoom never officially appeared in the DCAU series Justice League Unlimited, but his image and likeness are referenced in the episode "Divided We Fall." As the Luthor/Brainiac hybrid creates artificial replicas of the Justice Lords (the fascist versions of the Justice League from an alternate dimension within the show) and pits them against their counterparts, Luthor/Brainiac creates a special replica of The Flash in Zoom's color scheme, since the Justice Lord Flash died before the Justice Lords were formed. The evil android Flash's design is identical to Zoom's (although the lenses of his cowl remain white instead of black), with his taunts and jeers referencing Zolomon's own accusations of Wally West. In the end, he was destroyed by The Flash along with the rest of the android Justice Lords. Elements of the real Zoom also appear in the Flash Museum during the episode "Flash and Substance."
Hunter Zolomon/Zoom appears as a major antagonist in the Arrowverse. He debuts on The Flash as the main antagonist of Season 2, a minor antagonist of Season 5, and a major antagonist of Season 9. Unlike his original look in the comics, Zoom wears a black version of Barry's suit, along with a demonic mask that appears to be made of skin and emits blue lightning that also radiates off him.
Unlike his origins in the comics, he is a serial killer from Earth-2 with a traumatic childhood as a result of watching his father kill his mother at a young age. When he was sent to Saint Perez Mental Alysum for the Criminal Insane, he was affected by the Particle Accelerator, he gained powers from the Speed Force. He later decides to go to Earth-1 as "Jay Garrick" and helps Barry Allen amplify his powers. This is because he plans to take them later to cure his cellular degeneration from his speed-enhancing drug Velocity 9, which will, in due time, kill him. This was first showcased when Trajectory, after using the same drug, died when her lightning turned blue.
He was defeated by Barry Allen and killed by Time Wraiths, turning him into Black Flash, an antagonist in Season 2 of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and in The Flash season 3, where he is defeated by Killer Frost after attempting to attack Savitar.
He is portrayed by Teddy Sears while being voiced by Tony Todd, who played Candyman in the Candyman films.
Video games[]
Zoom appears as the fourth-level boss in Justice League Heroes: The Flash.
Zoom was planned to be the Reverse-Flash in DC Universe Online, voiced by Robert Dieke.
The Arrowverse version of Zoom from The Flash (2014) appears in Lego DC Super-Villains, as part of the "DC Super-Villains: TV Series DLC Villains Character Pack"
Quotes[]
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“I tried to tell the Flash before. The best heroes are the heroes who will take risks to help people. Who have faced unbelievable tragedy and understand why it must be prevented. At any cost. I’ve been given a gift. A gift I can pass on to the Flash. In order for him to become stronger. He must face the ultimate tragedy. He must face his ultimate opposite. A man who has lost his pride, confidence and identity to tragedy. A man who will run with him down a hellish road-and feel no guilt in bringing him there. Destiny has brought us here, Flash. From friend to foe. There is only one type of man who can make you a better hero. One type of man who can reverse your twisted thinking. One man. Who fits the profile? I fit the profile.”
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~ Zoom
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“You wouldn't help meeee. You refused to use the Cosmic Treadmilltogo-backintime. To change myyyy history and fixmyleg. To erase my mistakes. All because you said time travel isn't worth the risk. So I tried to activate the time machine myself. It blew up in my face. Made me Zoom. Ineedtomake you into a hero. That willtakeanyriskneeded. You must learn to see what it's like to live with loss. So that you will do anything in your power to help people. People like me. I'm making you a better hero, Flash.”
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~ Zoom
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“We do it every time we stare in the mirror. We judge and analyze ourselves by our reflection. Our opposite image. So look at Zoom, Wally. Look at the Reverse-Flash. I was a man broken down – who gained these extraordinary powers to become free. You. You are the opposite. You were a free man, who was given these extraordinary powers – and now you must be broken down. You’ve lost the next generation, Wally. I killed your children to be. So on to lesson two: Reversing your origin from mine. I’m going to cripple you. I’m going to cripple you like you crippled me.“
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~ Zoom
Trivia[]
Zoom was created by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins.
In 2009, Zoom was ranked as IGN's 37th-greatest comic book villain of all time.