Author: Eobeth

I'm a fan of Eobard Thawne aka Reverse Flash / Professor Zoom. I cosplay as a female version (DC Earth-11) hence the name Eobeth. I use this site (and Tumblr) to collect my reviews of merchandise, comics and media with Eobard in. I am slowly reviewing every comic he has ever been in.

The Flash Issue 225: Green Lantern, Master criminal of the 25th century (1974)

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Plot: Barry Allen (The Flash) is at the cinema with his wife, Iris when a giant horse monsters starts destroying the building. He saves the day but can’t stop the creature so calls on Hal Jordan, a.k.a. Green Lantern. He can’t stop it either but they do get the collar which says the creature is from the 25th Century.

Once in the future they find the stable. Horses don’t exist in the 25th century, however people wanted something to race. The convict, Eobard Thawne (Professor Zoom/Reverse Flash), offered to create a racing creature from his workshop behind bars. They were so impressed with the steeds that they granted him his freedom. 

The Flash and Green Lantern ask Eobard to help but he wants a priceless sculpture in return. As it isn’t for sale Green Lantern will have to steal it. He tries to do this but has to fight the future Green Lantern.

Meanwhile, The Flash and Prof. Zoom go to stop the steed. The Flash gets rightly suspicious of Prof. Zoom, thinking that he set the whole situation up. This is confirmed when Hal returns and a fight breaks out.

The Flash issue 186: Time times three equals…? (1969)

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Plot: On the advice of his wife, Iris, Barry Allen (The Flash) takes a vacation in time. When he gets back he collapses, falling into a coma and is rushed to hospital.

Meanwhile, in the future, Eobard Thawne (Professor Zoom / Reverse Flash) is still in prison. He hears the disembodied voice of Sargon the sorcerer offering to break him out and bring him to the 20th century.  Prof. Zoom agrees and finds himself in Sargon’s lair. Sargon wants to travel to the future to learn more about the occult. However, Prof. Zoom isn’t interest in helping him and runs off to kill the Flash.

Via an elaborate plan, Sargon fakes the Flash’s death to get Prof. Zoom to help him again. It works but Prof. Zoom tricks Sargon into being banished to another dimension. He then goes on a crime spree with a shrink ray.

Sargon is annoyed by all this so calls on the Flash. The Flash frees him, leaving him unconscious as he goes to deal with Prof. Zoom.

The Flash issue 175: Race to the end of the universe (1967)

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Plot: Barry Allen (The Flash) goes to stop Weather Wizard from attacking a power station. Superman turns up to help out, but the Flash isn’t happy about it. Superman claims the Flash called him but he denies it.

The next day the same thing happens in Metropolis, where the Flash claims that Superman called him. Everyone gets called to a Justice League meeting only to discover that they were summoned by Rokk and Sorban, rulers of gambler planet Ventura. They want Superman and Flash to race so they can bet on it. As an incentive they will blow up the home town of the looser, or both if they don’t take part.

As they race to the end of the universe, both heroes notice some odd events happening on planets around them. After both heroes help each other with a number of deadly traps, they confront Rokk and Sorban. Both demonstrate powers they shouldn’t have and upon being defeated it is revealed that the villains were secretly Abra Kadabra and Professor Zoom.

The Flash issue 165: One bridegroom too many! (1966)

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Plot: It is the day before Barry Allen (The Flash) and Iris West’s wedding. The Flash is fighting crime wondering if he should tell her he is the Flash. That night he feels strange/ominous when he goes to sleep.

Meanwhile in the year 2466 Eobard Thawne aka Professor Zoom/ Reverse Flash is being held in a radiation prison. Using the radiation he makes himself smarter, enhancing his mind powers. He deduces that Barry is the Flash and decides to switch bodies with him. He absorbs Barry’s memories as they trade physical places in space-time. Once in Barry’s house he modifies an electric shaver into a matter distributor to make his face look like Barry’s.

Finding Barry’s Flash ring he goes out for some crime fighting but can’t bring himself to return the stolen goods. Getting back he is roped into the wedding, not minding and seeing it as a perk.

Meanwhile, Barry breaks out of the future prison, gets back to 1966 and stops the wedding. He races the fake Barry out of there. Barry and Prof. Zoom fight but Barry wins due to Prof. Zoom not being able to walk on water. Prof. Zoom is taken away by the future police and Barry marries Iris.

The Flash issue 153: The mightiest punch of all time (1965)

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Plot: In 2465, Professor Zoom (who is revealed to be named Eobard Thawne and also refereed to as the Reverse Flash) has been released from prison having fooled the cerebral scanner.

Whilst inside, he invented the science of ‘ultra-speed’. He creates a laser that can turn a person evil. It can also project to any time period so he tries it on Al Desmond (Mr Element). But the area Al is in is protected so the beam causes random people to become evil, creating chaos for the Flash.

Not getting the result he wants, Prof. Zoom builds his own cosmic treadmill for time travel. Much chaos ensues as he enters the present and uses his hypnosis and mind powers to cause chaos, commit crimes and corrupt Mr Element further.

In the end the Flash punches Prof. Zoom so hard that it sends him back to 2465.

The Flash issue 147: Our enemy, The Flash (1964)

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Plot: In 2464, Professor Zoom has been freed from prison. Whilst incarcerated, he was looking for a way to get more permanent speed powers. He creates a speed element but it is unstable so needs Mr Element alchemist abilities to fix it.

Mr Element (Al Desmond) is currently (1964) an ex-convict, now reformed and living a happy life. Prof. Zoom astral projects himself through time and uses hypnosis to try and bring out Al’s villainous side.

Al doesn’t really understand what is going on, but finds himself back in his old lair, mixing chemicals. He doesn’t want to help Prof. Zoom and fights the hypnotism, leading to failed thefts of key ingredients.

The Flash intervenes, but is taken out by Prof. Zoom’s mind powers. The element gets completed. Prof. Zoom is fast again, going back to 2463 for crime. The Flash follows, they fight, but he gets the element away from Prof. Zoom, leaving him powerless and in jail yet again.

The Flash issue 139: Menace of the Reverse-Flash (1963) (1st appearance)

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Plot: Dr Drake has created a time capsule that will instantly appear in the future. The Flash (Barry Allen) wants to contribute and so donates one of his suits.

In the future, year 2463, a wannabe criminal finds the suit. He’s bored of his day job and would rather commit crimes but just hasn’t had the means to do it. So he sets out to use the suit to recreate the Flash’s powers. He always thought the Flash had the best powers, but was wasting them using them for good. Using his mastermind level intellect and future science he modifies the suit so that when he is wearing it he has super speed. He also swaps the colour around, because he stands for the opposite of everything the Flash stands. Naming himself Professor Zoom, he starts a crime spree, going after fine art.

The Flash soon turns up in 2463 due to one of the capsule objects having become a bomb. But before he can defuse it he has to deal with Prof. Zoom.

A fight ensues, but experience wins out and the Flash strips Prof. Zoom of his outfit/powers and then saves the day, diffusing the bomb.