Forbidden Planet has this figure for pre-order HEREat the price of £85. Should be available in the UK from the 15th of November. Description says;
Eobard Thawne, a speedster from the 25th-century known as Reverse Flash, is one of the Flash’s most dangerous foes. Meticulously developed to capture his speedy look, this figure is outfitted with Mezco’s hyper-articulated One:12 Collective body. Featuring over 32 points of articulation, intricate sculptural work, incredible costume detailing, and tons of accessories, the final result is a seamless blend of a timeless icon with a “real world” look.
The Reverse Flash has a 1:12 scaled, highly realistic fabric uniform with special silk screening applications, including logo and footwear.
This is a full length review detailing the plot of the below
comic, many spoilers!
Issue 79: The once and future Flash
Ok, so final part and I am totally torn. On the one hand, YAY! Eobard isn’t dead. On the other, this story is just so….. Well I think you’ll get my opinion from the review.
This issue starts with Wally West (Mk2 Flash) and Eobard Thawne (Professor Zoom/Reverse Flash) fighting among the remains of the Flash Museum. Wally’s losing but is determined to find out why all this has happened. Wally confesses that he is confused because he saw the real Barry snap Eobard’s neck all those years ago, killing him. However Eobard states that he hasn’t even met Barry yet (which is really dubious considering his origin comic). He claims that in 2460 there is no crime and all heroes have been forgotten (this also goes against the original stuff as they have a
knowledge of heroes and they have jails and crime in the future as per the 60s/70s comics).
Anyway, Wally encourages him to talk and he does. Apparently Eobard liked history, discovered the JLA and Flash was his favourite hero for being pure, noble and sacrificing himself to save mankind. So he becomes obsessed, collecting Flash memorabilia, prizing the biography he found (I still prefer the original material and not this rewrite. Everything from here diverges completely). He even has plastic surgery to look like Barry. So one day whilst in an antiques shop he finds the Cosmic Treadmill. The guy won’t sell it and so he kills him and take it. Then he gets to work replicating the original accident that gave Barry his powers, spending his fortune and loosing years of his life. But it is apparently worth it because he gets the super speed powers and plans to travel back to meet Barry and become his sidekick. So he travels through time, misses his mark and ends up in Wally’s era. Half naked and disorientated he makes it to the Flash Museum.
Eobard finds a new purpose in becoming the Flash, wanting to be a hero and join Wally and the others. So he goes to look through the rogue’s gallery only to discover that he, Eobard Thawne is actually the Flash’s worst enemy (Ok, so there are paradox issues here that upset me). This drives him crazy as he knows that his hero is destined to kill him. However, he realises that he can’t be killed if he hides and then he sees his reflection that he looks like Barry Allen and his mind snaps. Delusional, his mind retreats behind the identity of Barry Allen and thus becomes him (Meh). This does explain why the Lantern ring said he was telling the truth, because he honestly thought he was.
Wally vows to send Eobard back to his own time, though he doesn’t want to go because then he’d meet Barry and be destined to die. Eobard goes to destroy the cosmic treadmill but Wally talks him out of it, so he tries to take out Wally instead but is interrupted by Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Max Mercury and Johnny Chambers (Johnny Quick). Hal’s ring still has the yellow impurity and thus his powers don’t really work on our yellow clad villain. The two speedsters also fail because Eobard is just faster than both of them. Hal instead drops a load of rubble on him but Eobard vibrates through it escaping whilst vowing to come back and take out Wally like he did Jay Garrick.
Wally has only just discovered that something happened to Jay and so the whole group go to visit him in hospital. Eobard broke his leg in 6 places. Wally feels that it is all his responsibility but the team aren’t really having it. He does point out who the author of the future biography is which we’re not told but does makes everyone happy. Meanwhile on the TV behind them Wally’s girlfriend Linda Park is doing an interview when she is interrupted by Eobard killing her guest and then taking her hostage. Eobard is back to his original face by this point as well, though I am not sure how.
Anyway, Wally runs to save Linda and does. Then the fight starts. Wally is at a total disadvantage cause Eobard is practically invisible to him as he is moving so fast. Wally is down but Eobard goads him and his words hit home. Wally struggles up, kisses Linda goodbye and then chases after Eobard. Wally finally lets go of his fear of replacing Barry by being as fast and thus becomes as fast, an equal match for Eobard. They fight but Wally loses his footing and Eobard is about to kill him when a miracle happens and Eobard gets struck by lightning. Wally then takes the advantage, beats the crap out of Eobard and tricks him back onto the cosmic treadmill, sending him home.
So Eobard gets home, his mind addled and not remembering his trip to the future. Though there are two problems. One is that he was missing for 48 days. And two is that he would still have speed powers. I know I mentioned this before but I totally don’t see why they had to change his whole back history and do all this when they still could have done this plot within the original canon.
Anyway, Wally is happy, the other heroes are happy and Linda is too. Jay is healing up well. And in the last pages they reveal who wrote the biography of Barry Allen, it was Iris West-Allen and in 1997 a good few years after when the comic is set.
This is a full length review detailing the plot of the below comic, many spoilers!
Issue78: Blitzkrieg
This issue starts 2 days after the last one with Johnny Chambers (Johnny Quick) trying to teach Wally West (Mk2 Flash) the speed formula he uses to go fast. Turns out that he and Jay Garrick (grandpa Flash) were saved from that explosion in the last issue by Max Mercury as he is really fast. All three of them are trying to teach Wally how to be faster as he is still slower than Barry Allen (Flash). And they need to be as fast as Barry because he has gone all super villain and is destroying the city.
Anyway, Max tries to teach Wally the Zen of speed but he isn’t buying it. So he tries psychology instead, pointing out that Wally isn’t as fast as Barry because he is holding back, cause if he was then he’d have truly taken his hero’s mantle as the new Flash, something that Wally already felt guilty about it. Jay calls Wally the Flash, rather than his usual Junior, saying he has put his faith in him and it is feel good all round. Until Wally shares what he has learnt about Barry from the book he found. It causes Jay to go white and the others too once Wally explains. However Wally has a plan.
Barry is at the State Penitentiary in Central City freeing all the criminals and stealing all the guard’s guns. Barry gives all the prisoners a weapon and rallies them to join him in taking over the city. Must admit that the art is a little peculiar/dodgy here. Suddenly the speedster heroes turn up, disarming the criminal. Jay punches Barry, inviting him for a rematch.
Meanwhile Wally is at the Flash museum or what is left of it after Barry and Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) had a massive fight there. So Wally is busy setting up his plan all the while doubting himself and wondering if he sent the other speedsters off to die. But he finds what he is looking for. I notice at this point he is calling Barry ‘The renegade Flash’ and that is very telling of where this is going.
Back at the prison Max and Johnny are taking care of all the criminals, turning the tear gas against them and giving the guards back their weapons. Jay is battling Barry and this is where it gets confusing because he beats Barry this time, and Barry says that Jay is faster but just lacking endurance. And so they fight some more, Jay telling him he doesn’t deserve to be the Flash but this just enrages Barry to the point where he breaks Jay’s leg. Then he takes out Max and Johnny, swearing that when he takes over it won’t be as Barry Allen but as the one true Flash.
So he rushes off to the Flash museum where he is confronted by Wally who is holding a ring. Wally throws it to him and for a moment Barry looks pained before smiling and admitting that it is his. Wally has finally worked it all out. This isn’t Barry and this imposter has had everyone fooled, even himself. Obviously confused from materialising he dropped the book, the Barry Allen biography, that Wally found. A book that wasn’t written yet, a book that must have been from the future, much likes it’s owner; Eobard Thawne, Professor Zoom / the Reverse Flash (Woot, yay, finally!!!)
Knight Models has released another Reverse Flash model, you can buy it HERE. These figures are part of a table top skirmish model game. They come unpainted and unassembled. Though this figure requires no assembly, just filing off the production lines.
“This isn’t your home Barry, it’s a mirage, it’s already
screwing with you and everyone you love and pretty soon it’s going to take me
right down along with you. What should we call this brave new world that you’ve
whipped up for us? I was thinking, Flashpoint!
I had some money left from an Amazon voucher and decided to spend it on this adorable Flash kids book. The book is DC comics super heroes, The Flash: Attack of Professor Zoom by Matthew Manning, published by Raintree.
The plot is that Eobard Thawne aka Professor Zoom is inpersonating the Flash whilst robbing banks and starting fires. Barry tracks him to the Flash museum, overloads his death trap and knocks Eo out, bringing him to justice.
This book is really cute and part of a series of Flash books for kids. It’s written in a really simple and charming way and even has little activities for children at the back, encouraging them to think about parts of the story and write stuff. The only thing I found odd was the Professor Zoom info page. It reads like someone has just cherry picked bits from his Wiki page. It also says he has yellow eyes, whilst saying he looks like Barry (something that got quickly reveresed in the comics on both occasions it happened).
But generally adorable and there are books for most of the villains available.
Knight Models has released another Reverse Flash model, you can buy it 
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