So I’ve been wondering for a while who the female future Reverse Flash is and I was disappointed to discover that it is just an evil alternate universe version of the future Flash, Danica Williams. Actually Lord Flash rather than Reverse Flash of the future.
(Image from Justice League Beyond 2.0 issue 19)
I come back to the fandom and I’m greeted by a Lego set I have been waiting so long for. It’s awesome and I love it. It would have been nice if Eo got some red lightning but I can live without. The yellow lightning Barry has actually fires from his hand which is cool. The Killer frost outfit has more detail than my camera shows too.
I just love how cute and angry Eo is 💛
More awesomeness from Matt’s instagram 💛
From the DC comics Twitter – “The lenticular cover of BATMAN #22, part of a #DCRebirth crossover with THE FLASH. And that’s why you don’t mess with timelines, BARRY.”
The cover image I didnt know I needed but I totally did. I love Flashpoint Eobard.
This is a full length review detailing the plot of the below comic, all spoilers!
This issue starts with Barry Allen and Iris at the cinema when suddenly a giant rampant horse monster charges in and destroys the building. Barry becomes the Flash and saves the day but can’t stop the horse creature. So he send out a distress signal and Hal Jordan, a.k.a. Green Lantern, turns up to help.
He can’t stop it either but they do find a clue, its collar says it is a Syntho-Steed, created in the 25th Century. So the pair travel to the future and find a race course that has a steed missing.
What they find is that horses don’t exist in the 25th century, however they wanted something to race. A convict offered to create a racing creature from his workshop behind bars, a convict named Eobard Thawne.
Who the hell thought it was a good idea to give Eobard access to a genetics lab whilst in prison? I do have some serious concerns about future prison, especially as this project was so loved by the public that they gave Eobard a full pardon and released him. So Barry and Hal go to find Eobard who is living it up, wearing an outfit that Jareth from Labyrinth would be proud of.
Eobard agrees to help out by going back to 1973 and taming the steed, but in exchange he wants a sculpture. The sculpture however is not for sale and so Green Lantern will have to steal it. I do love how Eobard keeps stealing artworks. Green Lantern agrees as there is no choice and then power beams the speedsters back to the 70’s. I never knew that the Green Lantern ring had time travel powers….
So Green Lantern goes to steal the wings, only to be stopped by another Green Lantern, the future protector of the sector. However, Hal manages to outwit this newbie and flies off with the statue only to be power beamed in the back!
Meanwhile Barry and Eobard get back to 1973 just in time as the steed is about to trample a town. They go to attack it but the steed has some sort of field that prevents their powers working properly, leaving both speedsters running in circles.
Barry has a eureka moment and works out that by vibrating together they might be able to take it on (yeah, I have no idea where the logic is there). This bonds the two speedsters together temporally back to back so they can both use their speed to be even faster.
The plan works and it isn’t long before they’ve knocked the steed down. As it is an artificial creature Eobard admits that it will melt under great heat and so they vibrate and stomp their feet until the creature dissolves.
All the while we are privy to Eobard’s thoughts revealing that this whole thing was a set up and he sent the rampaging steed back in time.
Hal returns with the wings but upon handing them over they dissolve as well, causing Eobard to both curse and blurt out that they had ruined all the hard work he put into the scheme. He manages to stop himself mid confession and tries to run off but Barry pursues him.
Barry catches him and strips him of his outfit, robbing him of his powers (as they come from his suit still at this point). Barry knocks him out and drags him back to future jail.
In the end it turns out that the sculpture didn’t survive time travel with Hal cause it was yellow and he couldn’t protect it. Hal survived as he had programmed his ring to teleport him to Barry if he got hit by a power beam. They agree to replace the sculpture with some 20th century art and all is good again.
Ok so Flashpoint finally aired in the UK and I have able to watch it in glorious HD. I must say that Eobard was totally the highlight of the episode for me. He completely stole every scene he was in.
Found this bundle of fun in a job lot of DC buildables on eBay. Love the quirky design.
I brought the Flash colouring book and here is an example of some of the pages. There are plenty of Rogues, Justice League and Flash Family. Jay, Batman, Superman, Hal and Captain Cold turn up more often.
There is a great variety of styles and the images are really great.
There are at least 5 pics with Eobard which is nice.
This review goes into detail of the plot and thus spoilers.
So in 1978, shortly after Flash issue 223, Eobard Thawne aka Professor Zoom, the Reverse Flash briefly appeared in the secret society of super-villains comics. It was during the last plot of the comic before it got cancelled. However it is kinda amusing and so I am going to review it anyway.
Issue 12 – The plunder plan
So this comic starts with The Wizard, an insane, overpowered villain marvelling at his own powers. His display alerts his fellow secret society members Plant Master and a Star Sapphire.
Star bitches that Wizard is basically just showing off and he threatens her, demanding respect. They used to have a leader called Flashman but the Wizard has taken over. Though so far he hasn’t actually hatched a plan to plunder the riches he had promised.
Meanwhile, in the city another secret society member, Copperhead is fresh out of jail and stealing stuff. He is stopped by hero Captain Comet. Apparently Comet is a mutant from the future with flight, strength and psychic powers. He takes out Copperhead but discovers that he has some psychic shielding given by Grodd, as does the rest of the secret society. But Captain doesn’t have time to think about that because he is off to get laid as his alter ego, Adam Blake.
Later that night in Gotham city Plant Master is breaking into a hospital to bust out a big bruiser of a villain called BlockBuster. However Robin is right there and they get into a fight. He knocks out Robin and they take off. Though Robin contacts Batman. Turns out BlockBuster is one of the strongest villains they have fought though he is pretty mindless and just wants to kill Batman.
Back at the villain’s secret citadel The Wizard is calling a meeting. He wants to break into STAR labs though Star is unhappy about this as they were promised riches not tech. Wizard then introduces the newest member of their team, Eobard Thawne aka Professor Zoom. Wizard mystically called him from the future with the promise of riches as well. BlockBuster is all annoyed at the talk and goes berserk. But luckily Eobard is there is resolve the issue.
Wizard then explains his plan/back history. Turns out that he is from Earth 2 and was the leader of a group of villains called the Injustice Society. The Injustice Society always got beaten by the heroes and Wizard came to the conclusion that it wasn’t due to bad plans, egos or the inability to work together. No. It was cause it had become habit. His fellow villains had gotten used to getting beaten and thus were psychologically beaten (*facepalm*). So he got sent to Earth 1 to find new villains. He financed Funky Flashman’s villain’s for hire operation, waited till he had stolen a bunch of arcane power items and then took over.
Meanwhile Captain Comet is using his mind powers to locate
the society. He finds unusual brain waves and tracks them to STAR labs. He gets in a fight with BlockBuster who knocks him out for a bit.
The society are already inside looking for the machine to transport them to Earth 2. Wizard has convinced them that they are more powerful than the Earth 2 heroes and that plundering will be easy. Star raises some concerns but like so much of this comic Wizard shuts her down and puts her in her place by knocking her out.
I personally find the treatment of Star rather sexist as she is the only one asking sensible questions and is permanently punished for it. However it could just be to show what a dick Wizard is. Anyway, Wizard needed Eobard to be able to work the machine in the first place. He does so and they all disappear to Earth 2 with Captain Comet following not far behind.
Figure Toys has announced that they are producing this Reverse Flash figure. The Mego Museum website has all the details. Though there is no release date yet. I’m personally not a fan of this style of figure but it does go really well with the old style comics. I’d love to have one to make a classic display.
Everything Eobard 