Zoom (Hunter Zolomon) (Post-Crisis)

==Summary ==
Hunter Zolomon, better known as Zoom, is Wally West's archnemesis. Once a close confidant and colleague of West in both his day job as a forensic analyst and in superheroics, Zolomon became obsessed with tragedy and understanding the criminal mind after his father killed his mother along with six other women. When an attack by Gorilla Grodd left Zolomon paralysed from the waist down, West refused to use the Cosmic Treadmill to stop the events leading up to Zolomon's paralysis due to the instability it would create in the space-time continuum. Undeterred, Zolomon broke into the Flash Museum and tried to use the Treadmill himself, destroying it along with the Museum in a catastrophic explosion.
At the same time, the incident cured his paralysis and granted him the ability to alter the flow of time around him to grant him incredible superhuman speed. Convinced that West's lack of personal tragedy in his life was preventing him from becoming an optimal hero, Zolomon became the new Zoom to cause the speedsters grief and suffering in his misguided attempts to better the world.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: Varies with the Forever Force, up to 
Name: Zoom, Reverse-Flash, Hunter Zolomon
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Male
Age: 30s
Classification: Human, Speedster 
Powers and Abilities: 
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|-|Powers=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Knows Tae Kwon DoThe Flash Vol 2 #197), Enhanced Hearing (Could hear a fly from across a hallway past his room), Statistics Amplification and Self-Perception Amplification (Can control how fast or slow he moves along the timeline, thoughts and perception also slows or speeds up with him), Intangibility (Wally passed straight through him), Invisibility (Can become so fast that he is invisible to people including other speedsters), Afterimage Creation (As seen here and here), Durability Negation (Moved so fast that he started phasing through the FlashFlash: The Fastest Man Alive Vol 1 #10), Regeneration (High-Low; regenerated his crushed vertebrae), Time Manipulation (Is fuelled by time rather than the Speed ForceThe Flash Vol 2 #224, controls the streams of timeAction Comics Vol 1 #831, can control the speeds he moves along the timeline), Summoning (Pulled Professor Zoom out of the timestreamThe Flash Vol 2 #225), Surface Scaling (As seen here), Vibration Manipulation (Phased through his containment chamberThe Flash Vol 2 #217 by vibrating, Moved so fast that he started phasing through the environmentFlash: The Fastest Man Alive Vol 1 #10), Time Stop (Can stop time in his own personal timelineThe Flash Vol 2 #200), Explosion Manipulation (Via snapping his fingersFinal Crisis: Rogue's Revenge Vol 1 #2 or runningThe Flash Vol 2 #219), Energy Manipulation (Can can create his suit out of Forever Force energy), Precognition, Retrocognition and Clairvoyance (Via windows in time which can be used to peer into the past and futureThe Flash Vol 2 #199), Limited Air Manipulation (Can create a miniature vortex all the way to tornadoesFinal Crisis: Rogues Revenge Vol #2), Limited Heat Manipulation (Can turn sand into glass shards with his friction alone), Sound Manipulation (Can create sonic booms with a single snapThe Flash Vol 2 #198 or clap, Can destroy the environment by shouting), Power Bestowal (Can give the Forever Force to others; that was enough to free Inertia from Wally's speed stealFinal Crisis: Rogues Revenge Vol 1 #1), Limited Power Nullification and Absorption (Can take back the powers of anyone charged with Forever Force), Acausality (Type 1 & 2; Due to being separated from the main timeline)
|-|Resistances=Kinetic Energy Absorption (As seen here), Time Manipulation (Due existing in his own personal timestream), Memory Manipulation (Still remembered that Wally was the Flash even after The Spectre made it so that no-one would remember that Wally was the Flash)
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Attack Potency: Varies with the Forever Force (Can control how fast or slow he moves along the timeline), up to Low Multiverse level (CanThe Flash Vol 2 #198 consistentlyThe Flash Vol 2 #199The Flash Vol 2 #200 overwhelm Wally West. In their first fight, when Hunter lacked control of his powersThe Flash Vol 2 #200, it took Wally to be amped by three speedsters in order to match ZoomThe Flash Vol 2 #200. Easily curbstomped Jay Garrick twiceThe Flash Vol 2 #198The Flash Vol 2 #220, who can briefly fight Black AdamJSA (1999) #6. Wonder Woman stated that Zoom's punches hurt more than Superman'sWonder Woman Vol 2 #214, can harm Superman and break out of Green Lantern's constructsGreen Lantern Sinestro Corps Special Vol 1 #1. His slightest of movements can cause unimaginable power. He was eventually going to be the messenger of DarkseidFinal Crisis: Rogues Revenge Vol #352 Universes)
Speed: At least Supersonic+, possibly Hypersonic+ normally (Was faster than Murmur before gaining his powersThe Flash Vol 2 #188 who is comparable to his fellow Rogues; who see other DC street tiers outside of Keystone City in slow motionJSA Vol 1 #67), Time Dilation via the Forever Force allows him to accelerate, slow down, or stop his own time as much as he wants which enables him to fight characters far faster than him normally such as a Speed Force Amped Wally West, who can reach Infinite speeds
Lifting Strength: At least Peak human, possibly higher (Effortlessly lifted an Amazonian warrior with one arm)
Striking Strength: Varies with the Forever Force, up to Low Multiverse level (Hits harder than Superman while running at high speeds)
Durability: Varies with the Forever Force, up to Low Multiverse level (Can take blows from Wonder Woman, shrugged off a blow from Earth-2's SupermanInfinite Crisis Vol 1 #7)
Stamina: Superhuman (Could battle Bart Allen for an entire day if he had to)
Range: Standard Melee Range (Most of his powers are melee-based, but he can use ranged Forever Force effects several meters away), up to Several Kilometers with whirlwinds and similar, Tens of Kilometers with his snap (Can be heard across the entirety of Keystone city)
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Genius (As a one of the best and youngest criminal profilers the FBI has, he is trained in psychology, criminology, sociology and investigative support training from the FBIThe Flash Secret Files Vol 1 #3, solved numerous metahuman related cases over the years, deduced the motivation and problems of several criminals as well. Was able to repair parts of the Cosmic Treadmill after reading the automatic override instructions while in a wheelchairThe Flash Vol 2 #196, and later rebuilt the treadmill all by himself..)
Standard Tactics: Despite being able to control how fast or slow he moves while riding time itself, he prefers to keep it slow and calculated; focusing on letting those who he believes can become better heroes to work through their problems and tragedy instead of wanting them to fail, however, against those who are not he won't hold back against them, although he prefer not to killThe Flash Vol 2 #223 or making it as painless as possible if he does. 
Weaknesses: Due to being fuelled by time instead of kinetic energy, he is unable to perform some of Flash's abilities such travelling back in time without help, despite having control over his own personal timeline. Knocking him into one of his windows of time will fold time itself onto him essentially tying a knot in his timeline and putting him in a temporary time loopDC Comics Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded. Powers can be unravelled from the other side if someone else is also tapping into the his Forever Force portion.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Finger Snapping: By snapping his fingers, he can create tremendous shockwaves and tremors to knock back foes or deafen them.
Notes:
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