Reverse-Flash (CW)

## Summary

Professor **Eobard Thawne** (c. 2151), also known as the "**Reverse-Flash"**, is a scientist from the future who idolized the Flash to the point that he replicated the accident to become a speedster meta-human. But when he travelled back in time, Eobard learned he is destined to become the Flash's archenemy and grew to despise the hero and attempts to prove his superiority as the Reverse-Flash. Thawne travelled back in time to kill Barry Aleen as a child, but the Flash spirited his younger self to safety with Thawne killing his mother Nora Allen out of anger. When Thawne learned he lost his connection to the Speed Force, he impersonated Dr. **Harrison Wells** of S.T.A.R. Labs to hasten the particle accelerator that would give Barry his powers. From there, as Dr. Wells, Thawne proceeds to train Barry so he can use him to return to his time. But Eobard ends up being erased from time when his ancestor, Eddie Thawne, killed himself to stop him. But temporary echoes of Thawne exist as part of the Flash's timeline.

After killing Nora to negate the Flashpoint Paradox caused by the Flash removing him from that moment in time, an earlier version of Thawne learns his timeline is threatened while being hunted by a Flash-like creature. Thawne recruits a 1980s version of Damien Darhk and Malcolm Merlyn to help him acquire the Spear of Destiny to use its power to restore his existence. The villains eventually succeeded, but Sara Lance depowered the spear and Thawne is erased by Black Flash.

Later, Eobard mysteriously resurfaced as an ally of the New Reichsmen of Earth-X. Despite originally trying to carry out the Fuhrer's request to perform heart surgery on Overgirl, he eventually abandoned them to their deaths at the hands of the Earth-One heroes and Supergirl, running off to parts unknown.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** **Low 5-B** | **Low 5-B**

**Key:** **Pre-Erasure | Reborn (Earth-X)**

**Name:** Reverse-Flash, Eobard Thawne

**Origin:** Arrowverse (CW)

**Gender:** Male

**Species:** Human

**Age:** Unknown

**Attack Potency:** **Small Planet level** (Fought The Flash) | **Small Planet level**

**Durability:** **Small Planet level** | **Small Planet level**

**Standard Equipment:** Reverse-Flash ring, Reverse-Flash suit

**Intelligence:** Very high, was able to discover Barry Allen's entire life story and was able to track him in the 21st century.

**Weaknesses:**

* **Speed Force Flux (formerly):** His connection to The Speed Force is unstable ever since his battle with Flash and killing of Nora Allen. Due to this reason, he can only use his speed in short bursts and is unable to time travel, though he has mitigated the former by constantly supercharging himself with tachyons. (Note: Only applicable for Season 1 Reverse-Flash)
* **Lighter Gravity:** Lighter gravity disables his enhanced speed.
* **Nanites:** Nanites entering the bloodstream of a speedster will disable their powers, as seen when Green Arrow shot Reverse-Flash with it.
* **Power-Dampening Tech:** A speedster's power can be weakened or even neutralized by special technology, for example, a special kind of rifle can fire an energy pulse that temporarily cuts off a speedster's connection to the Speed Force, as seen when he was shot by it.
* **Hyper-Metabolism:** While moving at accelerated speeds, Eobard burns calories much faster than a normal person. While letting him break down food more efficiently than a regular human, this also requires him to consume large amounts of nutrients. Continued usage of his speed while deprived renders him disoriented and weak before ultimately passing from low blood glucose. Also, because of his accelerated healing, he is unaffected by painkillers, sedatives, or anesthetics, as he burns through them too quickly to have any effect. He also cannot experience joys like getting drunk.
* **Cold Temperatures:** Because speed is produced by a buildup of heat in the target's atoms, Eobard is vulnerable to extremely cold temperatures. Under these conditions, Eobard's speed will be greatly reduced. Also, direct exposure to such cold will temporarily stunt his healing capacities.
* **Electricity Absorption:** Eobard's unique biology causes his body to produce massive amounts of electricity, which charges his molecules to allow for his accelerated movements. Should Eobard be drained of this electrical energy, he will lose his powers. However, as this power is genetically coded to his DNA, he can potentially regain his speed by using more electricity to jump-start it.
* **Kinetic Energy Absorption:** Because Eobard's abilities are derived from movement, the removal of the kinetic energy he builds up will leave him in a state of temporary paralysis. However, if he can build back up enough kinetic energy within himself, the effect can be instantly negated.
* **Time Alterations:** While Eobard's speed allows him to break through the temporal barrier, it is not without drawbacks. In addition to potentially causing unforeseeable, damaging changes to the timeline, reckless travels through time can alert the Time Wraiths. These temporal guardians become instinctively drawn to the careless speedster, driven to capture the person who disturbed the timestream and draw the person into the Speed Force with it. As a powerful rogue speedster, Eobard was hunted down by the Black Flash, which later caused him to be temporarily erased.