Zoom

"Never forget, I am the fastest man alive."

- Zoom

"Zoom" is a speedster from Earth-2 and the archenemy of Jay Garrick/The Flash. After the singularity caused by Reverse-Flash's "death" on Earth-1 opened in Earth-2, Zoom traveled to Earth-1. After arriving he learned of the existence of Barry Allen/The Flash and came to despise him too, and now extorts metahumans from Earth-2 stuck on Earth-1 into killing Barry in exchange for a way home.

Early life
Almost nothing is known of Zoom's history except that he was supposedly affected by Earth-2 Harrison Wells' particle-accelerator when it exploded underground, which is what gave him his powers. No one knows what he really looks like or even what his real name is, but what is known is he first appeared on the Earth-2 radar around the same time that Jay Garrick/The Flash acquired his Speed-Force powers, rampaging around Central City and killing hundreds of people. The Flash spent the next 2 years of his career tracking Zoom with little success and Zoom in turn became obsessed with destroying The Flash, desiring to be the only speedster in any world.

One night, the two had their biggest battle yet, where they raced throughout Central City as Flash fought hard to keep up with his incredibly fast demonic foe. Eventually, Zoom gained the upper-hand atop a tall skyscraper and began phasing his hand through the Flash, somehow managing to drain Flash of his speed. Before Zoom could finish off Flash however, a huge portal in the sky opened and Flash was sucked into it and brought to Earth-1 while Zoom, still on Earth-2, believed Flash had been eliminated and raced away.

At some point during his reign of terror on Earth-2, he kidnapped Earth-2 Harrison Wells' daughter, Jesse Wells, and is currently holding her hostage. At one point after Wells' departure, he confronted her again demanding to know why Wells had traveled to Earth-1. Jesse professed not to know and Zoom complimented her loyalty before subjecting her to torture.

Targeting the Flash
Upon gaining access to Earth-1 through his advanced Speed powers and the interdimensional breaches, Zoom learned of the existence of Barry Allen/The Flash and grew to despise him too for having speed powers also and vowed to kill him as he desires to be the only speedster in any world. Through his efforts, Zoom came into contact with Al Rothstein/Atom-Smasher from his world, who'd also come through one of the breaches, and offered him the chance to return home if he killed Flash. Atom-Smasher accepted the offer but was eventually defeated by Flash and his team.

In the wake of Atom-Smasher's defeat, Zoom decided to try again and briefly returned to Earth-2 to retrieve the metahuman Eddie Slick/Sand-Demon, and forcibly brought with him to Earth-1. Zoom extorted the terrified metahuman by promising to return him to Earth-2 in exchange for killing Flash. Slick consented but was defeated by the combined efforts of both Flashes.

Undaunted by yet another failure, Zoom enlisted the services of another meta-human, King Shark. Unfortunately for Zoom, he was defeated by Harrison Wells of Earth-2.

Following his failures Zoom adjusted his strategy. Somehow gathering details about Barry's personal life including his previous romantic attachment to Central City sports-reporter Linda Park. Zoom then sought out her Earth-2 counterpart Linda Park/Dr. Light and brought her to Earth-1 and forced her to seek out and kill The Flash, even though Earth-2 Linda was just a small-time thief and had never taken a life before. Zoom believed that Flash would be unable and/or unwilling to use lethal force against her due to his previous attachment to her Earth-1 counterpart. His plan was however thwarted once more by Barry Allen and his team with guidance from the Earth-2 Harrison Wells and resulted in Dr. Light's capture and imprisonment in the Pipeline. Zoom later visited Wells' daughter and told her that her father had abandoned her but she stood her ground, saying that he would find her and kill Zoom. However Zoom scoffed at the idea and reminded her that the fates of her and her father were still in debate and sped off.

Zoom's metahuman plans took an unexpected turn when he was contacted by the Earth-1 Linda Park posing as her evil Earth-2 counterpart Dr. Light, claiming that she had killed the Flash and threw in his emblem as proof in order to lure Zoom into a trap orchestrated by Barry Allen and his team. Zoom however was saw through the deception easily and did not take the bait, choosing instead to bide his time. Once he was sure The Flash and his team had let their guards down, Zoom really did come through the breach and kidnapped Linda, bringing her to the top of the Star Labs building. There he was confronted by Barry Allen/The Flash, who begged him not to hurt Linda. Zoom scoffed at The Flash's request and dropped Linda off the edge of the roof but The Flash raced to the bottom and used a wind-funnel to save Park before turning to face down Zoom head-on. The Flash then turned and sped around Star Labs, building up his speed electricity before throwing a lightning bolt at Zoom who, to Barry's horror, jumped into the air, grabbed the Flash's lightning bolt and hurled it right at him with even greater force, scoring a direct hit. In desperation, The Flash tried to outsmart Zoom by forcing him into a freefall from high up in the air but Zoom reversed the move and landed on top of Barry. Zoom then proceeded to brutally and mercilessly pulverize The Flash at high speed before ending with a devastating blow to The Flash's spine, effectively paralyzing him. Wells-2 attempted to sneak up on Zoom and shoot him with a speed dampening dart but Zoom caught the missile and instead jammed it, along with Barry's, into The Flash's chest while declaring to Wells that he (Wells) was next. Victorious, Zoom dragged the

Flash's limp and battered body across Central City at superspeed to the newspaper and the police to showcase his triumph, declaring that the days of the Flash were over. Finally, Zoom returned to Star Labs with Barry in his hand to confront Wells and the team, Zoom bade farewell to The Flash before draining him of his speed. Drunk with victory and in the midst of gloating to Wells-2, Cisco managed to shoot Zoom in the neck with a dart filled with the speed dampening serum. Bellowing in agony, Zoom temporarily collapsed on the floor before racing away.

Some time in 2016, Zoom had an encounter with Flash that caused him to miss the funeral of a person significant to Oliver Queen.

Personality
Zoom is obsessed with speed to the point of being unstable, as noted by his creator, he has set a mission of eradicating anything else with super speed, enthralling meta-humans to go out and kill speedsters, namely Barry Allen at the moment. According to Earth-2 Harrison Wells, those under the enthrallment of Zoom are bound to do things out of character, such as turning a thief into a killer. Zoom instills a tremendous amount of terror in almost everyone he encounters, including Jay Garrick himself who describes Zoom as being a "demon with a face of death". Jay even admits he didn't confront Zoom sometimes when he should have out of fear.

Zoom has been shown to be extremely egotistical, as after his victory against The Flash in the episode, "Enter Zoom," he proceeded to parade Flash's body to Central City News, where he displayed it to the media like a hunting trophy, proclaiming himself to be "The fastest man alive." He then hauled the unconscious Flash to the Central City Police Department, gloating to the assembled officers, and reveling in their helplessness as he caught dozens of bullets with his speed. Finally, he carried Barry's body back to STAR Labs, showcasing him to Caitlin, Cisco and Harry (Harrison Wells Earth-2).

Zoom is also horribly sadistic, enjoying the fear and terror in his helpless prey with obvious and somewhat animalistic satisfaction.

Powers

 * Superhuman speed: Zoom can move unimaginably fast and might be the fastest speedster in all of existence according to Jay Garrick, who himself, is capable of moving at near-light speed. While running at superspeed, the speed-force noise that he emits has a very pronounced thunderous and concussive quality akin to that of a storm. He proceeded to dragging Barry all over Central City at incredible speed and was easily able to catch every bullet fired at him with one hand when he went to the police station.
 * Superhuman reflexes: Because of Zoom's immense speed, his reaction time is augmented, allowing him to react to danger and events far faster than a normal human. He was able to easily catch a bolt of lightning hurled at him by Barry, and toss it back at him. He also effortlessly caught a volley of bullets shot at him by every police officer at the police precinct.
 * Bodily vibration: Zoom has the ability to vibrate some or all of his cells and overall parts of his body on command for various effects. His bodily control can vibrate his entire body to mask his form from others clearly perceiving it and distort his vocal cords to disguise his voice. His vibrations are more powerful than other speedsters, causing the electricity on his body to constantly show when he is disguising himself.
 * Electrokinesis: Like all speedsters, Zoom generates a powerful electricity from his body and can use it in any way he chooses. While using his super-speed, the electricity that radiates off him is sapphire blue as opposed to the normal yellow or red exhibited by previously-seen speedsters like Barry, Jay or Eobard. He could also manipulate electricity by touching it, as when Barry tried hurling lightning at Zoom, he managed to grab and hold the lightning as if it were a tangible object and hurl it back at him.
 * Interdimensional travel: Zoom is able to travel between Earth-1 and Earth-2 at will. He does so by using the so-called breaches between worlds; his stupendous speed allowing him to temporarily stabilize the interdimensional 'corridors' that link any one breach on Earth-2 with a corresponding breach on Earth-1, letting him and those he brings along pass through them.
 * Speed steal: Zoom can absorb the speed of other speedsters, further amplifying his own speed. He appears to do this by stabbing another speedster with his claws and draining the power from their body, as shown when he sapped Jay and Barry Allen of his speed. The more speed he absorbs, the more powerful he gets, and Earth-2 Harrison Wells is concerned that if Barry doesn't fight Zoom soon, he will not be able to stop him.
 * Extreme force generation: Zoom is capable of inflicting massive amounts of physical damage on his opponents by packing speed into his blows. He was able to reduce Barry Allen/The Flash to a bloody mess in seconds with his deadly strikes, and even damage his spine enough to cause paralysis. He is shown to already have enhanced strength, enough to allow him to lift fully grown men without effort, which allowed his strikes to inflict multiple bloody wounds and broken bones on Barry in seconds using only his fists.
 * Enhanced strength: '''Presumably due to his great amount of Speed Force energy, Zoom showed the ability to effortlessly exert great strength and force, enough to lift fully grown humans over his head with only one arm without any effort. However, it is not known if this is an effect of his superhuman speed. He first showed the ability to lift Linda Park, by the neck, with a single arm, off the roof of S.T.A.R Labs, and when he dragged Barry all over Central City at super speed with one arm. He also showed his great strength when he raced to CC Picture News and lifted Barry up with one hand in the air. Later, he ran to the Police Department and again, lifted The Flash in the air with one hand, presenting his limp body in front of them like a trophy.

Abilities

 * High-Level intellect/Master tactician/Manipulator: According to Jay Garrick, Zoom is extremely intelligent. He outsmarted Jay, who possesses an equally sharp mind, multiple times for over 2 years and the latter claims that he always seems to be one step ahead. Zoom is also able to manipulate powerful meta-humans, either through simple bargaining or fear-extortion, such as Atom Smasher or Sand Demon to do his bidding, under the promise of returning them to their world afterwards. Zoom managed to evade the trap that the Flash and Harrison Wells from Earth-2 had set to capture Zoom. Zoom was able to easily out manoeuvre and out-fight Barry in every way, leaving Barry near death, a testament to his strategic fighting and planning.
 * Intimidation: Due to his incredible power and demon-like appearance, Zoom commands an extremely intimidating presence, able to terrorize in the most powerful of meta-humans, even in Jay Garrick. Nearly all of the meta-humans from Earth-2 fearfully speak of Zoom as a monster or demon, and consider him unbeatable, like when Atom Smasher considered Central City from Earth-1 and Barry Allen "unworthy" of him.
 * Hand-to-hand combatant: Complementing his ferocious appearance, Zoom's unpredictable yet somewhat sophisticated combat style uses his tremendous speed and powers, while accenting it with his almost feral personality. His combat style is not nearly as raw and unrefined as Barry Allen's (as the latter tends to use basic punches and kicks), yet not quite as neat and efficient as Eobard Thawne's (which emphasizes attacking vital points to overwhelm his opponents with minimal effort). Instead, Zoom uses his claws for savage slashing movements, meant to tear apart his opponents like a beast, and uses his great reflexes to redirect attacks from the likes of Barry and, presumably, Jay.
 * Acrobatics: Zoom showed the capability to flip in midair when throwing the Flashes lighting back at him, as well as fight confidently free falling.

Equipment

 * Zoom suit: He wears a protective suit as his supervillain alter-ego, Zoom, to hide his identity from his victims. It is unknown what materials it's made out of.

Trivia

 * In the DC comics, Hunter Zolomon aka Zoom, is the third Reverse-Flashes.
 * In the DC comics, Hunter does not possess the power of superspeed, he just simply physically slows down time itself.