Eobard Thawne (Time Remnant)

For other uses of "Reverse-Flash", see Reverse-Flash (disambiguation).

Eobard Thawne
Biological Information
Species	Human
Status	Deceased
Universe Information
Home universe	Earth-1
Current universe	Earth-Prime
General Information
Occupation	Original multiverse Professor (physicist) Time criminal Director of S.T.A.R. Labs (in a rewritten reality) Leader of the Legion of Doom (formerly) New multiverse Professor (physicist) Fixed point fixer (formerly) Report generation and project coordinator at Mia Whitter Industries (formerly) Technology development consultant at Hewitt Mair Labs (formerly) Chief of engineering at Fast Track Labs
Affiliation	Original multiverse S.T.A.R. Labs (in a rewritten reality) Legion of Doom (formerly) New multiverse Legends (formerly) Mia Whitter Industries (formerly) Hewitt Mair Labs (formerly) Fast Track Labs
Family	Eddie Thawne (ancestor) Agnes (ancestor) Unnamed (ancestor) Unnamed (ancestor) Robern (indirect ancestor; presumed existence)
Alter ego	Reverse-Flash
Actor	Matt Letscher Victor Garber (as Martin Stein) Sean MacLean (as John Swigert)

"Now who's the villain, Flash? Now who's the villain?"

—Eobard Thawne to Barry Allen^[src]

Professor Eobard Thawne (c. 2151- 2022), also known as the Reverse-Flash, was a meta-human speedster from the twenty-second century, a time criminal, descendant of Eddie Thawne, and the archenemy of Barry Allen/The Flash.

Eobard Thawne, a devoted fan of the Flash from the 21st century, became obsessed with gaining speed. After replicating the accident that gave the Flash his powers, Thawne aimed to debut as a hero in the 22nd century. However, his moment was ruined when the Flash of 2024 appeared first, humiliating him. Thawne soon discovered he was fated to become the Flash’s greatest enemy—the Reverse-Flash. Driven by envy and rage, he embraced this destiny to prove his superiority. His hatred attracted the Negative Speed Force, which fueled his power and allowed him to travel undetected through time. Since then, he and the Flash have battled endlessly, neither able to defeat the other.

After learning the Flash's secret identity, Eobard traveled back in time to kill Barry as a child to erase his foe from existence but was thwarted by the Flash of 2024 who brought the younger Barry to safety. The enraged Eobard then attemped to kill Nora Allen and frame Henry Allen for the crime instead, but the Flash prevented Eobard from murdering Nora, creating the Flashpoint timeline and holding him captive for months. After realizing this mistake, Barry released Eobard, allowing him to kill Nora again; as a result of being pulled out of the timeline, Eobard was spared from his fate and continued to exist as a time remnant, while his original actions remained intact. Due to his own nullified state of existence; he was hunted by the Black Flash, the former Zoom who had been turned into a speed force slave enforcer, forcing him to seek out the Spear of Destiny in order to restore his natural existence. Unable to find the object and outrun the enforcer at the same time, Eobard formed a supervillain alliance. Eobard and his co-conspirators eventually retrieved the Spear of Destiny, which they used to rewrite reality to their whims. Despite its initial success, Eobard's plan was foiled by the Legends' de-powering the object, and Eobard was vaporized by the Black Flash.

Despite his death, he was made into the protector of a fixed point in time, having been brought back to life and stripped of his powers by the Time Wraiths after his death by the Black Flash. Placed in 1914 to ensure the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and thus the resulting world war, Eobard came to agree that the timeline could not and should not be changed. However, Eobard agreed to help the Legends attract the Waverider by changing the circumstances of Ferdinand's death. When the Legends' plan went awry, Eobard was killed by Sara Lance's robot clone and was ultimately replaced as the protector of the fixed point by Nate Heywood's robot clone. The time remnant was later resurrected a second time by the Time Wraiths to give him a chance for redemption as he never gave up his post as the protector of the fixed point and eventually meet Meena Dhawan, helping Meena and the two falling in love. However, the good time remnant was unwillingly sacrificed as part of a resurrection plan that the Negative Still Force's developed to bring the other version back.

Biography

Early life

"For so long I wanted to be the Flash, I spent years figuring out how you came to be. Duplicated the reaction and it worked. I became like you."

—Eobard Thawne explaining his origins to the Flash^[src]

Eobard Thawne was born to unknown parents in the year 2151 during the 22nd century, a time of vast futuristic advances in science and technology which was unfortunately exempt from livestock such as cows for unknown reasons. When he was a boy, he was taught astro-navigation in elementary school, and grew up idolising the Flash, the 21st century superhero speedster whom inspired him to the point of striving to be just like the man for as long as he can remember.

Family record

Eobard considered Eddie a failure.

A scion of the Thawne family consisting of notable generations of scientists, politicians and industrialists, Eobard believed that he's an esteemed member within the bloodline; his first name "Eobard" being (apparently) distinguished like his family name. Somehow, Eobard is also very aware and knowledgeable of Eddie Thawne despite history having virtually no record of Eddie's existence; Eobard doesn't hold Eddie in high regard as he himself judges his distant ancestor to be the only failure within their family by his standards.

Hopes to become a hero and help people

Growing up, Eobard was driven by an altruistic vision to move the dial on physics and improve the state of the world. He eventually joined the academia as a student and then graduated with a professor’s degree and a genius aptitude on multiple fields and became a scientist. Thawne had combined the idea of his inspiration to be a speedster like the Flash with achieving groundbreaking feats in science for the good of mankind. Therefore, he devoted his life to learning about the origins of the Flash’s super-powers and studying the Speed Force in order to unlock its most hidden secrets in order to gain a connection to it in hopes of fulfilling his interest.

Becoming a speedster

Between the 2170s or 2190s, all years of research, investigation and studies eventually culminated in Eobard building a machine that replicated the transformation that was originally behind said powers of superhuman speed, thus Eobard became a meta-human speedster with the power of time travel via a connection to the Speed Force and presumably created or obtained a suit with the opposite colours which gets contained within a ring.

At some point, he also designed and created anti-speedster weaponry.

The start of Eobard's downward spiral

"I BECAME BETTER THAN YOU!! I am the one thing you CANNOT stop, Flash!"

—Eobard Thawne filled with rage when he found out that he was destined to become the Flash's worst enemy.^[src]

The Flash, Eobard's lifelong idol was actually his main archenemy.

Using his superpowers, Eobard experimented with and learned many ways to channel the Speed Force, becoming faster than anything alive and also learned to travel through time. One day, Eobard finally met the Flash for the very first time. In his own words, he was about to present himself to the world and start his heroics before his hero upstaged him by saving a random crowd from an unknown disaster which attracted the attention and praise that Eobard thought he was meant to earn, stealing his greatest opportunity and shattering his most memorable moment. In that very moment, Eobard grew resentful of the Flash because for all the praise he has admired his idol, he gets paid back with betrayal and indignation and vowed to become faster than the Flash to prove himself as the fastest man alive.

Eobard presumably then navigated back to an unknown point in the 21st century and he discovered from his ability to travel through time that he was tragically doomed to become mortal enemies with the Flash as the reverse of everything that his idol was and stood for instead of a successor and the hero he desperately strived to become.

Devastated to his very core by this realization, Eobard was left horrified, shocked, confused and disillusioned. He could not believe the revelation himself after everything he wanted to do to save the world. To make matters even worse, Eobard was driven insane which incited him to take his anger out on his former idol. In time, Eobard became consumed with an insatiable and everlasting hatred for the Flash who he began to see as the villain from his point of view. In desperation, he adopted the supervillain moniker of the "Reverse-Flash" and fulfilled his inescapable destiny as his former idol's greatest archenemy while descending into madness on path to the abyss.

Becoming the opposite adversary

Eobard's power comes from a negative version of the Speed Force.

In both his obsession to be the Flash's exact opposite to surpass and defeat as well as to time travel undetected, Eobard obtained this with an energy that first tapped into him by feeding off of his hatred for his former idol therefore becoming the avatar of the Negative Speed Force. This also gave him the idea to exploit this energy source for his own uses and therefore he utilized his machine to increase his connection to it and use it to its full potential, thinking that he created this energy all by himself with the actual case being that it has always existed. From this point forward, Eobard underwent massive changes in his personality, behavior and mental health due to his exposure to the negative tachyons that it made him more dangerous and unstable every time he abused it, to the point he rendered himself nearly invulnerable to timeline changes. Out of revenge for being shamed and envy for being a foil, he vowed destroy the Flash's life, career and dream, so much that for everyone saved Thawne would kill more. Thawne would make it his life's work to surpass the Flash as a speedster by whatever means necessary (including killing) in order to usurp his former idol.

Pursuit of his former idol

Eobard is learned about Rip Hunter, the designer of the first Time Sphere who he considers an "interesting man", which could be how he also obtained possession of Gideon, an artificial intelligence program created by the Flash, and began searching various moments throughout history to learn when the Flash was active. He began traveling back in time to find when the Flash was active and after several searches proved fruitless, he eventually traveled back to the year of the Flash's origins, starting their war across time.

Eobard asking Gideon what era is he in.

The Reverse-Flash arrived in January 2016, Central City. After Gideon confirmed his whereabouts, he began searching for the Flash. Eobard rigged a truck to drive at high speeds and collide with a building to lure the Flash out, and was successful. Pleased to have located the exact time era the Flash was active, Eobard planned his return home to properly plan his next attack and broke into Mercury Labs' offsite facility, and prepared equipment designed to act as a time machine to send him back to his own time. However, Eobard was unable to replicate the tachyon power source and sought out Dr. Tina McGee.

Reverse-Flash meeting the Flash again.

Storming Mercury Labs and striking four guards, he confronted Tina before he was interrupted by the Flash's arrival. However, the Reverse-Flash was surprised when the Flash addressed him by his real name, revealing the Flash already met him at some point in the future and that the Flash had seen him die. However, the Reverse-Flash simply thanked the Flash for telling him of his impending fate and told the Flash he now knew what time period the Flash was from and that his nemesis would soon die instead, and he knocked the Flash out before taking Tina to the offsite facility.

Eobard learning his future from Tina.

When Eobard showed his device, Tina recalled a "man in a yellow suit" tried to steal another tachyon device the previous year. Upon hearing this, Eobard realized that he must have gotten stuck in the past at some point in his future due to having been unable to access enough energy of the Speed Force. Eobard ordered Tina to accelerate the energetic properties within the tachyon device. Tina expressed doubts to which Eobard vibrated his hand and calmly told Tina to learn or be killed.

Battle with the Flash

Vibed timeline

After Tina finished the work at 9:52pm, Eobard killed his hostage anyway and used the tachyon device to return to his timeline. Because Cisco vibed this event 3 hours and 52 minutes in advance the Flash was given enough time to locate Eobard.

Reverse-Flash's first showdown with the Flash.

Changed timeline

After Tina finished the work at 9:52 pm, Eobard prepared to kill Tina anyway before the Flash arrived, subdued him, and destroyed the machine. Angered but soon unwavered by his nemesis's sabotage to his trip home, Eobard said he would find another way to travel to the future and boasted his superiority to the Flash before issuing a challenge to catch him. Both the Reverse-Flash and the Flash began racing throughout the streets of Central City, but the Flash managed to anticipate his path and intercepted him, culminating with the Flash catching the Reverse-Flash. The Flash proceeded to severely beat the Reverse-Flash almost to death in a fit of rage for his future actions. Only reluctantly stopping himself from delivering a death blow, the Flash instead knocked him out and placed him in S.T.A.R. Labs' pipeline prison.

Eobard meeting Cisco and learning some of his future.

During his imprisonment, Eobard was visited by Cisco Ramon asking how his ring worked. Confused yet curious, Eobard talked to Cisco and deduced he must have a history with him in the future, but was confused as to why the engineer only wanted to know how his ring worked. However, Cisco told Eobard of being the one that found him because of the young engineer's metahuman powers given by his future self. Cisco also revealed that Eobard would help build the very prison he was incarcerated in, leaving Eobard puzzled to learn of his future actions and developed an almost instant fascination with Cisco.

Eobard revealing his origins.

Eobard was later approached by the Flash (unmasked but concealed in the shadows), asking for his hatred's source. Eobard explained his obsession with his desire to be like his idol himself, so much that he spent years learning how his idol gained these powers and succeeded in replicating the reaction. Then he traveled through time and learned that he was going to become his own idol's greatest enemy, rather than be like the Flash. He opted to become the reverse of everything the Flash was, vowing to kill as many people as the Flash saved. His former idol was disgusted to learn what was behind Eobard's motivations, even revealing that someone had been killed by his future self. Eobard angrily stated that he had become better than the Flash and was the one thing the Flash could never stop and he promised that one day he would learn his nemesis's real name.

Eobard meeting Harry and learning more of his future.

Shortly after, Eobard was approached by Harry Wells and realized that his imprisonment has ruptured the timeline. Eobard doubted Harry knew how to send him back without Tina's tachyon device, but Harry instead revealed an alternate method to send him home. Eobard was fascinated and asked about his warden who refused to identify himself and claimed to be no one of consequence, but Eobard was unconvinced and was instantly fascinated by his warden.

Reverse-Flash before being sent back to his time by the Flash.

Eobard was released from his cell and informed of Team Flash's alternate method of sending him back to the future, to have both him and the Flash run at high enough speeds to create a wormhole through which Eobard can return to his own time. Eobard also gloated of winning again, mockingly speaking in the past tense for all his future actions. As they prepared, Eobard vowed the two would meet again and the Flash agreed but also vowed to stop him every time, and both the Flash and the Reverse-Flash sped around the particle accelerator's ring. After gaining enough speed, the wormhole was created and the Flash hurled the Reverse-Flash through the portal and the Reverse-Flash successfully returned to his own time and plan his next attack.

Life as a time remnant

Flashpoint

Reverse-Flash viciously attacked by the Flash.

The Reverse-Flash grabbed a kitchen knife and attempted to stab Nora, but he was viciously knocked down by the Flash from 2016. The Flash refused to let him kill Nora and refused to let him ruin anyone's life ever again so the Flash knocked the Reverse-Flash out, radically altering the timeline. His nemesis's actions resulted in the creation of the Flashpoint timeline altogether. His nemesis took him to the alternate version of 2016 and constructed a speed-dampening cell using carbine material to imprison him in an abandoned factory and took his Reverse-Flash ring. Eobard was aware Barry's memories would fade in this reality in order to adapt to the alternate timeline, but he kept this to himself simply for amusement as he wanted to see how long it would take his nemesis to realize this yet unsure as to why he wasn't losing his own memories. Barry made frequent visits for him to give him food while Eobard would remain imprisoned for over three months, growing a beard while in captivity.

Eobard worrying about Barry's reckless timeline changes.

When Barry visited him again to deliver Big Belly Burger, Eobard jokingly asked for the "curly fries" and still promised to destroy Barry. Barry didn't take Eobard's words seriously and reminded him that Barry now has everything back that both the Reverse-Flash and Zoom stole: Nora and Henry were alive in this timeline. Eobard chastised his nemesis as there's now another individual as the Flash in this timeline, letting someone else endanger themselves in pursuit of Barry's own happiness. Barry simply scoffed at Eobard's words and reminded him that Barry changed time because of what Eobard did, but he stated that Barry will eventually beg him to kill Nora "again".

Eobard smiling at Barry's loss of memories.

Eobard later gets questioned when Barry started losing memories and was relieved to see what Barry was experiencing. Eobard explained to Barry that this reality was beginning to overwrite the reality the two are familiar with so that soon Barry won't remember the reality they're familiar with. When Barry asked why he wasn't losing his memories, Eobard replied that he wasn't sure. After laughing disturbingly, he figured out that the more Barry uses speed abilities, the faster Barry loses memories, whereas Eobard hadn't used his speed at all and thus his memories remained intact. Barry believed Eobard was trying to manipulate into releasing him from his cell.

Eobard angrily scolding Barry's selfishness.

Eobard then frustratingly remarked that his nemesis from the apparent original timeline that he knew and fought for years was far more intelligent than what Barry turned out to be. Eobard stated that soon Barry would forget being a speedster and neither of them would be able to fix this reality, thus this timeline would set permanently like concrete and be unchangeable. Barry was fine with it, but Eobard pleaded for Barry to take him back to 2000 to correct what was done and that Nora's death needed to happen in order to make things right. Barry spitefully told him to go to hell to which Eobard angrily retorted that his nemesis's arrogance would leave both speedsters stranded in a faulty reality. Barry left as Eobard angrily accused his nemesis of now being the villain.

Eobard agreeing to help Barry.

Eobard later watched when Barry returned with Iris after finally realizing this timeline was too dangerous for Barry's other friends. Eobard agreed to be released with Barry's reluctance. Eobard forced Barry to ask to kill Nora and Barry reluctantly did so, expressing hate. Eobard replied with hate in return, but questioned whose anger was truly justified. Eobard was then released and given his Reverse-Flash ring back. As Barry started to fall unconscious, Eobard expressed his desire to just kill Barry before saying this time he's got to be the hero and hauled his nemesis through the Speed Force to go back to 2000, moments after the two speedsters' earlier selves had fought for the second time. Arriving moments after the Flash's earlier self had knocked out his past self, the Reverse-Flash taunted the Flash's past self, saying that Nora was done for. As a result, the two speedsters' earlier versions dissipated as the Reverse-Flash grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed Nora in the chest, correcting the new changes to the timeline, before preparing to bring Barry back to 2016.

Eobard taunting Barry about their actions causing multiple timeline changes.

Rather than restoring the timeline, the two speedsters' actions created another new timeline where most of the events before remained intact but a few events were altered. Being pulled from the timeline, Eobard paradoxically existed as a time remnant who retained his original self's memories from the previous timeline. No longer sporting a beard, Eobard returned Barry to 2016 while claiming that everything was back to the way it was (at least for him). He tauntingly said that his nemesis's present wouldn't be the same and would have to simply wait and find out. When Barry asked him what he meant, Eobard was pleased to have tormented Barry yet again and simply said they'd see each other sometime soon, speeding off to a different time and place.

Being hunted by Black Flash

Eobard getting hunted by Black Flash.

Shortly after, Eobard found himself pursued by the Black Flash, a black-clad zombie-like speedster who now served as the Speed Force's enforcer. While initially mistaking the Black Flash for a Time Wraith, Eobard quickly realized the monster after him was far more dangerous than a Time Wraith. As a result, Eobard was forced to keep running through time and space to avoid the monster, aided by a pager that notified him whenever the creature was nearby. Eobard eventually realized that the Black Flash was after him because Eddie's suicide was supposed to erase his original version from existence in 2015, yet he continued to exist as a time remnant due to Barry to which the Black Flash was trying to erase Eobard to eliminate the paradoxical threat and restore the ruptured timeline.

Searching for the Spear of Destiny

Eobard began to locate the Spear of Destiny.

Realizing he couldn't run from the Black Flash forever, Eobard set out to locate the Spear of Destiny, a mystical weapon foretold to have the power to re-write reality itself to restore his own existence to the timeline. Unfortunately for Eobard, the Spear of Destiny was divided into several pieces and guarded by the Justice Society of America's members from 1956 scattered throughout time. To find this mystical object, Eobard required the Askaran Amulet, a compass detailing the locations of the various pieces and respective guardians. Eobard discovered the Askaran Amulet was divided into two pieces, but he discovered one half was in Nazi Germany's possession in 1942 while the other half was in the Soviet Union's possession in 1987. Eobard learned all of this by traveling through time and gathering information across the 20th century.

Aiding the Nazis

Eobard was unable to prevent Hourman's time travel to warn the Legends.

Eobard traveled to 1942 and began secretly aiding high-ranking members of the Nazi party to obtain the Askaran Amulet's first half, providing future information and the means to win World War II in exchange for the device. During this time, he encountered the 1942 version of the JSA as well as the time-traveling Legends. The Reverse-Flash succeeded in killing all of the Legends, but the time-traveling heroes' sacrifices bought Rex Tyler/Hourman enough time to pilot the Waverider through time to 2016 to stop the Legends' arrival to 1942 to prevent the Reverse-Flash committing the murders. To stop his plans being exposed to the Legends, the Reverse-Flash traveled back further in 1942 to start his plans over, erasing his past actions and also erasing the Legends' deaths.

Realizing he couldn't stop the Legends, find the Askaran Amulet's two pieces, and outrun the Black Flash all at once, Eobard was forced to seek out partnerships with various supervillains throughout time to have assistance find the Askaran Amulet's pieces for him, promising to alter past or future events for his partners while he kept outrunning the Black Flash. Eobard hired Damien as his first candidate to join Adolf Hitler's plan to build an atomic bomb and destroy New York City, in the hopes the Legends would perish trying to prevent this.

Aberration timeline

Eobard's information provided with Damien aided in Hitler's plan to kidnap Albert Einstein and force Einstein to develop an atomic bomb which would destroy New York City. The aftermath of Eobard's plan would also cause World War II to end October 8, 1947 instead and would cause the death of an additional 12 million more people which caused an aberration, resulting in a time quake that alerted the Legends as planned.

Fixed timeline

Eobard saving Damien from the Nazis.

Damien succeeded in constructing the bomb by kidnapping Mileva Maric instead of Einstein and forcing Maric to build the bomb, but the Legends were forced to use the Waverider to intercept the bomb and were scattered throughout time, thus Eobard's plan succeeded as he had drastically altered the Legends' first encounter with Hourman. When a German officer tried to kill Damien after refusing to help build another bomb, the Reverse-Flash slayed the U-boat's crew members before he and Damien greeted each other.

Eobard convincing Krieger to help in exchange for a bio-molecular enhancer.

To obtain the Askaran Amulet's first half without interference this time, Eobard personally began working with Baron Krieger and met with in Paris. Krieger told him the Askaran Amulet was in Berlin though Hitler refused to part with the device. Eobard presented a sample of his biomolecular enhancer which could be used to create an army of super-soldiers to oppose the JSA. He also claimed it would let Hitler plant the German flag above the White House within months. Eobard gave Kreiger a small dose for one person to confirm the serum's properties, promising to deliver the means for mass production but only if he obtained the Askaran Amulet. Kreiger reluctantly agreed and Hitler arranged for the Askaran Amulet to be transported to Eobard's custody.

Reverse-Flash killing Hourman to prevent future interference.

Kreiger did obtain the Askaran Amulet, but the Baron was intercepted and killed by the combined efforts of the JSA, the Legends and the United States Army Air Forces while in route to Eobard and the Askaran Amulet's first half fell into Hourman's possession. The Reverse-Flash later attacks Hourman at the JSA's headquarters. The Reverse-Flash tells Hourman of having encounters a "number of times" as Hourman in this timeline hadn't met the Reverse-Flash yet. He then phased his hand through Hourman's chest. As Hourman bled to death, the Reverse-Flash stole the Askaran Amulet and sped off before Amaya Jiwe/Vixen came into the room. Killing Hourman at this point also caused Rex's future self in the original timeline who'd arrived in 2016 to warn the Legends to fade out of existence before revealing the Reverse-Flash's plan, only succeeding in warning the group not to travel to 1942.

Legion of Doom

Eobard working with Damien.

Eobard then traveled to 1987 to retrieve the Askaran Amulet's other half and aided Damien as his "old friend" was about to be caught by DEA agents while trading drugs with dealers in exchange for a relic. Eobard offers Damien a partnership to aid him in his plans in exchange for rewriting Damien's own destiny. Damien initially refused, but Eobard warned that he knew of Damien's ultimate plan's outcome and promised that he could give Damien actual power rather than symbols of power. Damien seemed interested and agreed to which Eobard had Damien arrange a meeting with the Soviets to obtain the Askaran Amulet's second half. When the Legends confronted Damien at the deal, he traveled there to stop the group from killing Damien and risk losing the Askaran Amulet.

Eobard presenting Damien with a Time Sphere.

Just as Sara Lance/White Canary had taunted Damien about the ultimate outcome of Damien's plans for H.I.V.E. in 2016, Eobard sped Damien out of the facility. When Damien realized that Sara had snatched the relic, Damien demanded Eobard to be taken back, he reminded Damien the Legends had left the time period and were beyond reach. Damien then reconsidered Eobard's offer and begging to come along to his next destination, insisting Damien needed to change destiny. Accepting this answer, Eobard showed his ally a Time Sphere. Eobard sped around the Time Sphere with Damien inside to open a portal into the Speed Force where he traveled to his next destination with Damien.

Eobard and Damien recruiting Malcolm.

Eobard and Damien then traveled to 2016 to recruit Malcolm as the second recruit. Eobard sped himself and Damien into Malcolm's apartment as Malcolm had descended into alcoholism after losing the League of Assassins and H.I.V.E. following Damien's death. Malcolm just watched Green Arrow kill Damien on the news, getting highly confused to see Damien alive to which Eobard elaborated that he's from the future, Damien was from the past, and they're on a quest to change their respective fates and offered the opportunity to Malcolm in doing the same in exchange for Malcolm's services. Malcolm was skeptical and agreed to Eobard's offer and accompanied the duo through time. Following this, the trio traveled to the Time Masters' former base of operations in the Vanishing Point and began using the ruins as their own base.

Chicago trap

Eobard, Damien and Malcolm approaching Capone.

Planning to cause an aberration to lure the Legends out and retrieve the Askaran Amulet, Eobard's team traveled to 1927 and offered their assistance to crime lord Al Capone. The three supervillains approached Capone, but the crime lord initially refused and tried to have them killed. Eobard slaughtered Capone's men to which Capone listened to their proposal. Eobard would ensure Capone would remain out of police custody and be mayor of Chicago. In exchange, Capone would aid the three against the Legends and the intrigued crime lord agreed. Eobard informed that Capone was destined to be apprehended by Prohibition agent Eliot Ness to which Capone had Ness abducted and plotted to kill the agent, thus the Legends arrived and foiled this plan as planned. As the Legends searched one of Capone's clubs for evidence, Eobard abducted Sara and Martin. Eobard had Martin brought to him and used the appearance-stealing cord on Martin, planning to infiltrate the Waverider and find the Askaran Amulet's second half himself.

Eobard now had Stein's likeness, as he was "rescued" by the Legends though Eobard had Capone attack to avoid drawing suspicion. On board the Waverider, Eobard began searching for the Askaran Amulet's second half which he couldn't find before his actions caught Jefferson Jackson's attention. Sara came to speak with him about Martin's daughter as an aberration, but Eobard questioned the claims with no knowledge of this and leaving Sara suspicious. Nate Heywood came into the library asking to speak with Sara about Jefferson to which Eobard insisted Jax could wait, but Sara immediately noticed him refer to Martin's partner as Jax and not Jefferson as Martin had a tendency to do.

Eobard confronting Mick and Amaya.

Realizing Nate was aware of his deception and was trying to warn Sara, Eobard attacked the two and dropped Stein's likeness before he sped off. In the hallway, he was subdued by Jax with a speedster weapon before Eobard quickly recovered and attacked Jax. Before he could kill Jax, the Atom attacked him, but Eobard sped off towards the bridge and sealed himself within. Dropping the ship's cloaking technology, Eobard opened the cargo bay doors and allowed Malcolm with Capone's men on board to kill the Legends as he continued searching for the Askaran Amulet's second half. He finds Mick with a bag of valuables and believed he found the Askaran Amulet, but realized too late that Mick tricked him and gets blasted from behind. Eobard gets surprised to see Amaya as his attacker, but mockingly counterattacked Amaya while insulting Hourman. Eobard intended to kill Amaya, but was alerted that the Black Flash was close and sped off to avoid this while Malcolm had managed to force Sara to give up the Askaran Amulet's second half in exchange for Martin's location.

Eobard, Malcolm and Damien merge the Askaran Amulet to display a compass.

By the docks, Eobard elaborated the Askaran Amulet was in fact one in two pieces as Malcolm pointed out to Damien, displaying a holographic compass. However, Malcolm initially mistook the Askaran Amulet's holographic compass for a "portable planetarium" much to Eobard's annoyance. Elaborating that the holographic compass was a guide to finding the Spear of Destiny, Eobard informed his two co-conspirators finding the Spear of Destiny would be complicated and the first step was locating Captain Rip Hunter, the Legends' former leader and one of the Spear of Destiny's protectors.

Hunt for the Spear of Destiny

Eobard's syndicate vs the Legends.

Locating Rip in 1967, Eobard sent Malcolm and Damien to capture Hunter so they could acquire Rip's piece of the Spear of Destiny while Eobard went on the run from the Black Flash. After managing to outrun and escape, the Reverse-Flash returned as Malcolm and Damien fought the Legends and swiftly knocked the Legends down. As Eobard questioned who should die first, Rip makes a surprise entrance and pulled out a gun, only for the so-called weapon to be a film prop which amused Eobard's syndicate, unaware of Rip's suffering amnesia. After the Legends retrieved the Spear of Destiny's piece and retreated to the Waverider, Eobard swiftly kidnapped Rip before the Legends could do anything. Taking Rip to their facility, Eobard demanded Rip tell him about the Spear of Destiny, but Rip claimed not to know anything so he had Malcolm and Damien torture their hostage to make talk.

Eobard and Damien discussing the Legends' incompetence.

As his patience began to wane, Eobard was informed by Damien and Malcolm that torturing Rip would not work because Rip literally couldn't tell where the Spear of Destiny was as the man's memories had been wiped. Infuriated, Eobard derided the two for losing the medallion and violently accosted Malcolm when his associates pointed out that Eobard's responsible for losing it too. Malcolm reminded Eobard that he needed the two and suggested using hypnosis on Rip, but Malcolm's methods failed as Rip's memories had been wiped too thoroughly. Eobard exasperatedly remarked on his associates' results (referring to Malcolm as a washout and Damien as a dead man) and sped off. When Eobard later returned, Damien had successfully extracted on of Rip's teeth which had a barcode symbol for a bank account in Zurich, Switzerland in 2025 which Eobard theorized must contain the rest of the Spear of Destiny. Eobard's watch began to sound an alarm, prompting him to order Damien and Malcolm to take the Time Sphere back to 2025 before running off without an explanation.

Eobard's syndicate cornered by Black Flash.

Having outrun the Black Flash, Eobard arrived in Zurich just in time to find his associates having successfully broken into the bank vault and discovered that Rip's box contained a Mnemonic Archive which held Rip's memories. Eobard examined the Mnemonic Archive as Malcolm suddenly sealed the vault door, trapping the cabal all inside and declaring a re-negotiation of their deal with Eobard and him revealing why he needed the Spear of Destiny as well as why he was always running out on the two. While he amusingly threatened to kill Malcolm with a vibrating hand, Eobard was unable to kill as Malcolm's the only one who knew the vault door code while Damien chose to simply watch. As his associates question him more, Eobard's watch alerted him to the Black Flash's presence. Visibly scared, Eobard begged to be let out or they would all be killed. When pressed about who by his associates, Eobard finally revealed his status as a time remnant due to Eddie's death and that the Black Flash trying to kill him which was why he keeps vanishing. Malcolm and Damien were satisfied and resolved to help Eobard escape his pursuer.

Eobard confronting Black Flash.

The trio set up an ambush in the bank with Eobard as bait to draw the Black Flash in, though Eobard was able to remain invisible to the Black Flash by not using his speed as the Black Flash raced throughout the bank searching for him. As the demonic speedster was about to zero in on him, Malcolm and Damien attack the Black Flash from both sides, distracting the creature long enough for Eobard to use a speed-punch to send the Black Flash hurtling into the back vault at which point Eobard sealed the demonic speedster inside. Know that his enemy would not be contained for long, the trio departed the bank but not before Eobard acknowledged Damien and Malcolm as fully equal partners. Eobard then used the Mnemonic Archive to restore Rip's memories, but reprogrammed his hostage's mind as his syndicate's fourth member who gets sent to 1776 to kill George Washington on Christmas Day to cause an aberration to alert the Legends to lure out.

Eobard and Rip aiding the British army.

Eobard and Rip then traveled back a few days earlier and Eobard made an alliance with the British army, promising to ensure victory in the American Revolutionary War, in exchange for assistance in retrieving the Spear of Destiny. To aid the British, Eobard also supplied the British with 21st century assault rifles which Rip presented to a platoon of British soldiers entrusted under his own command. Pleased to see Rip's reprogramming was successful, Eobard entrusted Rip to retrieve the Spear of Destiny's piece from the Legends and eventually succeeded. Afterwards, Rip tells Eobard about the Spear of Destiny's other fragments being in the JSA's possession and each period of where they were. He first sent Rip to Chicago in the year 3000 to retrieve another piece, killing Dr. Mid-Nite in the process. Eobard then sent Rip and Damien to Camelot in the year 503 to retrieve Stargirl's piece, however, Rip gets captured and a piece gets lost to the Legends.

Eobard fighting the Atom.

Learning that Henry Heywood hid a piece within the Apollo-11 flag pole on the Moon itself, Eobard himself traveled to 1970 and posed as a doctor for NASA to see John Swigert, one of the astronauts meant to go on Apollo-13's mission to the moon. Eobard, with Swigert's appearance, was on Apollo-13 and ventures into space. Since Eobard repaired the oxygen tank that was meant to explode, he caused an aberration that alerted the Legends. While Apollo-13 was in space, Eobard knocked the other astronauts out and dropped Swigert's form and made the preparations for landing. However, he discovered the Atom has sneaked aboard and the two fought, though Eobard was unable to use speed in zero gravity, but the Atom managed to beat him and tied him up.

Eobard noticing similarities with Ray as scientists whose pursuit greatness.

After the Atom got the Spear of Destiny's fragment, Ray had to use the LEM to get back to the Waverider, but it was damaged to which Eobard pointed out that he could help Ray repair the LEM and offered a temporary truce which Ray grudgingly accepted. As the two moved to repair the ship, Eobard told Ray that it was nice to work with a fellow scientist again reflecting on his original version's times with Cisco and Caitlin. He also informed Ray that it was easy for Ray to see him as a monster, but he had seen history's greatest monsters and he wasn't one. Ray scolded him for this claim as he'd killed Nora "twice", killed Rex and brainwashed Rip into killing Dr. Mid-Nite. However, Eobard said that the two were more alike than Ray would admit as they were both scientists that chased after the impossible (Ray with the A.T.O.M. Exosuit and Eobard with the Speed Force) and that Ray didn't have to be ashamed of reaching for higher feats. They managed to take off and re-connect with the Waverider and Eobard was quickly thrown in the brig. When the Waverider had to enter the atmosphere, Ray went to Eobard to find out the correct angle to enter without burning up. Eobard gives the angle instantly and told Ray to trust him as he wanted to live just like the Legends.

Eobard confronted by Ray.

When the Waverider managed to enter the atmosphere safely, Eobard easily phased himself out of the cell to look for the Spear of Destiny's pieces, but was quickly met with Ray equipped with a speedster weapon ready. Eobard laughed at the irony as he was the one who invented the weapon in the first place. Ray knew that Eobard would try and escape and was aware he's a time remnant due to Eddie's sacrifice and that the Black Flash was after him to try and correct the aberration. Eobard confirmed Ray's suspicions as his watch alerted him that the Black Flash was close and Ray told him he'd have no time to search the ship. Eobard smirked and said that they would meet again before he sped off.

Eobard's syndicate using the Spear of Destiny to re-write reality.

After failing to retrieve the Spear of Destiny's last fragments, Eobard sent Malcolm and Damien to get the Calebros Manuscript in order to activate the Spear of Destiny to rewrite reality. While he was making a plan to try and track the Legends, he discovered that the Legends had infiltrated the Vanishing Point and stolen their two fragments and fled before Eobard could stop anything. When Damien returned and learned of what happened, Eobard gets scolded for his recklessness, but Eobard realized that the Legends now had all the Spear of Destiny's fragments so they no longer had to hunt for the holy object piece by piece. However, Damien insisted that they would need to up their strategy besides just the three of them. Eobard then traveled back to 2014 and located Captain Cold before having joined the Legends and turned from criminal ways, revealing Leonard's future death being all they needed to have Leonard agreed to help them in getting the Spear of Destiny. After Leonard successfully manipulated Heat Wave into betraying the Legends and steal the Spear of Destiny from them during World War I, Eobard sped into the war-zone and transported Leonard, Damien and Mick to the Vanishing Point. After Malcolm return with the Celebros Manuscript, the five supervillains held onto the Spear of Destiny as Malcolm read the incantation and they began to use the holy object's power to rewrite reality to their whims.

Rewritten reality

Eobard as S.T.A.R. Labs' founder and official CEO.

In his syndicate's rewritten reality, Eobard was in 2017 albeit now as S.T.A.R. Labs' CEO (under his true identity this time) with world-wide recognition for using his futuristic brilliance to solve many worldwide problems. He's also a close friend of the President of the United States. However, Eobard did not remove (or perhaps could not remove) the Black Flash from this reality. Regardless, Eobard built a dampening cell within S.T.A.R. Labs that he kept the Black Flash imprisoned in, leaving the demonic speedster unable to escape, running around the inside of the cell in murderous rage, with Eobard commenting that he wants to somehow bend the monster to his will, to no avail. As per his agreement, Eobard also altered his syndicate members' fates based on personal desires.

Eobard restored Malcolm's family members and previous status.

Eobard revived Malcolm's wife and son, made Malcolm's daughter a loving part of the Merlyn family, gave Nyssa al Ghul a "miserable life in Ohio", made Malcolm CEO of a company once more, and even restored Malcolm's original right hand. Eobard made Damien into the Mayor of Star City and restored Damien's magic who then killed many opposing heroes and vigilantes (including the Flash). Eobard improved Captain Cold's and Heat Wave's lives, remaining criminals which were allowed by the police to carry out thefts without interference though the two carried out Eobard's assassinations when called for. He also changed the Legends' fates as retribution for interference in his plans. He kept Rip stuck inside the Waverider which was powerless and shrunken down and put on display on his desk, driving Rip insane with nothing else to do but bake cakes. He made Jax and Martin employees at S.T.A.R. Labs and made Jax a much crueler individual whose often abusive towards Martin being not permitted to leave S.T.A.R. Labs until projects were completed and sometimes remained there for months. He also made Ray a janitor at S.T.A.R. Labs, reduced Nate to being a conspiracy theorist that no one believed while living with his mother, and turned Sara and Amaya into Damien's personal assassins. To ensure nobody could reset this reality, Eobard destroyed the manuscript and had Martin work on developing a fusion reactor equivalent to the Sun's power, intending to incinerate the Spear of Destiny entirely.

Eobard urging Malcolm to enjoy this reality.

As he considered his partnership with Malcolm and Damien over, Eobard ignored any calls from his two subordinates. Malcolm eventually confronted Eobard in person as there were still some things Malcolm wanted changed, but Eobard insisted that the Spear of Destiny was best kept in his possession as he was the only one who knew how to use the holy object. They were interrupted by Jax informing him the reactor's taking longer than anticipated, but Eobard calmly made subtle threats to motivate. Eobard broke into a hard laugh as Malcolm scolded him for keeping the Legends around as "pets" when the group should be erased from existence altogether, though Eobard considered this poetic justice. Eobard then told Malcolm to leave and enjoy this new life as Malcolm frustratingly left. Fearing Malcolm may be a problem, he asked Leonard and Mick to keep an eye on Malcolm. Before they could go on further, Nate arrived past security, having no knowledge of Eobard and told him reality wasn't right. Realizing Nate's starting to catch on to their actions, he ordered Leonard and Mick to take Nate away to be killed.

Eobard confronting the Legends.

Eobard later checked up when Martin completed the reactor, but Eobard insist Martin remain behind until the reactor reached full power. When later alerted by Martin via silent alarm of intruders, the Reverse-Flash sped into the lab to find Martin confronted by the Legends with successfully restored memories. The Reverse-Flash annoying mused at this revelation before unmasking and holding the Spear of Destiny over the reactor, ready to throw the holy object in. Eobard annoyingly remarked that Malcolm was right before also being confronted by his own syndicate demanding the Spear of Destiny. Eobard tried to tell the Legends and his own allies that he was trying to destroy the Spear of Destiny for his syndicate's sake before Captain Cold's cold gun abruptly shot him, rendering him unconscious.

Eobard warning the Legends and his syndicate to not oppose him.

Eobard awoke as the Legends and his syndicate fought over the Spear of Destiny which he tried to re-obtain, only for Nate to use the holy object on him by sending Eobard flying across the room and knocking him out again. Eobard awoke again after Captain Cold just killed Amaya as Amaya attempted to use the Spear of Destiny which he took back, tossing the object into the reactor for destruction. While the Legends and his syndicate both expressed desire to kill him, Eobard was unwavered by anyone's words and are hopelessly outmatched against his speed without weapons or powers. Eobard didn't wish to see the Legends dead not out of sentiment, but rather to watch suffer and remain trapped in this reality where everything the Legends have ever accomplished no longer matters. He also allowed his former co-conspirators to live despite their mutiny, but promised to kill them if they tried to oppose him again. Telling all of his opponents to remember this mercy of his, he ordered his enemies to leave his laboratories' premises.

Caught by Black Flash

Eobard informing his syndicate.

The Legends later managed to restore Rip and the Waverider to size and traveled back to 1916 to stop Eobard's syndicate from obtaining the Spear of Destiny in the first place by altering the events which would thus erase the Legends' present day selves from existence, but Eobard anticipated all of this. Eobard traveled back to 1916 and as the Atom re-discovered the blood of Christ to which he stole and crushed. Remarking that his syndicate was right about disposing of his enemies, Eobard phased his hand through the Atom's exosuit and removed Ray's heart and amusingly watched the death of Ray's older version.

Eobard with an army of Reverse-Flash time remnants confronting the Legends.

Eobard later found the Dark Archer searching for the manuscript and brought back to 1916 and met with Captain Cold and Damien. Explaining he was from the future where they had retrieved the Spear of Destiny and altered reality, Eobard told his syndicate of the Legends' plan. Instead of deceiving Heat Wave as planned, he ordered his co-conspirators to attack the Waverider and take the Spear of Destiny by force. As the trio did this, Eobard went to get back up and created dozens of time remnants.

Reverse-Flash caught and killed by Black Flash.

Returning after the Legends defeated his syndicate who still succeeded in killing the alternate versions of Jax, Nate and Mick, the Reverse-Flash arrived with more time remnants of himself and encircled the Legends, killing Rip's alternate self in the process. After the Legends refused to hand over the Spear of Destiny, the Reverse-Flash's time remnants attack the Legends and Eobard stole the Spear of Destiny from Sara's main self when attempting to rewrite reality. Taunting Sara over the apparent failure, Eobard promised to erase the Legends from existence before learning the Spear of Destiny wouldn't power up as Eobard realized that Sara already used the Spear of Destiny to erase its own powers and thus rendered the holy object useless.

Eobard disintegrated.

Enraged, Eobard intended to use the neutralized object to physically kill Sara instead only to be confronted by the Black Flash due to the fact that his syndicate's alternate reality never existed because the Spear of Destiny was neutralized as well as Eobard having carelessly left his warning device behind. Eobard panicked and attempted to flee only for the Black Flash to swiftly catch up and used a vibrated hand into Eobard's chest. Afterwards, Eobard helplessly screamed while being vaporized along with the Spear of Destiny. The Reverse-Flash's other time remnants were also were erased from existence.

Redemption

Protecting the fixed point

Eobard was later revived by the Time Wraiths and stripped of his powers. He was given a watch-like device that would keep him perpetually looped in time while also allowing him to freeze time. Eobard was placed in June 28, 1914, Sarajevo and tasked with ensuring the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand so that World War I would occur.

Eobard talking with Sara.

Each morning, Eobard stretched, meditated, and ate porridge before setting to work on protecting the "fixed point", even coming to agree that the timeline couldn't and shouldn't be changed. He dealt with several time-travelers who attempted to prevent Ferdinand's death, each time killing the individuals in ways that looked like accidents. This went on for so long that a bar was founded for time travelers to wait their turns to attempt to prevent the assassination and watch as others tried and failed.

Eobard eventually faced Sara as one of the individuals intending to alter the fixed point, though Sara was able to make multiple attempts due to regenerative abilities. When Sara was able to stop time with another device, Eobard was somewhat surprised and attacked Sara before being overpowered. He then explained his situation over a drink, and the two resolved that they would work together. Eobard stated that he would allow a forty-minute delay of the assassination which would attract the Waverider and allow the Legends to take back the timeship, though Eobard noted that he would kill the Legends if necessary.

Sacrifice

Eobard dies once again in front of Sara.

Eobard successfully delayed Ferdinand's assassination, but the Legends' plan began to fall apart when the other visitors at the bar attacked as well and searched for Eobard. Eobard assisted Gavrilo Princip (the remaining assassin) in killing Ferdinand, but was shortly thereafter confronted by a robot clone of Sara who he believed to be the real Sara and was stabbed to his surprise. The real Sara found Eobard moments later and he was able to tell Sara to ensure the fixed point stayed protected before he died and his time manipulator detached itself from his wrist.

Eobard was ultimately succeeded as the protector of the fixed point by Nate's robot clone who was tricked by the real Nate into donning the time manipulator immediately before the device's clock reset, thus dooming Nate's clone to guard the fixed point in Eobard's place.

Working at Fast Track Labs

As a reward for his time as the fixer of the fixed point, Eobard resurfaced in Central City in 2020, suffering from retrograde amnesia albeit with even more of his emotions and humanity back while retaining his genius intellect. He seemingly found temporary jobs at small tech companies for a year before he eventually was attracted to Fast Track Labs where he got a job by impressing Meena Dhawan after solving a speed equation that no one else could. Eobard built the Biometric Lightning Oscillation Chamber (BLOC) for Meena in order for one individual to be able to be a speedster albeit for altruistic motives. He wanted to be more than just a superhero as he wanted to fix some of the world's problems. Surprisingly, he fell in love with Meena and sincerely sacrificed his own chance to be a speedster to save Meena from going into cardiac arrest.

Eobard meeting Barry for the "first time".

In 2022, Eobard was introduced to Barry by Meena at Fast Track Labs. Eobard was quickly confronted by Barry to which Eobard somewhat shockingly yet calmly replied that he doesn't know what Barry's talking about. Meena later wanted more tests to which Eobard urged caution, but the Flash arrived to assume Meena's life at risk because of mistaking believing Eobard was like his original self. Meena channeled the Negative Speed Force which took over, injuring the Flash and Eobard. Eobard surprised the Flash by revealing having fallen in love with Meena, sincerely begging and pleading for the Flash to save Meena from the Negative Speed Force which showed the Flash that he's nothing like his original self.

Eobard trying to reason with Meena.

Working with Team Flash to free Meena from the Negative Speed Force, Eobard intervened as Meena was about to kill the Flash. Eobard stepped in as he'd rather die than losing Meena, reminding Meena of Eobard's love. He described Meena as his hero and always helped Eobard be a better person. Upon his words, Meena was free from the Negative Speed Force, embracing Eobard for saving Meena to which Eobard replied that Meena actually saved him.

Back at Fast Track Labs, Eobard and Meena apologized to Team Flash for the trouble caused with the BLOC. The Flash replied that their bond and love could actually help the two adjust the BLOC so that Meena would control these powers, describing Eobard being Meena's "lightning rod".

Death

Eobard talking to Meena.

At Fast Track Labs, Eobard tried to be realistic yet supportive despite Fast Track feeling discouraged and insecure. Eobard was protected by Fast Track from the assault by the Negative Still Force, Negative Sage Force and the Negative Strength Force before being rescued by the Flash and hidden at S.T.A.R. Labs.

Reverse-Flash fighting alongside the Flash and Fast Track.

Returning to Fast Track Labs, Eobard was later empowered with the Negative Speed Force via Meena with Barry's encouragement in order to assist Team Flash. The Reverse-Flash, now with black and white lightning, worked with the Flash and Fast Track to fight the three Negative Forces. However, Iris was teleported in front of Barry's lightning bolt while Eobard and Meena sadly looked on. Iris was then disintegrated as particles which was sent into Eobard, resulting in a painful death where his original face gets pulled back for his true self's resurgence.

Legacy

Original multiverse

"I thought that jerk was supposed to be dead"

—Ray talking about Eobard Thawne^[src]

When Ray Palmer found the original Eobard Thawne and confronted him, he was

New multiverse

Eobard's time remnant's death left Meena broken and guilty, but he would later be avenged when his original version was finally killed by his nemesis. Afterwards, Eobard's yellow tie was given to Meena as a memento by Barry and Iris, reminding everyone that his time remnant was the opposite of his original version.

Personality

• Younger years
• As a time remnant

"This ability to travel through time revealed the truth. My fate was to become your greatest enemy. I was never going to be the Flash. So I became the reverse of everything that you were. The more people you saved, the more you were loved... the more I had to take from you."

"That is why you killed my mother? That's why you ruined my life? Because you couldn't be me!?."
"I became better than you! I am the one thing you cannot stop, Flash!"

—Eobard Thawne and Barry Allen^[src]

At first glance: one could guess and sum up that Eobard was simply an extremely arrogant, petty, spiteful, sadistic and vindictive psychopath, but he was much more complex that one could possibly think.

Initially when he was younger, Eobard was a scientist and inventor obsessed with achieving the impossible: to become greater and reach higher feats in the advancement of science and it's implied had dreams, intentions and ambitions to help the world to say the very least. Since childhood, Eobard was admittedly a deep fan of Barry Allen and had a strong personal fascination and a scientific fixation with super speed. He strived to pursue his own passion in science to achieve his own greatness and learn the secrets of the Speed Force. After years of research, he successfully duplicated the event that led to Barry gaining super speed and unlocked his own connection to the Speed Force, becoming the fastest speedster alive in his time and gaining the ability to time-travel. Additionally, he experimented with his powers and potentially developed technologies that not only help enhance his powers, but also against other speedsters who would oppose him. Through his experiments, he was eventually able to discover his ability to travel through time and began abusing this ability to the point where he was mostly unaffected by the changes he made in the timeline even if these were careless mistakes that would jeopardise and harm many lives given the nature of time. To gain more power, Eobard learned various ways to be faster while also learning and preparing to present himself to the world as a superhero. However, his goal and ambition and to contribute to society and this need to be loved by everyone began to distort into a bottomless gaping pit of envy and hunger for power just when Barry overshadowed and upstaged him in his greatest moment by stealing his chance to save the day and earn the welcome as a hero of his timeline. Unfortunately, he would be disillusioned by the fact that he would live in the shadow of his favourite superhero and even though Barry probably didn’t mean to hurt him or upstage him in any way given his kind nature, Eobard still felt humiliated by this and grew to envy his idol to the point of vowing to be faster than his hero, viewing his own increasing rage and determination as commitment. He would stop viewing Barry as his idol anymore and as competition to his ascendency. His deepest breaking point wasn’t just that as he would discover via time travel that he would never be like his idol himself and the opposite manifestation of everything that his idol stands for. The reason why all of this would deeply break Eobard was because despite all of his efforts he would never earn the title of his favourite superhero or be as cool as him and therefore he would bear an irrational and unending grudge and made it his life’s work by proving his superiority as a means to make up for everything that he has wasted in order to be a speedster to the point where he would discard every bit of humanity, sanity, rationality and compassion within his being just to be the at the top along with completely destroying his life. His emotions eventually attracted the Negative Speed Force to infect his body and consume him with anger, rage and fear to the point where he was nearly insane and unhinged due to the negative tachyons deteriorating his mental health and emotional growth. Eventually, he incited an attack on flash’s with the intent of beating him. To locate his nemesis's whereabouts, he time-travelled to Central City. This was when their war begins to escalate and lusting to spite his former idol, Eobard rigged a truck to drive at high speeds and collide with a building to lure Barry out, and was successful. Having located Barry's exact time era, Eobard planned his return home to properly plan his next attack and broke into one of Mercury Labs' offsite facilities to prepare equipment designed to act as a time machine to send him back to his own time. However, Eobard was unable to replicate the tachyon power source and sought out Tina McGee. He stormed into the facility, killed four guards and attempted to take Tina with him before he was interrupted by Barry and was surprised when Barry addressed him by his real name, revealing Barry already met him at some point in the future and had seen him die. However, Eobard simply thanked Barry for revealing his impending doom and said he now knew Barry's time period and that his nemesis would soon die instead before he knocked Barry out and took Tina to the offsite facility. This shows that Eobard was determined to defeat his archenemy yet was unfortunately held back by the fact that he does not stand a chance because he doesn’t have the same amount of resources. Eobard ordered Tina to accelerate the energetic properties within the tachyon device. But when Tina expressed doubts, Eobard vibrated his hand and calmly told Tina to learn to build it or be killed. This proves that he's a ruthless pragmatist due to his corruption into a power-hungry madman. His utter lack of empathy for the endangerment of others and remorse for killing an innocent person in cold blood which shows how fanatical and psychopathic he was in his obsession with his own cause. He proceeds to kill Tina after having finished building the device before he was attacked by Barry, but he quickly got up and taunted the hero as he was angered yet soon also unfazed by his nemesis's sabotage to his trip back home. Eobard said he would find another way to travel to the future and boasted his superiority before issuing a challenge to catch him. Racing throughout the streets of Central City, Barry managed to anticipate his path and intercepted him, culminating with Barry catching and proceeding to severely beat him almost to death in a fit of rage for his future actions but instead knocked him out and got him imprisoned in a meta-human cell.

Eobard meeting Cisco and learning some of his future.

During his imprisonment, Eobard was visited by Cisco Ramon, asking how he obtained his suit and his ring. Although polite and friendly, he was also quite arrogant and sarcastic in his interactions with Cisco which reflects how he probably interacts with everyone else. Confused yet curious, Eobard talked to Cisco and deduced he must have a history with him in the future, but was confused as to why the engineer only wanted to know about his suit and ring. However, Cisco told Eobard of being the one that found him, impressing him. This was because of the young engineer's meta-human powers given by his future self, learning that Eobard would help build the very prison he was incarcerated in, leaving Eobard puzzled to learn of his future self's actions and developed an almost instant fascination with Cisco.

In his younger years, Eobard was arrogant and vain.

Eobard was later approached with Barry asking for his hatred's source. Eobard explained that his obsession has been with him for as long as he can remember. He desired to be like his idol himself, so much that he spent years learning how his idol gained these powers and succeeded in replicating the reaction. Then he traveled through time and learned that he was going to become his own idol's greatest enemy. He opted to become the reverse of everything Barry was, vowing to kill as many people as his idol saved, proving to be a petty, childish and unstable person who would snap at the slightest thing. As his former idol was disgusted to learn what was behind Eobard's motivations, even revealing that someone had been killed by his future self, Eobard angrily stated that he was better and was the one thing Barry could never stop. Instead of showing remorse and sorrow for his future crimes, he remained proud and giddy of his choices and by being a hot-tempered and vengeful homicidal maniac, he promised that one day he would learn his nemesis's real name. Eobard also gloated of winning again once he had to be released and sent back to his time, mockingly speaking in the past tense for all his future actions.

As their battles continued, Eobard’s rage grew to the point where he had nothing but hatred and envy. He had gone so far with his hatred and anger that it drove him to the desire of killing Barry as a child to get rid of his nemesis and mentally free himself from the chains of his undying obsession of all time. As a matter of consequence, he went back in time to kill before being stopped by Barry's future self and losing that opportunity. As an improvised alternative, he targeted Nora Allen and proceeded to kill out of rage with the intent of wiping his nemesis's destiny from existence. Unfortunately, he ended up stranded in the past.

"You want to reshape the world?. Try reshaping history. Try rewriting destiny."

—Eobard Thawne to Damien Darhk^[src]

Desperate to survive, Eobard didn't care about the damage his actions would cause to the timeline.

After being displayed and thrown into the Flashpoint timeline, Eobard has displayed contempt and ridicule toward Barry. Hypocritically, he referred to Barry as "the villain" and chastised Barry for changing time despite Barry's actions being an attempt to fix the wrongs of Eobard's timeline alterations in the first place.

As a time remnant of his original version, Eobard was unwilling to let anything stand in his way and would cause multiple historical aberrations for the Legends to clean up on his quest to find the Spear of Destiny. Eobard displayed a willingness to work with various terrorists/criminals, such as Damien Darhk, Malcolm Merlyn and Leonard Snart. He had fallen so low on morals that he had zero compunctions about allying with, and later double-crossing or even slaying the Nazis with his own hands. Furthermore, it was Eobard who assisted with Damien's plans to nuke New York City in the first place for no discernible reason other than the possibility of gaining a part of the Askaran Amulet. He was also ready to provide Nazi Germany with his meta-human biomolecular enhancer that could allow the Nazis to win the war, all just to get a part of the Askaran Amulet from Baron Krieger. Seeing as he had previously clashed with Rex Tyler in multiple variations of the timeline, Eobard didn't care for the timeline damage that killing Rex preemptively would cause. On the other hand, Eobard modified his appearance-stealing cord to allow his identity theft victims (such as Martin Stein and John Swigert) to stay alive, although it's possible his reasoning for this was he didn't his likeness permanently altered.

Armed with the knowledge of possible futures, Eobard would display great pride and cockiness, creating an aura of the all-knowing mastermind around himself to both his enemies and his allies. Ultimately, his downfall came from him making decisions based on pride and arrogance, such as choosing to keep the Legends in existence in his syndicate's reality and ultimately not wearing his watch that would have alerted him of the Black Flash's presence.

Eobard as Reverse-Flash.

Eobard would often toy with his enemies, and his more twisted and demented demeanor was the most direct against Barry. He laughed insanely upon realizing that he had somehow avoided timeline dangers in his heroic counterpart's crude prison cell, and (ultimately) he took great pleasure in tormenting Barry when he was released for the timeline to be "restored" (despite the previous timeline also being a product of his original version's machinations). Eobard would also taunt the Legends, displaying the group how easy it would be to slaughter all at his full power, as he directly threatened to kill Jefferson Jackson and Amaya Jiwe, but then showed mercy to the Legends and his own rebelling co-conspirators in their reality to serve as a means of punishing their defiance by forcing everyone to be trapped and powerless, while telling his mutineers to "remember this mercy", and later killing the Legends' alternate timeline versions.

Despite his arrogant and overconfident traits as a remorseless murderer and sociopath, Eobard also displayed a more contemplative, philosophical side with a certain degree of humanity. Eobard would also claim to have fond memories of his original version's work alongside Cisco and Caitlin, and did not see himself as an absolute monster in comparison with the monsters he has witnessed throughout centuries that he's seen through time travel, commenting on this to Ray Palmer. Eobard was also not without fear, as he viewed the Black Flash as a beast worse than even the Time Wraiths. He was proven to be in true terror, describing Black Flash as "one of history's worst creations". With the knowledge of Eddie's suicide and his own mortality, Eobard now no longer wanted to best Barry and instead to simply to continue living.

In his reality, Eobard successfully stopped global warming, the melting of ice caps and the extinction of the polar bears, and became the most powerful man in this reality, greatly enjoying all of this while leading Central City at S.T.A.R. Labs. However, the reality had all of the various heroes killed off, and the Black Flash remained intact, although imprisoned by Eobard. Unlike the previous version of himself whose one goal was to get back to his time, Eobard seemed content in this reality that resembled the 21st century.

After being revived and stripped of his powers by the Time Wraiths and forced to act as a ensurer of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination, Eobard was reasonably more mellowed out, calming himself with stretches and meditation daily. In complete contrast to his previous repeated and reckless manipulations of the timeline for personal gain, Eobard came to agree with the Time Wraiths that the timeline cannot and should not be changed.

While he retained some of his ruthlessness and inclination toward violence, he appeared generally more well-adjusted and reasonable, being willing to sit down and talk with Sara Lance when he was bested in combat, and he can be compromising. However, Eobard stated that he would kill the Legends if the situation required it, and he showed extreme loyalty to his role as protector of the fixed point.

After being revived as redemption, Eobard lost his memories yet was much more human than he previously was, but he still wanted to become a speedster. However, he proved to be a better man than his other self when he met Meena Dhawan. He willingly sacrificed his dream to be a speedster to save Meena (the woman he loves), indirectly rejecting his other self's fate. His love for Meena is so much intense that he was willing to die when Meena was corrupted by the Negative Speed Force, an act that Eobard previously wouldn't do. Furthermore, he showed to be very careful toward Meena, recognizing every sign from Meena whenever Meena's upset, when something bothers Meena and even tend to only be worried about Meena's safety.

Though he was amnesiac, he retained his intellect, allowing him to be slightly aware that his other self was in "another life" as Barry claimed twice, but Eobard accepted Barry's claims and (ultimately) rejected his other self's fate. Another example was that when he reconnected to the Negative Speed Force with Meena, he felt so much hatred from it, describing it as burning, afraid to become the "monster" Barry said he was.

Powers and abilities

Former powers

Reverse-Flash using his superhuman speed.

• Speed Force-Negative Speed Force connection/Meta-human physiology: Replicating the circumstances behind the Flash's powers, Eobard he created a machine that tapped into the Negative Speed Force and became connected to it and became its avatar; thus, his physiology has been greatly augmented to beyond peak human performance, letting him handle extreme physical exertion and performance. At some point later, he became connected to the Speed Force as well. His connection to both the Speed Force and Negative Speed Force grant him the power to not only sense the Flash and other speedsters connected to the Speed Force, but he can also remain undetected; such as why the Flash could never anticipate his nemesis' arrival and time manipulations. As a speedster, Eobard is one of the most powerful beings in the entire multiverse.
  • Accelerated healing factor: The Speed Force in someone's blood gives it regenerative properties. Eobard's body heals much faster and more efficiently than normal humans. His wounds from being attacked were completely gone without a trace afterwards, which he covered up by isolating himself to avoid speculation of any kind. After being viciously pummeled by the Flash of 2016 twice, he is able to recover as if he had never been hurt.
    • Superhuman longevity: Due to Eobard's accelerating healing factor; he ages much slower than normal humans.
  • Bodily vibration: Eobard has the ability to vibrate any part of his body at different frequencies on command, with varying effects. When done, this is seen as a haze that normal people can't perceive clearly. It can also garble his voice into a deep growl to disguise. By vibrating rapidly, Eobard was able to Reverse his modified appearance-stealing cord's effects, which the device could also do for him with a push of a button.
    • Intangibility: Eobard can seamlessly phase his arm through an individual, killing them instantly without outwardly damaging them. By vibrating the cells in his body, Eobard can pass through other individuals or objects unharmed. He performed this very technique on Rex Tyler in 1942. He was also able to kill Ray Palmer by phasing and removing his heart.
  • Electrokinesis: Eobard can produce powerful red electricity from his body.
  • Superhuman durability: Eobard's durability is well-above that of normal humans, as he is able to endure attacks and exertions much quicker than normal and survive impacts that would be fatal or at least permanently disabling to normal humans.
  • Superhuman mental process: Eobard's powers also make his system and thought processing able to take in and retain information just as fast and efficiently. Even while using his raw speed, he can clearly think, react to events, and perform actions long before normal humans can perceive them. This even allowed him to memorize the Kalabros Manuscript quickly and easily before destroying it, making him the only man alive at the time who knew how to use the Spear of Destiny.
    • Accelerated perception: Eobard's speed also extends to his senses and mental capacities. He can take in information and process it at much faster rates than a normal human, as well as see and hear clearly when moving at super-speed. This ability allows Eobard to see the world as if it is in slow motion, which, combined with his physical speed, lets him perform thoughts and actions long before a normal human around him could even perceive them. When Barry was running at Mach 2, Eobard was able to follow these movements with ease, and does this again when Barry travels to the past under his guidance.
  • Superhuman speed: Eobard is able to move at levels of speed well above Mach 2.2, easily outpacing Barry Allen's limit during 2017. Using this speed, he can easily move on vertical structures and ceilings.
    • Aerokinesis: Using his speed, Eobard can generate air flow as vacuums on various levels. He can create fierce waves and vacuums of air by shaking a body part very fast.
    • Interdimensional travel: Eobard can apparently use his speed to break down barriers between parallel universes, enabling him to travel to them, as shown by a alternate version of him.
    • Speed mirage: By using his speed to bounce back and forth so quickly, Eobard can create after-images with his speed, making it appear like he's in two places at once, no matter how far they are apart. This image is so realistic, that a human mind can't perceive the difference.
    • Superhuman agility: Eobard possesses inhuman bodily coordination, balance, equilibrium and dexterity. He is able to change direction immediately, thus allows him to make sharp turns on city streets without sliding or losing his balance.
    • Superhuman momentum: Eobard can generate an inhuman amount of physical force from any part of his body, especially while using super speed. This allowed him to exert inhuman physical strength with almost absolute ease, commonly to restrain opponent at super speed and pinning them down with little effort, as well as to kill his opponents through high-speed collision. By channeling this force to his strikes, even the Flash was quickly pummeled and rendered unable to fight back despite healing powers. When he faced the Black Flash in 2025, Eobard punched with enough force to send the creature flying through several rooms before slamming against the far wall. He could also punch clean through people, as he was even to punch through his chest-piece of the A.T.O.M. Exosuit to tear out Ray's heart in 1916.
    • Superhuman reflexes: Eobard's increased speed also augments his reaction time; allowing him to react to danger and events far faster than normal humans.
    • Time travel: Using the Negative Speed Force, speedsters such as Reverse-Flash are able to conduct chronokinesis or temporal manipulation, which allows him to travel throughout time. Unlike users of the Speed Force, Eobard's ability to travel through and manipulate time is more refined compared to other speedsters as he is easily able to drastically alter history and completely erase people from existence (other speedsters cannot change the past without dramatic consequences). This ability has also allowed Eobard to continue existing despite being erased from existence in the current timeline. However, when using the Speed Force Eobard does have side effects such as watching for Time Wraiths and has his Speed Force time remnants able to be erased by the Black Flash.
      • Time remnant construct: By shifting momentarily back in time, Eobard is able to "create" a time remnant. As each one is as real as the other, it allows Eobard to overwhelm his enemies with multiple versions of himself. It also protected him from any alterations to the timeline and secures his existence when he shouldn't exist by becoming a time remnant himself. As a time remnant himself, he was also able to create his own time remnants.
      • Temporal immunity: Due to Eobard's connection to the Negative Speed Force; he exists outside of the time; for example, when his ancestor, Eddie Thawne had committed suicide that erased all future members of the Thawne bloodline from the timeline, Eobard still remains in existence. Even if Eobard is not responsible for altered the timeline; he is still completely unaffected by it, as he still maintains his memories from original timeline of the original multiverse.
  • Superhuman stamina: Eobard's body can handle the stresses of superhuman racing without noticeable distress. His body's enhanced stamina allows him to function much longer than a normal human without getting tired or weak. Therefore, he is also adapted to the extreme amounts of force exerted on him while he is moving at super speed, as well as the extreme temperatures and lessened amount of breathable air.
  • Superhuman strength: Due to the tremendous amounts of Speed Force energy in his body, Eobard displays a degree of superhuman strength, exerting inhuman amounts of force without using his speed. Eobard's method of intimidation/restraining has been done on Rex in 1947 and Malcolm Merlyn in the Vanishing Point, and method of breaking a man's neck has been done on Mercury Labs' various staff and the CCPD in 2016, and government agents while protecting Damien Darhk in 1987.
• Spear of Destiny capabilities: After the legion of doom acquired the spear, the five were able to use to have they're wishes granted by altering reality. However these powers were lost after Sara Lance depowered the spear.
  • Reality alteration: The Spear can alter reality itself and allow the wielder to accomplish anything they desire, by speaking a certain phrase in Aramaic from the book of Kalabros: "B'khi-eel. Ah-ash-lem-tu-on. K'i-aheen. Kh'det bay-all-ma-ah". Eobard Thawne had used it to restore his natural existence and grant the wishes of his teammates. Thawne even commented that holding the Spear is like having Godhood literally in the user's grasp.

Abilities

"Man, Thawne's plans got plans."

—Ralph Dibny^[src]

• Genius-level intellect/Great business acumen/Master tactician/Leader: Eobard is considered a genius even in the more advanced era of the late 22nd century, having learned astro-navigation in grade school, potentially making him more intelligent than all individuals of the early 21st century (besides Clifford DeVoe) he has displayed in-depth knowledge and understanding of time-traveling like the Time Masters. With this, he was able to effectively evade any encounters with a Time Wraith and confidently travel back over 150 years to change the past with no fear of affecting his own future, as well as to give the Legends trouble balancing the timeline. Eobard is a great tactician, businessman, and leader, having his alternate self founded S.T.A.R. Labs and ran it very successfully for 14 years and was able to effectively lead Team Flash, which he remembered. After rewriting reality with the Spear of Destiny, Eobard once again proved able to efficiently run S.T.A.R. Labs, becoming a prominent figure in the world of business. Eobard is proven to have great intelligence about the Speed Force and its usage. He has many times helped and guided Barry to use it better. He knew it has powers to create vacuums, move seamlessly pass through any solid target and was able to direct Barry on how-to use the Speed Force to time travel. Eobard also has knowledge relating to mystical artifacts. He knew that the Askaran Amulet was a Judeo-Christian artifact which acted like a compass for the Spear of Destiny as well as knew the object's divine capabilities. He even related some knowledge of the Fasces Axe which Damien Darhk was purchasing. He also revealed he knows about time remnants, when he went up against the Legends. His knowledge and understanding about the Speed Force seems to be among the greatest (if not the greatest) among the speedsters due to him being from the future. Eobard is among the most intelligent individuals in the multiverse and the most intelligent individual on Earth-1.
  • Medical knowledge: Although never explicitly stated to excel in the medical field, Eobard was still a good enough of a medic to perform complex surgeries.
  • Computer specialist/Skilled computer hacker: Eobard is a skilled computer hacker.
  • Master scientist: Having learned astro-navigation in grade school and dedicated his life to learning the secrets of the Speed Force, Eobard is a vastly knowledgeable, resourceful and ingenious scientist, specializing in various fields of science. Throughout his life, Eobard has been a genius professor, especially a physicist, from the advanced 22nd century. He has a superb knowledge of meta-human biochemistry and molecular structure, creating a biomolecular enhancer.
  • Master of deception/Manipulator: Eobard is highly proficient in the art of deception.
  • Master engineer: Eobard is highly proficient in the art of engineering due to his consummate knowledge of futuristic technology from 22nd century, as he successfully created and modified the particle accelerator with only the resources of the 21st century, recreated the tachyon device into a quantum splicer with Cisco's help and was able to create the ring that contains his suit, the Time Vault, anti-speedster guns, and the appearance-stealing cord, which he managed to modify to be nonlethal to the person whose appearance is being mimicked, allowing him to keep Martin Stein alive.
  • Multilingual: Eobard is capable of fluently speaking English and Latin. He can also read and write in the time language.

"Newsflash, Raymond: I don't need super-speed to kick your ass."

—Eobard Thawne to the Atom^[src]

• Expert hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist: Though suffering a beating at the hands of the Flash from 2016 in his first encounter, Eobard eventually became a seasoned expert of hand-to-hand combat, being able to fight on par with the Flash of 2024. Even without his speed, Eobard's fighting skills on their own right proved formidable, capable of trouncing Ray Palmer in his A.T.O.M. Exosuit when they were in a no gravity area, which effectively stripped him of his speed, with solely superior fighting skills, quickly turning the tides after Ray briefly overwhelmed him to swiftly beat and kick him away, with Ray only overpowering him using his suit's blasts. When Eobard became the guardian of the fixed point, he proved himself capable of fighting on par with Sara Lance for a short period of time (even without his super speed).
  • Skilled knife-fighter: When fighting Ray, Eobard was able to use a knife to slash him twice before getting disarmed.
• Intimidation: As Reverse-Flash, Eobard possesses an intimidating presence that would force other individuals to give up information or stop an investigation on him. Damien Darhk notably wasn't afraid of him, only his super speed.

Weaknesses

• Mental instability: Eobard is unbelievably arrogant, erratic, cruel, unstable and delusional; for example, after traveling back in time, he discovered that he was destined to become his idol’s greatest enemies, as he could never become like him, he developed an hatred towards Barry Allen. This hatred was further intensified when Eobard was prepared to reveal his existence as a speedster to a crowd in the 22nd century after he had gained enough tremendous speed; which was the first time that Barry and Eobard met each other in real time, however, the scarlet speedster beat him, saving the crowd from an unknown disaster and thus; stealing his moment of glory; albeit that Barry had no intention or desire to upstage him. Since that moment - he became obsessed with trying to destroy Barry's life - spurred on by the grandiose belief that he is superior to the latter. In truth, Eobard lacks any form of morals or honor, all traits that his arch-nemesis stands for. Eobard has a habit of underestimating his opponents - despite years of battling against Barry, he still underestimates the scarlet speedster - which has led to several of his downfalls at the latter's hands.
• Anti-speedster weapons: The Legends have an arsenal of anti-speedster guns, invented by Eobard himself, which would allow the user to momentarily slow Eobard down. However, Eobard showed himself resistant to the weapons, restoring his powers after mere moments.
• Cold temperatures: Much like other speedsters, Eobard seems to be weakened or at least momentarily stunned when exposed to an extremely cold environment. This was proven when Leonard Snart's Cold gun knocks Eobard unconscious for a short period of time.
• Irregular gravity: Eobard is unable to access his speed while in space or on the moon. While Ray suggests this is because of the lack of gravity, Eobard is still unable to phase or vibrate himself while tied up on the moon, which does possess a gravitational force. However, this may simply be because of the differing gravitational forces of Earth and the moon, meaning that Eobard would be able to phase in that particular level of gravity. Also, he needed to manually restore his normal appearance with the appearance-stealing cord instead of vibrating on his own power. He can however still access his speed and phasing abilities to their fullest effect when Earth-level gravity is artificially replicated (e.g. on the Waverider).
• Time alterations: While willing to make huge leaps through time and likewise meddle with events, Eobard has a great fear of time manipulation done recklessly by others. This is due to the existence of the Time Wraiths who act as guardians to the Speed Force's energy. While existing as a time remnant as his past self was erased from existence, Eobard was forced to constantly run, even through the timeline itself, to avoid getting killed by the relentless hunting of the Black Flash, of which Eobard was utterly terrified of facing.
• Electricity: Since Eobard is like a human battery, if he tries to absorb too much electricity he will blow his fuse and lose his speed as shown when Barry saved him.

Weaknesses

• Mental instability: Eobard is unbelievably arrogant, erratic, cruel, unstable and delusional; for example, after traveling back in time, he discovered that he was destined to become his idol’s greatest enemies, as he could never become like him, he developed an hatred towards Barry Allen. This hatred was further intensified when Eobard was prepared to reveal his existence as a speedster to a crowd in the 22nd century after he had gained enough tremendous speed; which was the first time that Barry and Eobard met each other in real time, however, the scarlet speedster beat him, saving the crowd from an unknown disaster and thus; stealing his moment of glory; albeit that Barry had no intention or desire to upstage him. Since that moment - he became obsessed with trying to destroy Barry's life - spurred on by the grandiose belief that he is superior to the latter. In truth, Eobard lacks any form of morals or honor, all traits that his arch-nemesis stands for. Eobard has a habit of underestimating his opponents - despite years of battling against Barry, he still underestimates the scarlet speedster - which has led to several of his downfalls at the latter's hands. This weakness seemed to have been taken care of after his "re-education" at the hands of the Speed Force. When he was reborn, he showed no signs of instability, in fact, even growing to love someone to the point of sacrificing any chance of having speed for, which is shown when he saves Meena Dhawan.

Equipment

Original multiverse

• Reverse-Flash ring: Eobard owns a ring with a Reverse-Flash lightning-bolt symbol which he uses to store his Reverse-Flash suit. Eobard is able to hold his entire costume in his ring, and shoot it out of the top, allowing him to change into it at super speed and always have it ready for wear.
• Reverse-Flash suit: Eobard wears a protective suit while acting as the Reverse-Flash, to hide his identity from his victims and withstand extreme force. It is similar to the Flash's future suit, but only reversing the colors (red to yellow, white to black).
  • Earpieces: On his suit's cowl, there are two lightning-bolt shaped earpieces, also similar to those on Barry Allen's Flash suit. The suit has wireless communication capabilities through its built in earpieces. It's possible in his current post-Flashpoint iteration that he uses it to communicate with his teammates Malcolm Merlyn and Damien Darhk, although Eobard prefers to wear a black leather jacket instead of his suit, and as such tends to use wireless earpieces to communicate with them.
• Various future technologies: Eobard has several devices and gadgets from his time at his disposal. Some have been displayed and their functions have been shown, though there are those that are still unknown.
  • Appearance-stealing cord: This device has two cords that are connected to two organisms, corroding one while transferring that one's genetics (especially phenotypes) to the other, allowing the survivor to physically resemble the other in every way. Eobard's original self used this to physically become Harrison Wells. This version modified this device to be used without killing the person he uses it on, only causing the victim pain, and allowing him to revert to his normal appearance when he wishes, so he is not trapped with any one appearance. Eobard used the modified device on Martin Stein and others during his quest for the Spear of Destiny.
  • Biomolecular enhancer: Eobard gave this to the Nazis in 1942 as a bargaining chip in a trade with Adolf Hitler. It was used to mutate Baron Krieger into der Übermensch. Ray Palmer modified Eobard's enhancer into a drug to cure Nate Heywood's hemophilia. As a result, Nate also received meta-human powers of identical to Tony Woodward's.
  • Pager: Eobard has a futuristic watch-like pager which can indicate whenever Black Flash is near.

Former equipment

• Tachyon device: In order to find his way back to his timeline, Eobard kidnapped Christina McGee and forced her to build him a Tachyon device to help him create a portal back to the future.
• Spear of Destiny: Eobard previously owned the Spear of Destiny, an ancient Biblical relic which was tainted by the blood of Jesus Christ, thus gaining tremendous reality warping divinely supernatural power. Sara Lance used the object's power to depower itself, thus; rendering the holy item useless.

New multiverse

• Reverse-Flash ring : Eobard owns a ring with a Reverse-Flash lightning-bolt symbol, which may has the same utility and the same features as it had in the original multiverse.
• Reverse-Flash suits: Eobard wears a protective suit while acting as the Reverse-Flash in order to hide his identity from his victims and to withstand extreme force. The first is version is yellow with red highlights and fades to black on the arms and legs, while the second is more entirely yellow with red boots.

Former equipment

• Time manipulator: After being revived and stripped of his powers by the Time Wraiths, Eobard was given a watch-like device that both trapped him in a perpetual loop of the same day and allowed him to freeze time in order to protect the fixed point of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination.

Appearances

The Flash

Season 2 "Potential Energy" "The Reverse-Flash Returns" "Versus Zoom" (mentioned) Season 3 "Flashpoint" Season 8 "The Man in the Yellow Tie" "Negative, Part One"

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Season 2 "Out of Time" "The Justice Society of America" "Shogun" (indirectly mentioned) "Abominations" (indirectly mentioned) "Compromised" "Outlaw Country" (mentioned) "The Chicago Way" "Raiders of the Lost Art" "The Legion of Doom" "Turncoat" "Camelot/3000" (mentioned) "Land of the Lost" "Moonshot" "Fellowship of the Spear" "Doomworld" "Aruba" Season 3 "Aruba-Con" (indirectly mentioned) "Freakshow" (mentioned) "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" "No Country for Old Dads" (indirectly mentioned) Season 7 "wvrdr_error_100 not found" (memory) "The Fixed Point" "Rage Against the Machines" "Knocked Down, Knocked Up" (mentioned)

Gallery

Concept artwork

References

Other versions of Eobard Thawne (Time Remnant)
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