A sneak peek released today showed that the Professor has assembled a team of ‘students’ to attack his nemesis with. What does shock me is that Thawne won’t be attacking The Flash alone. With every major hero and villain at DC getting new looks ( Cyborg’s look is the most impressive so far), this doesn’t really shock me. His costume now has a noticeable amount of black in it, no doubt to look more like the costume Tom Cavanagh wore on The Flash TV series. Thawne’s return to comics also comes with a new look. Life truly doesn’t slow down for this character. Appearing at the end of The Flash #40, he will return in full form in next month’s issue, right after The Flash has finished deal with an alternate (and murdering) version of himself from the future.

But since we all know death in comics doesn’t last forever, it was only a matter of time before he came back to torment Barry Allen. Between a hit TV series, a movie in the works, and one of the better titles of DC Comics’ New 52 run (it’s one of the few I actually read), how can it get any better? I’d say by having one of the Scarlet Speedster’s greatest enemies make an epic return! Well that’s apparently happening too…Įobard Thawne, known to comic fans as Professor Zoom, is making his first appearance in DC Comics since Flashpoint, where he was killed, and was believed that he would never return. It’s a good time to be a fan of The Flash.

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