How did Zoom get his speed?

Following the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explosion, Hunter was affected during electroshock therapy by the dark matter emitted, giving him superhuman speed and various other abilities derived from it. Following this, he escaped and began acting as the supervillain known as Zoom, stylized as the Speed Demon.
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Why does Zoom want Flash's speed?

When he recounted this to the team, they were able to piece together that the blue lightning is a side effect of V-9 usage, which means Zoom has been using it as a speed enhancer. However, V-9 causes cell degeneration, and that means Zoom is dying -- which would explain why he needs Barry's speed.
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Does Zoom have the Speed Force?

Zoom's movement power isn't based on speed, it's based on time. He moves through time at a different pace than everything else. He doesn't really go that fast, he just completes what he's doing ahead of when he should.
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Does the flash give Zoom his speed?

Barry has gotten faster and faster thanks to Harrison Wells---fast enough now to keep up with Zoom, though he underestimated the extent of Zoom's power. But if Barry gives up his speed to Zoom, he will have no powers whatsoever.
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How did Zoom get his powers in the Flash?

Eobard Thawne found a time capsule in the 25th century containing a costume of the Flash (Barry Allen) and with a Tachyon device amplified the suit's speed energy, giving himself speedster abilities. Reversing the costume's colors, he adopted the moniker of "Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash" and went on a crime spree.
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Zoom's Past Revealed - Hunter Zolomon Becomes Zoom



Why was zooms Lightning blue?

Cobalt Blue, in comics, also leaves behind those conspicuous blue lightnings but it comes from the blue gem or some sort of talisman; the blue sparks of Zoom and Trajectory are a manifestations of the over-dose of those Velocity serums.
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Why is Zoom so strong?

After usage of the Velocity drug made his body now produce sapphire blue lighting, a sign of his extreme over-usage of it. Even while only slightly accessing his powers, Zoom would produce a powerful aura of blue lightning from his body that always emanated off of him, whether he was moving at super speed or not.
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Why do zooms eyes turn black?

The Darkness - Killing his Time Remnant didn't create any Dark Force, the reason his eyes turn black is from tapping into his powers, Barry's turn Yellow, Eobard's turn Red, and Zoom's turn Black.
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Why is Barry losing his speed?

In the second half of season 6, Barry learned some unsettling news: the energy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) gave to Barry when he was the Spectre poisoned the Speed Force. As a result, the Speed Force died, and now Barry is slowly losing his speedster abilities.
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Is Wally faster than Barry?

His power is originated from his mainline-connection to the Speed Force: a vaguely-defined extra-dimensional and infinite energy source from which most speedster heroes gain their powers. Wally is widely considered to be the Fastest Flash, and is significantly faster than his mentor, Barry Allen.
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How fast is Godspeed?

Like other speedsters, Godspeed can run up to 10 times the speed of light by entering the Speed Force.
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Who is the fastest speedster?

1) Flash (Wally West)

The third superhero known by the name of Flash, Wally West is undoubtedly the fastest man alive, not just in the DC comics multiverse but in the entire history of comic book fiction. A fan of the scarlet speedster, Wally West gained his superpowers in a lab accident similar to Barry Allen.
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How Fast Is Hunter Zolomon?

Mach 8! This makes Zoom one of the fastest speedsters and making him faster than season 5 Barry!
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Why does Zoom look like monster?

profiler who was crippled at the hands of Gorilla Grodd. When the Flash refused to help him, he grew bitter. He finally became Zoom in 2003 when an accident gave him the use of his legs, as well as the ability to control time. It is that time shifting that gives him the appearance of super speed.
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Who is the evilest villain in The Flash?

Flash Villains Ranked: The 15 Most Powerful Villains Wally & Barry Have Ever Faced
  1. 1 1. REVERSE FLASH.
  2. 2 2. GODSPEED. ...
  3. 3 3. SAVITAR. ...
  4. 4 4. MIRROR MASTER. ...
  5. 5 5. GORILLA GRODD. ...
  6. 6 6. ZOOM. ...
  7. 7 7. CAPTAIN COLD. ...
  8. 8 8. DARK FLASH. ...
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Why does Reverse-Flash vibrate?

Eobard Thawne chooses to vibrate for exactly the reasons you just said: to look scary and ominous. Additionally, he also does it in order to mask his identity- which Barry himself also does when he talks to Iris in his alter-ego. The red eyes also are just for show, and are there only just to make him look scary.
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Who created the Speed Force?

10 The Speed Force was Created by Barry Allen

Back in 2005's The Flash: Rebirth by Geoff Johns, it was revealed that Barry Allen himself was actually the person who created the Speed Force.
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What were the two things Savitar needed?

In order to ascend, however, Savitar will need two things: Iris will need to die so that Barry is driven so far into the dark that he creates the time remnants to stop Savitar, thus creating Savitar. Still following? So the other thing Savitar needs? Well, he declined to share that secret with Barry.
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How will Barry create a new Speed Force?

After the death of the Speed Force, Barry Allen decided to use his daughter, Nora West-Allen's journal, which contained knowledge of the Negative Speed Force taught to her by Eobard Thawne, to create a new Speed Force.
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What Colour is Zoom Flash?

Zoom was dying because of a drug he had created. Because of that, he had a blue lightning color. But as we remember, Jay (Hunter) when he pretended to be good and wanted to help Flash, he had the usual color of lightning (orange) while saving the city when Barry was on Earth-2.
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How was Zoom defeated in The Flash?

Barry chases after Zoom, now faster than him, and is able to beat him up. However Zoom manages to create a time remnant, which is what Barry ends up catching instead. While Barry is moments away from killing Zoom's time remnant, the real Zoom appears and kills the remnant himself.
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Why are the Reverse Flash's eyes red?

13 HE CAN TURN HIS EYES BRIGHT RED

It seems that Eobard is able to concentrate the effects of his red lightning into his eyes to give himself a terrifying and threatening look. While not the biggest power in his arsenal, this is something that the other Flashes don't do.
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Where does Godspeed get his speed?

In the comic books, Godspeed gained his superhuman speed after getting struck by lightning from a Speed Force Storm similar to how Barry Allen got his powers.
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Who is faster Godspeed Vs Reverse-Flash?

False, reverse flash is ten times faster than Wally, and black flash is faster than R.F., and God speed is faster than both, but black racer is undoubtedly the fastest of the speedsters. Godspeed is the fastest of all speedster even Superman.
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Who wins Reverse-Flash or Zoom?

Zoom wasn't fast enough to create a speed mirage between universes. But he is able to make a normal one like Reverse Flash. Zoom is actually faster. Guys, to be honest, Zoom would beat Reverse Flash and then Savitar would beat Zoom and Flash would beat EVERYONE!!!
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