What made Zoom evil?

Overview. A citizen of Earth-2
Earth-2
"Earth 2" is the name given by the anti-matter Lex Luthor to the Prime Earth in JLA: Earth-2; other than its name, however, it has nothing to do with any of other realities named Earth 2.
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Hunter Zolomon
Hunter Zolomon was a meta-human speedster from Earth-2. Years after witnessing his father murder his mother when he was a child, Hunter became a serial killer. Following the S.T.A.R.
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grew up to become a serial killer after he witnessed his father murdering his mother.
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How did Zoom become a 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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Is Zoom a villain?

Type of Villain

Hunter Zolomon, also known as Professor Zoom or simply known as Zoom, is a major antagonist in DC Comics. He was the main antagonist of Blitz and Flash War story arcs as well as the archenemy of Wally West, and also serves as an enemy of Barry Allen.
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What is the backstory of Zoom?

Zoom started life on Earth-Two as Hunter Zolomon.

The Flash was really pushing the Barry/Zoom parallels in “Versus Zoom.” Zoom began life as Earth-Two's Hunter Zolomon, a boy who saw his father kill his mother before killing himself.
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Who is behind Zoom The Flash?

The Season 2 finale of “The Flash” kept the twists coming, as the show finally unveiled the identity of the mysterious man in the iron mask — and Zoom's silent prisoner was revealed to be none other than the real, Earth-3 version of Jay Garrick, portrayed by John Wesley Shipp — who also played Barry's father, Henry ...
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Flash 2x23 Zoom's Origin Story



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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What is Zoom's true identity?

“Zoom's identity has been revealed: He is Hunter Zolomon, a.k.a Jay Garrick,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg tells EW.
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Who kills Zoom?

Spoilers below for The Flash finale.
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Why did the time wraiths take Zoom?

During the race between the Flash and Zoom, Barry created a time remnant, causing two Time Wraiths to be summoned. When they arrived, they surrounded Zoom rather than the Flash and took him away, likely sparing Barry for using the time remnant to save the multiverse and aiding in Hunter's capture.
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Is Jay Garrick Hunter Zolomon?

Jay Garrick is a false identity. Jay's real name is Hunter Zolomon, who isn't some schlub on Earth-1, but a notorious serial killer on Earth-2. Zolomon was orphaned after his father (inexplicably wearing Jay's Earth-2 Flash costume, complete with the goofy helmet) murders his mother — or so we're led to believe.
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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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Why is Hunter Zolomon evil?

Years after witnessing his father murder his mother when he was a child, Hunter became a serial killer. 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.
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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 Zoom look like demons?

"So everything about Zoom just feels like death." "We had an idea that it should look like a demon," he added. "Reverse-Flash came from the future and Zoom came from hell. That's what we wanted." With that general idea in mind, costume designer Maya Mani went to work.
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What was Zoom's plan in The Flash?

Whatever the cause (trauma from his time at war overseas is implied), James Zolomon decided it was best to kill his wife in front of their son, Hunter. In a twisted bit of fate, it was the same act many (including Joe West) believed Barry Allen had witnessed himself.
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Are Black Flash and Zoom the same person?

Introduced in season two of The Flash, this version of the Black Flash was originally Hunter Zolomon / Zoom (portrayed by Teddy Sears), who is transformed by Time Wraiths to serve as the Speed Force's Grim Reaper-esque enforcer by hunting down speedsters who attempt to change the timeline and erase them from existence.
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What is the zombie speedster?

The Black Flash is a zombie-like speedster that appears whenever heroes like Barry Allen and Wally West die or face near-death experiences. Apparently when you can run fast enough to vibrate through walls, you need an aspect of Death quick enough to keep pace.
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Is Black Flash a time Wraith?

This includes the Time Wraiths, who are unique to the Arrowverse, but seem to have been inspired by the Black Flash of the comics, who is a manifestation of Death that hunts down speedsters when it is their destined time to die.
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How did flash become Black Flash?

In Barry's (Grant Gustin) bid to prevent Zoom (Teddy Sears) from destroying the multi-verse, the scarlet speedster created a time remnant of himself, which had the bonus of attracting Time Wraiths, who appeared to transform Zoom into the Black Flash.
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How did Flash stop Zoom?

Barry's time remnant races on a loop to counteract the pulse, killing himself in the process, while Barry whales on Zoom. At the end, Barry is able to go for the kill, but instead lets the time wraiths do the dirty work for him, escorting Zoom off to who-knows-where.
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Why did Flash and Zoom race?

The Race of His LifeS2:E23 CW's The Flash. Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Wells figures out that a magnate that Zoom stole from Mercury Labs can be weaponized to be a weapon of mass destruction — and Zoom wants to siphon their speed energies during the race and use it to destroy the worlds of the multiverse.
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Who is under zooms mask?

Later, when Zoom took Joe West through a breach, he locked him up in the lair and explained to him who the man in the iron mask was. Later, the man was rescued by Team Flash and revealed himself as the real Jay Garrick.
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What is Reverse-Flash real name?

And with every step the Flash takes toward the future, someone from the future is racing backward through time to stop him—the villainous speedster known as the Reverse-Flash. Born in the 25th Century, Eobard Thawne grew up idolizing the Flash and studying the legacy of the Scarlet Speedster.
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Who is the fastest Flash?

Wally West is the Fastest Flash and is arguably the fastest being that has ever existed, as said by Max Mercury—and it has been remarked that Wally and Barry are the only two speedsters that were fast enough to even outrun death itself.
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