Why is Thawne still alive?

The Flashpoint Paradox
Barry opened the door for his arch-nemesis to return when he created the Flashpoint timeline at the end of Season 2. Because Barry stopped Thawne from murdering his mother, the entire Arrowverse timeline changed and Thawne was no longer dead.
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How did Reverse-Flash come back to life?

In the aftermath of "The Button", Thawne's corpse is taken to S.T.A.R. Labs, but he is resurrected via his connection to the Negative Speed Force and returns to the future, to examine the difference between the pre and post-Flashpoint timelines.
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Does Eddie Thawne come back to life?

Per Deadline, Eddie — who gave up his own life back in Season 1 to prevent the rise of Eoboard Thawne/Reverse-Flash — is set to appear in the final three episodes where Cosnett reportedly "embodies different characters." Despite his demise all those years ago, Eddie has come back for singular episodes in Seasons 2 and ...
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Why did Eobard Thawne go back?

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.
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Is Reverse-Flash still alive?

Reverse-Flash (played by Tom Cavanagh and Matt Letscher) died in The Flash season 1, but the series keeps finding ways of bringing him back. Despite being killed off in The Flash season 1, Reverse-Flash always finds a way to return to Central City to renew his rivalry with the Scarlet Speedster.
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The Flash Timeline Explained: How is Thawne Still Alive in the Future?



How was Thawne alive in 2049?

The Flashpoint Paradox

Barry opened the door for his arch-nemesis to return when he created the Flashpoint timeline at the end of Season 2. Because Barry stopped Thawne from murdering his mother, the entire Arrowverse timeline changed and Thawne was no longer dead.
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How did Reverse-Flash survive headshot?

However, miraculously, in miliseconds before the bullet killed him, Zoom pulled in as much Speed Force energy as he could to keep himself alive, and as Flash traveled back in time and created a new timeline, Thawne synced his vibrations with this new universe, and thus survived his imminent death.
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Is Barry Allen a time remnant?

About: Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen, also known as Savitar, in an erased timeline Barry Allen created a time remnant who became evil. He did this because Iris West from that timeline died and Team Flash shunned him because he was a time remnant.
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Is Eobard Thawne Eddie's son?

The other major reveal is the Reverse-Flash is actually Eobard Thawne, and Eddie is his distant ancestor. The show never provides an exact family tree to work out their relation to one another, but it appears Eobard is essentially the great-great-grandson of Eddie.
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Who is Barry Allen's twin brother?

Creators. Malcolm Thawne is the lost twin brother of Barry Allen. He is a Cobalt Blue, one of a number of evil counterparts of the Flash that wields the Blue Flame.
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Is Eddie Thawne Cobalt Blue?

Ever since Eddie's death in The Flash's season 1 finale, fans have theorized about his potential return one day, with many suggesting that he would become the DC Comics character known as Cobalt Blue. While Eddie Thawne did not exist in DC Comics, Malcolm Thawne did.
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Why is Black Flash after Reverse-Flash?

Throughout the second season of Legends of Tomorrow, the Black Flash pursues a time aberration of Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash, who was unintentionally brought back into existence due to Barry Allen's creation of the "Flashpoint" timeline, to erase him and correct the current timeline.
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Why does Reverse-Flash have red eyes?

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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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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Is Thawne related to Iris?

Actor. Eddie Thawne (died May 19, 2015) was a police detective of the Keystone City Police Department until he transferred to Central City Police Department. He was the partner of Joe West, the fiancé of Iris West, a good friend of Barry Allen, and an ancestor of Eobard Thawne.
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How many Thawnes are there?

In fact, of the six characters that would be considered Reverse Flashes, only two of them are Thawnes. There is Rival, the first Reverse Flash, who went up against Jay Garrick. He didn't do much, but he was the first, so he should be noted.
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Who killed Barry Allen Mom?

Nora Allen (née Thompson; 1959 – March 18, 2000) was the mother of Barry Allen, the wife of the late Henry Allen, and a good friend of Joe West. She was fatally stabbed by Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash and her murder was pinned on Henry who was subsequently sent to prison.
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Who was original Savitar?

Savitar is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. An immensely powerful speedster that leads a cult dedicated to the Speed Force, he has battled Wally West, Jay Garrick, and Barry Allen. Savitar in Flash (vol. 2) #111.
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Why is Savitar's face burned?

When Barry's time remanant ran around the machine that was going to destroy the mulitverse, he burnt up and that is Savitar. When he burnt up from running so fast, you could see his face was burning. That is why Savitar has a weird "pizza" scar on his one side of his face.
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How did Savitar get the scar on his face?

You remember when future Barry told the real Barry that savitar killed all the the remnants he made, but it was a lie savitar didn't kill one of the time remnants but I think he beat him up gave him the scar then after iris died the time remnant came back to star labs but Barry disowned him that he was useless and that ...
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Can Batman beat Reverse-Flash?

10 Reverse-Flash

The only thing that saved Batman was Dr. Manhattan killing Reverse-Flash himself. Reverse-Flash is just too powerful for Batman to take on. Eobard Thawne has all the powers of Flash and the murderous mind of Joker, making him one of the most dangerous villains in all of the DC universe.
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Who survived Flashpoint?

Batman #84 just revealed the truth of how the Thomas Wayne version of Batman survived the destruction of the Flashpoint version of the DC Universe.
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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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