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Who is Zoom? Our Top 5 Theories
BY The Screen Spy Team
Published 9 years ago
By Pauline Perenack
Anyone familiar with The Flash comic books knows the origins of the comic book character Zoom.
Hunter Zolomon, a profiler with the police, worked closely with the then-Flash, Wally West, ultimately becoming good friends with him. However after being injured in an attack, Zolomon was left paralyzed from the waist down. He asked for West’s help in reversing his fortunes by time-traveling into the past and preventing the attack. West, afraid of damaging the timeline, refused, and Zolomon tried to time-travel on his own, which not only gave him his legs back, but also displaced him from the present timeline. This allowed him to control his speed, basically giving him superspeed, and becoming Zoom – a bitter enemy of West.
However, in our televised version, Zoom is a mysterious character, and theories are running wild as to who is actually behind the mask, because as we know, TV world doesn’t always line up with comic book world. Here are some theories as to who Zoom’s alter-ego might turn out to be.
Barry Allen – The ‘His Own Worst Enemy’ Theory
While the theory of E-2 Barry being Zoom was quickly tossed out early in season 2, there’s still some validity to it, because what is this show without some sleight of hand from our creators? While the picture floating around the internet right now of Zoom seems to suggest it’s John Wesley Shipp, and therefore, Henry Allen, what if it’s in fact Barry from the future? Wouldn’t it make sense he would look like his father as he got older? And how great would it be to see Shipp reprise his role as future evil Barry?
We’re calling this the his own worst enemy theory.
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