After posing as an ally to team Flash for a long time, "Jay Garrick" was eventually revealed to be Zoom. While searching for his cure, one day a singularity opened above Central City which lead to Earth-1, and upon investigating, Hunter discover another speedster, Barry Allen/The Flash, and decided to harness Barry's speed instead. Eventually, Hunter grew tired of only being the villain and decided to be the hero too and stole Jay's name and identity and operated as Jay Garrick/The Flash of Earth-2, and acted as Zoom's archenemy while still terrorizing Central City as Zoom, using time remnants of himself to maintain the appearance of both Flash and Zoom. Hunter was unsuccessful, but kept Jay imprisoned as a trophy. He then searched the Multiverse for a cure and found Earth-3 where he encountered another speedster, Jay Garrick/The Flash, and forcibly brought him to Earth-2 to harness his speed for himself. However, Hunter soon discovered that the Velocity serum was killing him and he searched for a cure and even tried to manipulate the Speed Force, only to have the Speed Force send it's enforcers, the Time Wraiths, after him which he managed to avoid. At one point, Zoom created the Velocity-9 serum to become even faster. Zolomon fled the asylum and soon became the supervillain Zoom who was feared throughout all of Central City.
Labs particle accellerator explosion which granted him super speed. When he was sent to an asylum to be cured of his insanity, he was struck by the S.T.A.R.
He also appears as a supporting antagonist in DC's Legends of Tomorrow, appearing as a major antagonist in Season 2 and a posthumous antagonist in Season 3, as well as both a mentioned antagonist in Arrow (appearing as a mentioned antagonist in Season 4 and a posthumous antagonist in Season 6) and a mentioned antagonist in Season 1 of Supergirl.Ī citizen of Earth-2, Hunter Zolomon grew up to become a serial killer after he witnessed his father murdering his mother. Zoom appears as the secondary antagonist of The Flash, appearing as the main antagonist of Season 2, the overarching antagonist of Season 3, a minor antagonist in Season 5, and a posthumous antagonist in subsequent seasons.
When disguising his voice, he was voiced by Tony Todd, who also played Candyman in the franchise of the same name, Grange in The Crow, Captain Darrow in The Rock, Earl Jenkins in Smallville, King Deucalion in Minotaur, Shadow in Shadow: Dead Riot, Benjamin Juma in the 24 franchise, The Fallen in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Dreadwing in Transformers Prime, Darkseid in the DC Animated Movie Universe and Luther Thompson in Scream. After he was defeated by The Flash, the Time Wraiths imprisoned him within the Speed Force, and, as punishment for his actions, the Speed Force ironically reincarnated Zoom into the guardian of the Speed Force's rules the feral Black Flash. However, he eventually began to die due to his use of the speed-enhancing Velocity-9 formula, leading to him discovering the multiverse and deciding to harness the speed of another Speedster to cure his condition, eventually targeting Barry Allen. He is an unhinged serial killer who became a Speedster in an accident during his shock therapy. Hunter Zolomon, also known as Zoom and formerly by the stolen identity of Jay Garrick / The Flash, is a major antagonist in the Arrowverse. ~ Zoom revealing to Joe West his reason for pretending to be the Flash. Joe West: Why the charade? Running around dressed as the Flash. ~ Zoom vowing to hunt down and kill Harrison Wells. You can try to hide, but I'm the fastest man alive! I will scour this city until I hunt you down! And when I do. I know you're here, Harrison Wells, and you did not come alone.