WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for The Flash #756, by Joshua Williamson, Christian Duce, Luis Guerrero and Steve Wands, available now.

As writer Joshua Williamson's acclaimed run on The Flash builds to its explosive climax, the Scarlet Speedster has one final test as his greatest foes unite under the Reverse-Flash to form the villainous team the Legion of Zoom. While any one of these foes presenting a considerable threat for Barry Allen individually, this ensemble will five the Flash one hell of an epic battle as Eobard Thawne seeks his ultimate victory over his longtime nemesis.

With the Legion of Zoom debuting in The Flash #756, here are all of the Flash villains who have united as the Legion of Zoom with the common goal of destroying the Flash once and for all.

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REVERSE-FLASH

Reverse-Flash Lightning Rod

Introduced in 1963's The Flash #139 by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, Eobard Thawne truly is Barry Allen's definitive foe. Hailing from the 25th century, Thawne was a scientist who idolized the Flash and replicated his accident to gain identical powers, only to learn that he would become his hero's greatest enemy. Driven mad, Thawne took on the role of the Reverse-Flash and tormented Barry for years, culminating in traveling back in time to murder his mother Nora and frame his father Henry for the crime, setting the course of Barry's entire life.

The Reverse-Flash has played a prominent role across Williamson's run, from confronting Doctor Manhattan ahead of Doomsday Clock to teaming up with Barry to stop the cosmic villain Paradox. Barry and Thawne's team-up was successful in defeating their common enemy at the cost of Godspeed's life. The death of Barry's old friend, even after he had assumed an antihero role, is one death too many for the Scarlet Speedster as he seeks to avenge his murder at Thawne's hands. Meanwhile, the Reverse-Flash has traveled back in time to recruit a league of his own in response.

GORILLA GRODD

DC Gorilla Grodd battling The Flash

Created by Broome and Infantino in 1959's The Flash #106, Gorilla Grodd is a super-intelligent, telepathic ape constantly vying for the conquest of Gorilla City and Central City. After the Flash helped Solovar reestablish his claim to the throne of Gorilla City, Grodd developed a longstanding grudge against the Scarlet Speedster, including coming up with plots to steal the Speed Force from Barry Allen.

During Williamson's run, Grodd created the terrorist organization Black Hole that terrorized Central City at the start of the DC Rebirth era. Grodd would go on to become one of the most prominent members of the Legion of Doom after learning of new Forces beyond the Speed Force, seeking to harness them for himself. Reverse-Flash approaches Grodd to join the Legion of Zoom years in the past, at a time when Grodd is still in control of Gorilla City.

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CAPTAIN COLD

Captain Cold in DC Comics

One of the oldest, most memorable Flash villains is Leonard Snart, better known as Captain Cold. Created by Broome and Infantino in 1957's Showcase #8, Snart was a boy abused by his father who found safety in his grandfather's old ice truck. Turning to a life of crime after reaching adulthood, Snart was inspired by his childhood experiences to create the Captain Cold persona after developing a protective visor and experimental cold gun that could not only freeze targets but emit a cold field to slow those that entered it.

Cold would go on to become the leader of the Rogues, the colorful, themed villains that carried out heists across Central City. Cold enforced a strict code of honor among his fellow thieves, including not murdering innocents, to make himself a more sympathetic villain. This code would waver in the face of the Rogues' conflict with the Flash, leading to Cold developing a deeper grudge against Barry over the course of Williamson's run. Thawne travels two years into the relative past to recruit Cold to join his team, despite Cold's visible distrust of all speedsters.

GOLDEN GLIDER

Golden Glider

Snart's younger sister, Lisa Snart, looked up to her brother her entire life, as the two siblings endured their father's abusive treatment. Introduced by Cary Bates and Irv Novick in 1977's The Flash #250, Golden Glider was a figure skater who was in a romantic relationship with the Flash villain The Top. After her lover's tragic death, Snart vowed revenge and became a supervillain herself, taking on her current persona with experimental skates before gaining powers during the New 52 era that allowed her to go intangible, move at super-speed and ensnare targets with ribbons.

Reunited with her older brother among the Rogues, Golden Glider helps keep Captain Cold from crossing his own moral code on several occasions as she assists the villains in carrying out heists. After Cold conquers Central City during DC's Year of the Villain, Glider was one of the Flash's biggest allies in usurping her unhinged brother's rule, and she developed a surprise flirtation with the superhero. Golden Glider is recruited alongside her brother before the events of Year of the Villain, with her dynamic with Cold still firmly intact to take on Barry.

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THE TRICKSTER

The Trickster

After the original Trickster, James Jesse, reformed to become an FBI agent, a teenager took up the villainous mantle to bring the alter ego back to its criminal ways. Created by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins in 2002's The Flash #183, Axel Walker idolized Jesse and stole his predecessor's gadgets and weaponry for himself while his inspiration was working for the FBI. Initially treated with contempt by Rogues for attempting to seize their old friend's mantle for himself, Axel earned their begrudging respect over the years, despite his youthful inexperience.

During the New 52 era, Axel lost an arm defending Central City from Grodd and his invading army from Gorilla City. During the DC Rebirth era, Trickster would endure numerous abuses at the hands of Warden Wolfe in Iron Heights before briefly gaining access to the Strength Force after the hidden Forces were unleashed on Earth. Thawne recruits Trickster two years in the past to help him free the next villain of the Legion of Zoom.

TURTLE

Flash the Turtle

The very first supervillain to fight Barry Allen after he became the Flash was Turtle, introduced alongside the Silver Age Scarlet Speedster in 1956's Showcase #4 by Infantino and Robert Kanigher. Turtle emits a slow field that brings anyone around him to a standstill, effectively rendering the Flash's powers useless when he attempts to confront the villain head-on, which forces Barry to develop innovative strategies to bring his opponent down.

As a nod to Turtle's status as the original Barry Allen supervillain, the foe was the main antagonist during Williamson's run in the DC Rebirth origins of the superhero in "The Flash: Year One." The story revealed Turtle's powers had grown in an alternate future, resulting in him conquering Central City and defeating an older Barry. The younger Barry went on to change history to avoid this future from coming to pass despite his older counterpart's warnings about tampering with the space-time continuum. Turtle is freed by Trickster under Reverse-Flash's instructions to join the Legion of Zoom.

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THE TORNADO TWINS

The most surprising members of the Legion of Zoom are the Tornado Twins, Barry's own children from the far-future, who went on to form their own speedster lineage. Created by Jim Shooter and Win Mortimer in 1968's Adventure Comics #373, Don and Dawn Allen were born centuries in the future while Barry and Iris were time-displaced. Without Barry in their life, the two would eventually turn to villainy.

Fortunately, the Tornado Twins' children would develop their own heroic legacies, taking after their iconic grandfather. Dawn's daughter would become the superhero XS, who went on to join the Legion of Super-Heroes, and Don and Eobard Thawne's descendant, Meloni Thawne, had a son named Bart Allen who went on to become Impulse. The Reverse-Flash travels to the ruins of Central City in the far-future to recruit the Tornado Twins to take on their father.

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