The Flash Season 2 Finale: 10 Big Questions We're Asking After 'The Race Of His Life'

8. Could Zoom Become Black Flash?

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After Barry defeats Zoom, he doesn't kill him but instead waits and allows the Dementor-esque Time Wraiths to come and take him away.

That means that he isn't actually dead (or at least, it's left open for a return in some capacity), and also his appearance starts to change: more colour appears on his suit, while his face becomes disfigured and starts to pull away and reveal his teeth. It looks, in short, like the Black Flash.

That's a character from the comics who effectively serves as a Grim Reaper for speedsters, his arrival signalling their impending death. With Zoom being taken into the Speed Force, could he return to fulfil that role on the series?

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