<P> In the 2011 Flashpoint storyline , a new timeline is created through the alteration of history . The Reverse - Flash reveals that his body is permanently connected to the Speed Force , enabling him to create the negative version of it , with which he escaped prison . He was unable to alter Barry 's transformation into the Flash , however , as that would effectively erase himself from existence . Instead , Thawne decides to ruin Barry 's life during the latter 's childhood , erasing his best friend from existence to result in greater introversion on Barry 's part , and various other torments such as killing his mother . Thawne later reveals that the new timeline was created by Barry himself , who went back in time to stop the Reverse Flash from killing his mother . After Thawne is killed by the Batman of this reality with an Amazonian sword , the Flash travels back in time to stop his younger self from altering history but instead , under the manipulations of Pandora , a third , new timeline is created , in which DC Comics ' continuity takes place from 2011 onwards . </P>
<P> In the 2011 Flashpoint storyline , a new timeline is created through the alteration of history . The Reverse - Flash reveals that his body is permanently connected to the Speed Force , enabling him to create the negative version of it , with which he escaped prison . He was unable to alter Barry 's transformation into the Flash , however , as that would effectively erase himself from existence . Instead , Thawne decides to ruin Barry 's life during the latter 's childhood , erasing his best friend from existence to result in greater introversion on Barry 's part , and various other torments such as killing his mother . Thawne later reveals that the new timeline was created by Barry himself , who went back in time to stop the Reverse Flash from killing his mother . After Thawne is killed by the Batman of this reality with an Amazonian sword , the Flash travels back in time to stop his younger self from altering history but instead , under the manipulations of Pandora , a third , new timeline is created , in which DC Comics ' continuity takes place from 2011 onwards . </P>
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who killed the flash 's mom tv show
Thawne
Thawne