He's a dude who has gone by way of an extraordinary amount of tragedy during his daily life, and when his again is damaged and Wally West (the then-latest Flash) refuses to use time-vacation to deal with Hunter's backbone, Hunter accidentally turns himself into Zoom, a speedster substantially speedier than Wally. Blame author-director Jared Stern, the dude dependable for The Intern and the quick-lived sitcom Dr.