After the explosion of the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator, Bates gained the ability to shapeshift into anyone he had touched at least once. A month after the explosion, Bates framed his own friend for robbery at a bank in Central City. Over the next year, he began to continue framing a plenitude of people. One such individual whose key he used to enter their bank's vaults and empty the contents. He continued on, taking the identity of a man and stole some jewels. He took the jewels to a buyer, but the buyer identified them as stolen and called the cops. He left before they could arrive and was intercepted by Eddie Thawne. Eddie was knocked down, but the Flash tried to intervene. However, Hannibal took the identity of a woman and escaped through a crowd of people. Following this, he left to his grandmother's house. However, having found out his identity, Eddie and Barry Allen arrived, looking for the grandmother.
Publication Information
- Flash : Hannibal Bates
- Version : The Flash 2014
- Multiverse : Earth One
- Known As : Everyman
- Type :
- MetaHuman
- Criminal
- Relative : Mrs. Bates : Grandmother
- Affiliation :
- Gender : Male
- Origin : Earth One
- Season : The Flash
- First Appeareance : Arrow Season 1 Episod 1 : Pilot
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : Martin Novotny
- Main View : Full Episod
Time in the Pipeline
In an attempt to get Bates to remember what he originally looked like, Cisco Ramon and his brother redecorated his cell to look like a bedroom, filling it with childhood knick-knacks and pictures. However, Bates was unhappy and closed his eyes, preferring to remain in the form he was in and forgetting who he really was.
Death
After Eobard Thawne decided to make a move, Hannibal acted in Eobard's place. Before he could harm Cisco Ramon, Joe West shot and killed him, revealing his original form.
Abilities
- Meta-human physiology : After Hannibal Bates was struck by the energy of the particle accelerator explosion, this altered his DNA and cells, allowing him to access his powers.
- Shapeshifting : Hannibal was able to shapeshift into any person he had physical contact with, even copying the clothing they were wearing and their voice. This power allows him to instantly change the color and texture of his body, allowing him to replicate clothing and other materials on his own body more effectively.
- Peak of human physical condition : Hannibal was very quick in battle. During his skirmish against the Flash, he was able to block a number of the speedster's strikes and slightly overpower until the Flash began moving much quicker and used his own enhanced physical force and momentum to weaken him.
- Expert hand-to-hand combatant : Hannibal was a potent fighter, able to quickly defeat Eddie Thawne, a trained fighter.
- Expert of deception : As a criminal who takes the place of other peoples, Hannibal possess some skills in acting, like when he successfully pretend to be both Eddie and Barry, in front of their relatives without any of them suspected anything.
- Skilled marksman : While imitating Eddie, Hannibal successfully used his gun against two cops, killing them.
- Anti-shapeshifting serum : The serum made by Caitlin was able to temporarily neutralize the powers of Hannibal.
- Limited replication : When Hannibal shape shifts into a person, his form is purely cosmetic. While perfectly copying the person's physical appearance in every aspect, he cannot replicate any of the person's acquired abilities; including memories, skills, or special powers.
