Time Commander

The Time Commander is a male comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.

Biography

Pre-Crisis

John Starr

Starr was a scientist who turned to crime and was eventually arrested and convicted. Native to Gotham City, he was locked in a special prison, in which he developed a time controlling device in the shape of an hourglass and used it to escape prison. He tried to convince the people that he had been framed and that he should be exonerated. However, when the authorities refused to clear Starr's name, he became the costumed criminal known as The Time Commander. Using his time hourglass, he learned that Bruce Wayne was in fact the Batman and Starr impersonated Wayne as Batman. He contacted Green Lantern and tricked him into giving him some of his powers. With Batman's appearance and Green Lantern's powers, Time Commander started a fantastic criminal spree on Gotham in order to force the authorities to clear Starr's name. Batman and Green Lantern tried to stop him, but the cunning criminal used his time controlling device to send Green Lantern one day to the past and Batman one day to the future. Starr's victory was almost assured, but the heroes managed to work together from different points in time and stopped Starr by destroying his hourglass. Without his time controlling device, Batman and Green Lantern returned to the present and John Starr was once again placed under police custody. (The Brave and the Bold v1 #59)

Post-Crisis

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Notes

• The Time Commander was created by Bob Haney and Ramona Fradon where he made his first appearance in The Brave and the Bold v1 #59 (April–May, 1965).

Appearances

• The Brave and the Bold v1: (1965)

External Links

• DC Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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