Who Is Chronos? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Chronos is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of David Langhorn Clinton, with over 229 comic issue appearances. David Clinton discovered the secrets of time travel. As the criminal Chronos, he became a time thief. An enemy of the Atom, Blue Beetle, and the Justice League of America.

Who is Chronos?

Origin Chronos is the archenemy of The Atom . His main power is time travel. He almost always uses this power and sometimes he will go to the future as well as the past with his opponents to trap them, and uses a variety of gadgets to do it. He developed his time travel power from prison; he synchronized all of his movements and actions by the click of the clock that was in prison. Creation When introduced in the 60’s, Gil Kane based David Clinton’s face on former vice president Richard Nixon. Story Arc Choi begins to realize that prolonged usage of the Atom belt can cause one to shrink. Choi fears he will lose equilibrium unless he finds the source of this anomaly in his blood. Choi calls in Panda Potter to help with this endeavor.

Key facts

Chronos is of human origin and first appeared in "The Time Trap! / The Secret of "Al Atom's" Lamp". The character is published by DC Comics. With 229 recorded issue appearances, Chronos ranks among the most featured characters in comics.