Who Is Time Commander? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Time Commander is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of John Starr, with over 53 comic issue appearances. With his special hourglass, the Time Commander was able to travel through time, move objects or living beings through time and manipulate them in various ways.

Who is Time Commander?

Origin Brilliant scientist John Starr was working as assistant to Dr. Elijah Carruthers when Carruthers created an artificial humanoid called Cosmo. However, Cosmo proved to be imperfect, so Carruthers destroyed him. Soon afterwards, the Doctor disappeared and was assumed dead. Starr then turned to crime, but was caught by the police and sent to prison. While inside, he was allowed to work in a special automated laboratory that was regarded as being escape proof. There, he worked on a discovery involving the control of time by harnessing the speed of light - a univeral constant - and this enabled him to build an hourglass that sent him back in time to before the prison was built; and he escaped by simply walking away. Story Arc Now calling himself the "Modern Monte Cristo", he set out to convince the public he had been railroaded into prison.

Key facts

Time Commander is of human origin and first appeared in "The Tick-Tock Traps of the Time Commander". The character is published by DC Comics. With 53 recorded issue appearances, Time Commander ranks among the most featured characters in comics.