Time Commander

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character_name=Time Commander
real_name=John Starr
publisher=DC Comics
debut="The Brave and the Bold" #59
(April-May 1965)
creators=Bob Haney
Ramona Fradon
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powers=Is able to travel through time using a special hourglass|

The Time Commander is the name of two DC Comics supervillains. The first appeared in Brave and the Bold #59 (April-May, 1965). He was created by Bob Haney and Ramona Fradon. The second appeared in JSA Classified #34 (2008).

Fictional character biography

John Starr is a villain who uses advanced technology to manipulate time. He came into contact and was beaten by several heroes.

Paris, France

Starr appears in "Animal Man" #16, (Oct 1989). He affects the clocks of Paris, France, freezing them all at 11:55. Animal Man, on a walk around Paris with his wife, notices many time discrepancies, including a T-Rex, which he defeats. Elongated Man, Metamorpho and Rocket Red join up with Animal Man and they track down Time Commander. He is reversing time in positive ways, such as granting one woman youth and bringing back a dead man. Time Commander swiftly defeats most of them, even destroying Rocket Red's armor. There is one left, Animal Man, who tries to talk him down off of his rampage. Animal Man notices the positive effects but is not sure if it is a good idea in the long run. Time Commander notes he is making life more interesting in general; furthermore that Animal Man doesn't seem like a bad person, just that Starr doesn't want any more psychiatric help.

Metamorpho, recovered, smashes Time Commander's hourglass. He is very distressed, claiming he was going to take the whole world back to the Gardern of Eden. Metamorpho knocks Starr out with one punch; not noticing that his positive time reversals are now no more.

Hudson River Mall

At a later point he joins the villain team known as the Time Foes, villains with time-gimmicked powers. They are featured in "Team Titans" #14 (Nov 1993).

The team, consisting of Starr, Calendar Man, Clock King and Chronos head into the Hudson River Mall. Their goal is to retrieve Starr's valued hourglass. They go relatively unnoticed, as Halloween costumes are prevalent that day. Attention is only brought to them when Starr smacks a woman who was confronting him over purchasing the hourglass. The heroes swiftly confront the villains. Calendar Man asks Starr to use his hourglass in battle. He claims he cannot do it, as it is an instrument for good (despite him having used it to smack around the heroine Redwing moments earlier). Also, the hourglass is broken.

Starr is not seen actually fighting in the resulting battle, he is admonished later by his captured allies for just having surrendered. Starr explains he is misunderstood, at heart he is a peaceful man.

Death

Time Commander is featured in "52" #27 (2006). Waverider is in a clock store when time freezes. Starr appears inside of an hourglass and berates Waverider for his failed promises to make Starr, Chronos and other villains a "Time Master" in exchange for joining his fight. Starr then dissolves into sand, killed by Skeets, the robot ally to the time-travelling Booster Gold. Waverider is swiftly killed as well.

uccessor

Sterling Fry took up the Time Commander name after his mentor, John Starr, was killed. He kidnapped Liberty Belle in an attempt to steal Hourman's hourglass. Time Commander beat Hourman and took the hourglass from him. After releasing the tachyon particles from the hourglass, Fry disappeared. Whether his exposure to the particles killed him or not is not known at this time.

Powers and abilities

The Time Commander’s hourglass allows him to control time, allowing him to travel through time, move objects or beings through time and manipulate time in various ways.

Other Versions

*The Time Commander appears in Justice League Unlimited #19, where he attempts to kill the ancestor of Vigilante.
*A version of Clock Commander appears in a flashback in . This version led a team called "The Warpists", which consisted of Sportsmaster, Amazo and Starfire.

External Links

http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=timecommander