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

John Starr is a brilliant scientist who turned to crime after the project he works for is shut down. He invents a time-manipulating hourglass and becomes a supervillain. Starr later resurrects various people by reversing time before Elongated Man, Metamorpho, Rocket Red, and Animal Man stop him and destroy his hourglass. After an encounter with Epoch, Starr is stuck in a temporal loop due to the Zero Hour event affecting reality). He eventually escapes before being killed by Booster Gold's robot Skeets and Mister Mind in 52. In Absolute Power, Amanda Waller resurrects Time Commander and reverse-engineers his hourglass to give her Amazo army self-healing abilities.

Sterling Fry

Sterling Fry is a student of John Starr who succeeds him as the Time Commander following his death. However, he is seemingly killed after being exposed to his hourglass' tachyons.

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

An alternate universe variant of Time Commander appears in a flashback in JLA: Another Nail. This version is the leader of the Warpists, consisting of Calendar Man, Amazo and Starfire.

In other media

The Time Commander appears in Justice League Unlimited #19.