The U.S. Senate authorized a expense that would make daylight saving time long-term as well as I am completely behind this. No more groggy mornings where I struggle to make sense of the hour I “lost” or feeling torn on whether I should celebrate when I get an additional hour in the fall, however lose daylight. If only I was a comic book character that might manipulate time to do what I desired it to do…if Dr. strange can do it, why can’t I? Sadly, I have not woken up with remarkable abilities, however it got me thinking, “Who are the comic characters that manipulate time?” right here are 15 comic characters that manipulate time as well as instances of time manipulation in comics: it’s not all just time-travel!
DC Comics Characters That Can Manipulate Time – Superheroes as well as Villains!
DC Comics: physician Manhattan – 1st appearance Watchmen #1 (September 1986)
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Doctor Manhattan (alias Dr. Jonathan Osterman) is a DC character that very first appeared in the graphic book series Watchmen. He’s the only character that possesses powers, which include a unique understanding of time (being able to see past, present, as well as future simultaneously) as well as altering truth to his liking with time manipulation as seen in comics (he erased 10 years of the DCEU when Barry Allen was trying to bring his world back to normal).
DC Comics: The Flash – 1st appearance showcase #4 (October 1956)
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For those that watch the CW’s The Flash or are looking ahead to Andrés Muschietti’s movie about the superhero speedster, fans understand that Barry Allen is capable of traveling back in time thanks to his lightning quick speeds. While fans only saw The Flash going back a shorter distance in Zack Snyder’s movies, Muschietti’s movie is going to see Barry traveling back further, which may or may not result in doubtful results.
DC Comics: The Spectre – 1st appearance more fun Comics #52 (1940)
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The Spectre is the name provided to a number of antiheroes in the DCEU. The one that this publish is focusing on is a hard-boiled police officer Jim Corrigan, who is murdered by thugs. His spirit refuses to go into the afterlife as well as is sent back to earth to seek bloody vengeance. The Spectre has all the capabilities of God, including manipulation of time as well as space, invulnerability, as well as truth alternation.
DC Universe: Tempus – 1st appearance Superman’s Pal: Jimmy Olsen 1966
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Tempus is the name of a number of DC Comics characters from the Silver Age. The very first incarnation was an opponent of Superman’s who developed the Doom Clock. Later, the Flash fought one more character named Tempus who really lives in the timestream. In the new earth continuity, Tempus was a villain who fought with scythes who battled Supergirl. Currently, Tempus is part of a race of beings understood as the Fuginauts who are accountable for preventing figures from one DC Multiverse truth from breaking into other ones. He’s not so much a villain anymore however a neutral antagonist who stops heroes as well as villains alike.
DC Comics: Waverider – very first appeared in Armageddon 2001 #1 (May 1991)
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Waverider (alias: Matthew Ryder) is a time traveler who’s part of the DCEU. Unlike some other characters, he’s able to time travel at will as well as can gain access to the time stream. He commonly screens the time stream since he can as well as he looks a bit like an eccentric time traveler thanks to his fire-like hair as well as yellow skin with a black outline.
Marvel Comics Superhero Characters That Can Manipulate Time
Marvel Comics: physician strange – 1st appearance strange Tales #110
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Thanks to his recent appearances in the MCU as well as his upcoming movie, physician strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Dr. Stephen Strange’s time manipulation powers are well-known. He played a major function in Spider-Man: No method house as he assisted Peter Parker turn back time as well as accidentally cracked open the multiverse. physician strange can’t stop time completely, however he’s able to sluggish it down as well as can utilize the time stone to reverse the time for a single object.
Marvel Comics: Franklin Richards – 1st appearance amazing four annual #6
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Franklin Richards is the son of Reed as well as take legal action against Richards of the amazing Four. He has god-like capabilities because of Sue’s body being subjected to radiation. While he has powers like increasing his stamina as well as telekinesis, he can likewise manipulate truth as well as time, similar to physician Strange. He is able to work within the multiverse as well as he saved it from collapse during an incursion crisis, one of the biggest time manipulations in comics.
Marvel Comics: Iron Lad – very first appearance young Avengers #1
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Iron Lad (alias: Nathaniel Richards) is from the 30th century as well as is finest understood as being a time traveler who brought peace to Earth-6311. much like Marvel’s Tony Stark, he is extremely intelligent as well as produced a similar fit utilizing neurokinetic armor. The armor can produce temporal divergences, which provide him the capability to time travel as well as manipulate time.
Marvel Comics: Kiden Nixon – 1st appearance NYX (2003) #1
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Kiden Nixon is a marvel mutant that lives in Earth-616’s new York City. After her cop dad was killed, she counted on a life of crime. She accidentally found her chronokinesis (ability to manipulate the flow of time) when confronting a fellow gang member. She’s able to move into a quicker time-stream, shifting herself into a specify where time moves so slowly in comparison to her that it appears to stop. When she’s moving like this, what are seconds to everybody else feels like minutes to her.
Marvel Comics: Kronos – 1st appearance Iron guy #55 (Feb. 1973)
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Kronos is an Eternal who fought his brother, Uranos, as well as ended up being the sole ruler of the Eternals of Earth. Besides being incredibly wise with telepathy as well as cosmic awareness, he can likewise ended up being the embodiment of time. since of this, he can exert some manage over its flow, whether it’s slowing it down or speeding it up.
Marvel Comics: Magik – very first appearance Giant-Size X-Men #1
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Magik (alias: Illyana Rasputina) is a mutant sorceress from the MCU. She rules over a demonic realm understood as Limbo complying with her kidnapping from her older brother, the X-Man Colossus. While she is skilled in black magic as well as sorcery, she likewise has the capability to manage “stepping discs,” which she can utilize to teleport across interstellar distances, with time as well as the multiverse. She’s been understood to travel with moments, days, or centuries in time, both past as well as future. physician strange told her that she “had the prospective for fantastic feats of manipulating time on a wider scale,” so perhaps we’ll see more of Magik’s time manipulation in comics.
Marvel Comics: Suzanne Chan – X-Men: Deadly Genesis #3 (January 2005)
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Suzanne Chan is a mutant as well as a member of the X-Men. She’s likewise understood as Sway. She has the capability to manage time in her instant vicinity, which includes stopping time in minute radiuses (freezing projectiles in mid-air), slowing time down, as well as replaying the past in short busts, practically like watching a video.
Marvel Comics: tempo – very first appearance: new Mutants #86 (February 1990)
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Tempo (alias: Heather Tucker) is a mutant that very first appeared in Marvel’s new Mutants #86. She is a member of the Mutant Liberation Front, a terrorist organization who’s misguided objective resorts to violence in the name of mutant rights. tempo can manipulate time by slowing or stopping her opponents or speeding herself as well as her teammates up. While she’s powerful, it’s believed that her time manipulation can’t be maintained for long periods of time.
Marvel Comics: Timeslip – very first appeared in new Warriors #59 (May 1995)
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Timeslip (alias: Rina Patel) is a mutant who very first appeared in new Warriors #59 from Marvel. She experienced visions of the future growing up as well as only later discovered that she was swapping her consciousness aross time. She can travel forwards as well as backwards with time, as well as can manage other elements of it (slowing it down or speeding it as much as out-maneuver her enemies).
Marvel Comics: Velocidad – very first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #527 (October 2010)
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Velocidad (alias: Gabriel Cohuelo) is a mutant that’s affiliated with publish M-Day activations. His name comes from the Spanish word velocidad which approximately equates to “speed, rapidity, quickness, or fleetness.” His capability includes localized time manipulation, meaning that he can sluggish down the time around him while staying unaffected by the sluggish down. This provides him the appearance of moving extremely fast. fun fact: his powers speed up his aging greatly as well as he already has gray hair even though he’s in high school.
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Do you desire you were like these comic characters that can manipulate time? are there any type of other time manipulators in comic books that I failed to remember to include? let me understand in the comments below!
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