Epoch (DC Comics)

"Lord of Time" redirects here. For the alien species from Doctor Who, see Time Lord.
Lord of Time, Epoch
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Justice League of America #10 (March 1962)
Created by Gardner Fox (writer), Mike Sekowsky (artist).
In-story information
Alter ego Unknown
Abilities Super-advanced technology in armour permits time travel and can summon any necessary weapons or paraphernalia from any previously visited time period

Epoch, also known as The Lord of Time, is a comic book fictional character published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Justice League of America #10 (March 1962) and was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky.

A powerful being from the year 3786, the Lord of Time attacks the Justice League of America, using his chrono-cube to peel back the fourth-dimensional veil of time. Since his initial defeat by the JLA, this fugitive from the future learned to move laterally and diagonally through history, accessing armies and armaments spanning millions of years. He desires to conquer space and time. To make sure his bid to rule all reality is successful, he is capable of eliminating the JLA's ancestors, erasing them from existence. At some point, the Lord of Time created a frozen moment in history called Timepoint, and he will eventually evolve into a being known as Epoch who desires to master the timestream, changing events to grant him power.

Epoch seemingly died in the JLA/WildC.A.T.s crossover. However, he recently returned, once again as the Lord of Time, in the The Brave and the Bold series. Epoch also made an appearance in the Justice League of America 80-Page Giant #1 comic (November 2009), where he battled the JLA and tossed all the superheroes back in time.

Chronology of events

Lists down the appearances of The Lord of Time by order of publication. Whether some of these events have occurred or have been erased due to the time fluctuations experienced in Crisis, Zero Hour and Infinite Crisis is up to conjecture.

Notes

Timepoint

The "Timepoint" is a prison for time traveling superheroes in the DC Universe. Epoch creates the Timepoint in order to stop others from creating time fluctuations, in order to rule all of time. It is a frozen moment in time of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The android Hourman, Snapper Carr and ex-wife Bethany were trapped here once.[17] The android Hourman used this place to save the life of Rick Tyler until he can find a way to cure him from an unidentified alien disease.[18] Later on, the android also plucked Rex Tyler from the moment of death during Zero Hour and placed him here to act as counsel for Rick for an hour's worth of time.[19]

References

  1. Justice League of America (vol. 1) #10
  2. Justice League of America (vol. 1) #11
  3. Justice League of America (vol. 1) #50
  4. Karate Kid #'s 12-15
  5. Kamandi #58
  6. Justice League of America (vol. 1) #'s 159-160
  7. Justice League of America (vol. 1) #'s 198-199
  8. Justice League of America (vol. 1) #245
  9. Crisis on Infinite Earths #9
  10. Showcase '94 #10
  11. JLA/WildC.A.T.s
  12. Hourman #'s 3-4
  13. Brave and the Bold (vol. 3) #3
  14. Justice League of America (vol. 2) 80-Page Giant #1
  15. Superman/Batman #s 79-80
  16. http://www.George-Perez.com/
  17. Hourman #'s 3-4
  18. Hourman #9
  19. JSA #36
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