| “ | The story of how you came to be the Batman is an underworld legend. A lone gunman murdered your parents... while you watched helplessly--tearfully. How would you like to go back in time... for a fleeting moment... to save your parents from death? Can you save them from destruction... yet at the same time destroy your own reason for being? | „ |
| ~ Chronos |
Chronos is a major antagonist in the DC Comics Universe, serving as the main antagonist of The Atom franchise. The archenemy of The Atom, he is one of the founding members of the Injustice Gang and a powerful supervillain who uses time to inspire his crimes.
Biography[]
Chronos in the Prime Earth continuity
The first Chronos was David Clinton, a meticulous thief and a clockmaker who based his crimes on precise timing and used gimmick time themed weapons. This character did, in fact, create a time traveling machine which later became the basis of his successors' own equipment. He first appeared in The Atom #3 (November, 1962) and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane.
When the Outsider (Alfred Pennyworth of Earth-3) traveled to the dimension of the Justice League, he paved the way for the arrival of his master, Owlman, and his allies, the Crime Syndicate. To that end, he gathered together some of Earth's most dangerous Super-Villains to form the Secret Society. Desiring an HQ that could shift through time and space, the Outsider shackled and drained the energies of the time-traveling villain, Chronos, to fuel the hideout's time leaps.
Other Versions[]
Walker Gabriel[]
The second incarnation of the character is Walker Gabriel, an actual time traveler and a reluctant hero. He first appeared in Chronos #1 (March, 1998) and was created by John Francis Moore and Paul Guinan.
Jia[]
Lady Chronos/Jia
The third incarnation of the character is Jia, a Chinese woman who had been in a relationship with Ryan Choi, Ray Palmer's replacement as the Atom. She partnered up with Clinton in a scheme to torment Ryan Choi and destroy his life. She first appeared in The All-New Atom #9 (May, 2007) and was created by Gail Simone.
Jia was the longtime sweetheart of the young and socially awkward Ryan Choi, a stereotypical nerd more interested in science than a social life. Eventually, Jia and Ryan parted, and she ended up marrying the local football jock, Alvin, a guy who at high school did his best to make Ryan's life miserable. Ryan Choi, now an American teacher and the new Atom, at Ivy University, was contacted again by Jia, claiming that her husband, who had died in unclear circumstances, had resurfaced as an undead being who was harassing and stalking her.
Ryan, still carrying a torch for Jia, returned to Hong Kong to fight the menace of Alvin, and his undead gang of bullies. There Alvin revealed how Jia herself had brutally killed him, and she was far from being the helpless woman she pretended to be to rekindle her relationship with Ryan. They parted again.
Sometime after that, Jia came into possession of David Clinton's research, and became the third Chronos, later Lady Chronos. Wearing a female version of Clinton's outfit, she allied with Clinton in his attempt to destroy Ivy Town and ruin the Atom's reputation for good. Using her knowledge about Ryan, she helped Chronos into faking a mail correspondence with Ryan, giving him the shrinking belt he eventually used to become the Atom, but planting the seeds of his downfall, trapping part of the denizens of Ivy Town in a microverse held in strange viral constructs hidden in Ryan's bloodstream.
With some help from the former Atom, Ray Palmer, Ryan dodged the bullet, but still feels responsible for Jia's wrongdoings. Jia claims that Dwarfstar, master assassin and shrinking nemesis of Ryan, is her "firstborn". Whether she's speaking literally, or metaphorically as both men got their powers by her actions, remains to be seen.
Lady Chronos is later seen as a mind-controlled pawn of Starro the Conqueror, along with Chronos. During her battle against Booster Gold for ensuring Starro's domination of the timestream, she reveals to know with a certain degree of intimacy the future adventures of Booster and his sister Goldstar, having observed and interacted with them.
Other Media[]
Animation[]
David Clinton as Chronos in Justice League Unlimited.
- Main article: Chronos (DC Animated Universe)
- David Clinton appeared in the two-part Justice League Unlimited animated series episode "The Once and Future Thing", voiced by Peter MacNicol.
Chronos in Batman: The Brave and the Bold
- Chronos appeared in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Sword of the Atom!". Chronos is a time-controlling villain and an enemy of Atom (Ray Palmer). When Ray Palmer retired from being Atom, Chronos wasn't seen for awhile. Some years later as seen in "Sword of the Atom," Chronos resurfaces causing Ryan Choi and Aquaman to look for Ray Palmer. By the end of the episode, Ryan Choi returned to being Atom and helped Batman and Aquaman defeat Chronos. He later returned in "Triumvirate or Terror" as a member of the Legion of Doom.
- Chronos/David Clinton appeared in Justice League Action episode "Time Share", voiced by Andy Richter.
Live-action[]
- Main article: Mick Rory (Arrowverse)
- Chronos appeared as a supporting antagonist in season one of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, portrayed by Dominic Purcell and Jordan Davis, with voiced provided by Steve Blum. This version is the thief and time-traveler Mick Rory. When Snart was forced to maroon Mick in an unknown time period, he was found by the Time Masters and brainwashed into becoming a temporal bounty hunter.
- Lady Chronos appeared in The Flash episode "Partners in Time", portrayed by Diana Bang.
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Other Media[]
Trivia[]
- He is similar to Kang the Conqueror from the Marvel Universe.
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