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37-478: The Linear Men are a team of men and women who police time and work to resolve time paradoxes. The core team consists of Matthew Ryder (the leader and founder), an alternate future version of Ryder known as Waverider , Travis O'Connell, Liri Lee, and Rip Hunter , although other members of the Linear Men have been seen from time to time. An alternate Matthew, one who was once employed by Lex Luthor , also became part of

74-1042: A character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure . Nate Heywood Commander Steel (also known as Captain Steel , Citizen Steel and Sergeant Steel ) is the name of three superheroes appearing in media published by DC Comics , all members of the same family. The first Steel appeared in Steel, The Indestructible Man #1 (1978), and was created by Gerry Conway and Don Heck . His stories were set in World War II . The two later characters called Steel are his grandsons. Nate Heywood / Steel, his grandfather Henry Heywood / Commander Steel, and Nate's father Hank Heywood all appear in Legends of Tomorrow , portrayed by Nick Zano , Matthew MacCaull, and Thomas F. Wilson respectively. The character served as an homage to

111-546: A newly terraformed Earth-like planet (nicknamed Earth 2) following some of their Wonders actions during the Convergence event. In Earth 2: Society , he is a member of the World Army cabinet working to maintain peace amongst the new cities of Earth 2. In hopes of preventing war from happening between two cities, Erebus and Ark Home, Hank is granted full military suppression by Commander Sato to any hostiles of both parties. Steel

148-518: A previously unrevealed adventure of the Detroit-era JLA. In 2010, he played a major role in the two-issue Justice League of America vol. 2 tie-in to Blackest Night , where he was temporarily resurrected. The third Steel made his debut in the 2007 relaunch of Justice Society of America , where he appeared for several years until the team was split into two separate groups by writers Bill Willingham and Lilah Sturges , where he appeared as one of

185-674: A rather important fact about the Linear Men: they are unaware of the Crisis on Infinite Earths , while this small group knows about the former multiverse, as the villain Konstantin Vyronis noted. Rip Hunter eventually locks the Linear Men away for unknown reasons. In the Time Masters: Vanishing Point limited series , it is revealed that Rip and the Linear Men were never in agreement about how to handle time and that Rip, tired of

222-532: A scientist from a post-apocalyptic 2030 led by the villain Monarch . He built a time machine to travel to the past and prevent his rule, but was fused with the timestream, gaining the ability to travel through time and fly at high speeds. Making his way into the year 1991, Waverider predicted the futures of numerous heroes in his search for Monarch. However, when he encounters Captain Atom , their energies interact to create

259-473: A speed penalty. In September 2011, DC Comics cancelled and relaunched its entire line of monthly comics, in an initiative called " The New 52 ", and in so doing, rebooted the continuity the DC Universe . There are two different versions of Commander Steel on Earth 2: In this new timeline, Hank Heywood Jr. appears as Captain Steel in the comic series Earth 2 taking place on the titular Earth. This version

296-569: A superhero. Afterward, Henry joins the All-Star Squadron and participates in World War II. He is later transported to Earth-One during Crisis on Infinite Earths, retires, and becomes Justice League Detroit 's benefactor. Following the death of his grandson, Henry Heywood III, Henry comes out of retirement and is killed battling Eclipso . He is later resurrected following The New 52 and DC Rebirth relaunches. The second Steel

333-425: A temporal wave that enables Monarch to travel back in time. When Monarch later killed Dove , her partner Hawk became enraged, beat Monarch, and unmasked him, only to see that Monarch was his future self. Waverider and various heroes who he gathered defeated a demonic being called Abraxis. Later, while Waverider was traveling through the time stream, he encountered an alternate timeline doppelgänger of himself, who

370-466: Is Henry "Hank" Heywood III . Following the death of his parents, he is raised by his grandfather, the original Steel, and subjected to the same process that gave him powers. Hank later joins the Justice League before one of Professor Ivo 's androids kills him during the Legends event. In Blackest Night , Steel returns as a Black Lantern until Doctor Light destroys him. Nathan Heywood

407-466: Is a Filipino man whose bones were reinforced with experimental metal to prevent him from dying from a degenerative bone disorder. During Darkseid 's invasion of Earth 2, Hank's father kills himself and destroys his research to prevent Parademons from obtaining it. He is among those who managed to escaped the Apokolips Invasion in the following series Earth-2: World's End and found sanctuary in

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444-546: Is attacked by Ultra-Humanite 's soldiers and Steel is gravely injured by a metahuman named Scalpel. Flash rescues Steel and sends him to a nearby medical team, but upon the speedsters's return to his friends, he announces Hank's nearing death, upsetting the group. Following a brief encounter with Ultra-Humanite, Fury opens the Pandora Vessel as a last resort in saving the Wonders with Earth-2 being recreated once again. Following

481-512: Is blocked by Flash , Power Girl , and Huntress . Following a small argument, the conflict is ended as Green Lantern re-purposes his power ring to become Earth 2's energy supply. Steel is among those who come into conflict with Fury and Aquawoman following the Amazonian's suggestion to use an artifact known as the Pandora Vessel to recreate the Earth back to its original state. The World Army cabinet

518-568: Is the Waverider -using A.I. called Gideon. In season one , Time Master Rip Hunter goes rogue after Vandal Savage murders Hunter's family in the future. Intending to stop Savage, Hunter recruits a team consisting of Ray Palmer, Sara Lance, Martin Stein, Jefferson Jackson, Kendra Saunders, Carter Hall, Leonard Snart, and Mick Rory. They discover that the Time Masters are backing Savage in his domination of

555-508: Is the grandson of Henry Heywood and the cousin of Henry Heywood III. He is a former football player at Ohio State University who is forced to retire after his leg is injured and ultimately amputated. Nathan is later attacked by the villain Reichsmark, who transforms his mother and brother into metal statues. He is exposed to Reichsmark's blood, regenerating his leg and transforming him into an organic metal being. Following this, Nathan joins

592-499: The Convergence event, Booster Gold becomes a new Waverider after Rip Hunter takes him into the timestream to save him from dying due to the effects of excessive time travel. Waverider can time-travel at will, and is capable of accessing the time stream and monitoring it. He can also access a person's aura to view their past and future, fly at the speed of light, fire quantum energy blasts, and become invisible and intangible. The Matthew Ryder incarnation of Waverider appears as

629-471: The 853rd century without any errors. Rip Hunter explains this anomaly to various key heroes when he reveals the existence of Hypertime, a mass of alternate timelines, which he had kept secret from the Linear Men due to their inability to accept its existence. Rip Hunter then goes on the run from his former colleagues after he took the Superman, Batman , and Wonder Woman characters from the year 2020 (along with

666-523: The Justice Society as Citizen Steel. Originally Commander Steel could lift 1,000 pounds, but when he appeared in the pages of the All-Star Squadron , he was attributed 'super-human' strength without an exact limit. Citizen Steel's metallic body grants him superhuman strength and allows him to take direct blows from opponents as powerful as Gog , and remain standing, and in turn knocking him to

703-510: The 1940s. Starting in 1984, the second Steel appeared as one of the lead characters in Justice League of America , until its cancellation during the Legends crossover in 1987. He made a single appearance several years later in issue #38 of Justice League America , a continuation of Justice League International , where he was killed. In 2006, he played a leading posthumous role in a single story arc of JLA Classified , which chronicled

740-521: The Biblical Spear of Destiny, with which they can alter their fates. The team is joined by Amaya Jiwe, an African superhero from the Justice Society of America , and Nate Heywood , a modern-day historian who acquires the power to become solid metal at will. In season three , the team discover that they created anachronisms throughout time, and Rip has formed the Time Bureau to help fix them. Rip tells

777-567: The Black Beetle can escape, and the Linear Men go with him. They then teleport through time to search for Waverider's corpse in the future Earth's desolate wasteland. After Black Beetle finds Waverider's corpse, he double-crosses them, revealing his plan to use Waverider's power to become invulnerable. Black Beetle attempts to fuse with the power of Waverider's corpse, but is thwarted by Supernova. Instead, Liri fuses with Waverider's corpse to become Linear Woman, after which Black Beetle escapes. Rip and

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814-537: The Linear Men's interference, locked them away in a cell at Vanishing Point. Later, Matthew Ryder and Liri Lee are freed from their imprisonment by the Time Stealers: Black Beetle , Despero , Per Degaton and Ultra-Humanite . Black Beetle intends to use the Linear Men to bring Waverider to life, but Supernova prevents Black Beetle from dystopia and sends the Time Stealers back to the present. However,

851-523: The Marvel Comics character, Captain America . "Steel was intended to be a tip of the hat to the original Captain America. My favorite Cap stories, when I was growing up, were the ones Stan and Jack set in World War II, so I was just trying to recapture that feeling." Steel first appeared in a series set in 1939, Steel: The Indestructible Man , written by Captain America writer Gerry Conway . The series

888-536: The children of various other heroes) back in time to 1999 to help the younger 'Trinity' stop Gog. The Linear Men also help Superman fight the threat of Dominus . They are featured heavily in the comic book title Chronos , which features Walker Gabriel, accused of the murder of a Linear Man agent. Another Linear Agent pursues the protagonist throughout time, including the town of Smallville during its very early 'Wild West' days. A small, time-traveling troupe of entertainers also opposes this agent. This series also noted

925-471: The completion of the recreation, Earth 2 returns to its original state, but it never had a history of the Wonders of the World protecting it and Sandmen soldiers keeping everything in check 24/7. An unidentified man sporting Steel's color appears before Huntress, Batman , and John Grayson. This man is identified as Sergeant Steel and is the first and last member of a super soldier program called Americommando. He

962-513: The end of time, where he was destroyed by entropy as the universe collapsed. In Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! , Waverider was killed by Extant and succeeded by his present-day self. In 52 , the second Waverider is killed by Booster Gold's robot Skeets, who was being controlled by Mister Mind . Waverider's successor is Liri Lee , a member of the Linear Men who gained his powers after fusing with his corpse and became Linear Woman . During

999-535: The ground—the only one in the JSA able to do so—but at the cost of reducing his sense of touch so that he cannot really feel anything he comes in contact with, making it hard for him to judge how much effort he should put into doing things. His alloy suit limits his strength to controllable levels but at a cost of slowing him down, as well as making him so heavy that he has been shown cracking pavements just by walking. Upon removing his suit, he can unleash his full strength without

1036-490: The lead characters in JSA All-Stars . In 2011's The New 52 reboot of DC's continuity, he is shown to exist on Earth 2, under the name Captain Steel . Henry Heywood is a biology student whose teacher, Gilbert Giles, gives him cybernetic enhancements to save his life following an attack by saboteurs under Baron Blitzkrieg 's command. He keeps his abilities a secret, but becomes frustrated with doing so and chooses to become

1073-473: The moon in AD 2995. This is exactly what was supposed to happen and Travis O'Connell's sacrifice keeps the timeline on track. During Gog 's attack on Superman in the event The Kingdom , killing him in his present and then traveling back to the previous day to do it again, the Linear Men are shaken at the lack of anomalies on their equipment. Superman is constantly killed, yet their records still show him as alive in

1110-512: The rest of the Time Masters arrive, but Linear Woman refuses to agree with Rip's rules of time travel and teleports herself and Matthew through the timestream. The Legends of Tomorrow is based on Linear Men, with its members being Arrowverse characters like Sara Lance / White Canary , Atom (Ray Palmer) , Mick Rory , Nate Heywood , Zari Tomaz , Wally West , John Constantine , Hawkman , Hawkgirl , Rip Hunter , Jefferson Jackson , Martin Stein , Leonard Snart and Amaya Jiwe . Their base

1147-556: The storyline Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! (September 1994). A third version of the character first appeared in Convergence: Booster Gold #2 (July 2015) as a reborn older version of the pre- Flashpoint Booster Gold (also created by Jurgens). After his transformation, he is instrumental to saving the multiverse in Convergence #8. His powers are the same as the original Waverider, but his knowledge and history are Booster Gold's. Waverider originated as Matthew Ryder ,

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1184-424: The team of the demon Mallus, whose follower Nora Darhk has resurrected her father Damien and Amaya's granddaughter Kuasa, also recruiting Gorilla Grodd so that they can release Mallus from his prison by perverting history. The team loses both members of Firestorm, but is joined by Zari Tomaz, a hacktivist from 2042 whose air-controlling amulet is connected to Amaya's totem, and Wally West, a speedster formerly under

1221-534: The team. They operate in a base that exists during the last possible moment before the end of the universe, called Vanishing Point. The team's name is taken from the premise that after the Crisis on Infinite Earths , time is strictly linear and paradoxes can unravel the sole remaining timeline. Thanks to Rip Hunter, they remain blissfully ignorant of Hypertime . Before the Crisis , Travis O'Connell perishes when he detonates

1258-576: The tutelage of the Flash . Waverider (comics) Waverider is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics universe . He was created by Archie Goodwin and Dan Jurgens , with the first version of the character, Matthew Ryder, first appearing in Armageddon 2001 #1 (May 1991). A second version of the character is a Hypertime -line counterpart and partner of the original, who became Waverider after his superpowered doppelgänger 's death during

1295-533: The world in 2166 to facilitate a successful repulsion of a Thanagarian invasion. Due to Snart's sacrifice, the Time Masters are destroyed. In season two , with the Time Masters defeated, the team guard the timeline themselves, and cope with Rip's absence after he disappears. However, they are plagued by the Legion of Doom , a time-travelling team led by Reverse Flash ( Eobard Thawne ), who has recruited versions of Damien Darhk , Malcolm Merlyn , and Leonard Snart to find

1332-521: Was canceled after five issues, and Steel later made a guest-appearance in Justice League of America . Steel was also a member of the World War II era All-Star Squadron team. He made a prominent appearance many years later in four issues of the Eclipso ongoing series, where he was killed. After this, he appeared in issue #2 of the 2010 series, DC Universe: Legacies , which chronicled the superheroes of

1369-580: Was still a regular human (since Monarch's future reign had been erased). Following this, both Matthew Ryders joined the Linear Men , a group that contained time-traveling beings who protected the time stream, with the powerless Ryder eventually become the team's leader. Despite the Linear Men's policy of non-intervention in the timeline – to the point that Waverider was discouraged from preventing Superman 's death during his first battle with Doomsday – Waverider helped Superman defeat Doomsday by transporting him to

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