Timebroker
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| The Timebroker | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Exiles #1 (August 2001) |
| Created by | Judd Winick Mike McKone |
The Timebroker is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Judd Winick for the comic book Exiles; a psychic construct created by the Timebreakers, an insectoid species who accidentally damaged a large number of alternate universes.
Fictional character biography
[edit]The Timebroker first appears in Exiles #1, when he invites the Age of Apocalypse version of Blink to join a group of dimension-lost superheroes whom he named "The Exiles", whose mission would be to repair damaged realities. A team member whose home reality is repaired is immediately sent home, and replaced with someone new.[volume and issue needed]
To repair each damaged reality, the Exiles must complete a mission given to them by the Timebroker through a communications device called the Tallus, worn by the leader of the group. These missions are usually humanitarian or heroic in nature, but sometimes involve assassination.[volume and issue needed]
The Timebroker creates a separate team of lost heroes, called Weapon X, whose job is mainly wetwork. When they grow out of control, the Timebroker orders the Exiles and Weapon X to battle each other until only six remain.[volume and issue needed]
In Exiles #53, the Exiles receive a warning: "Beware the Timebreaker. He is not what he seems." Almost immediately after, the Timebroker acts irrationally, giving orders to murder the Age of Apocalypse X-Men as well as the Exiles' Mimic. The Exiles later learn that the Timebroker is an illusory entity created by the Timebreakers to trick the Exiles and Weapon X into fixing the realities that they had damaged.[1][2]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Timebroker at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)