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Controller

Controller

There are two villains with the Controller moniker. One was a foe of the Legion of Super-Heroes and the other is a brilliant nemesis to Vigilante in New York City.

Name:
Controller
Publisher:
DC Comics
Real name:
Aliases:
  • Time Trapper
  • Monitor
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
First issue:
Adventure Comics (1938) #357 The Ghost of Ferro Lad!
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Legion of Superheroes Time Line

The Controller is the title given to a nemesis of the Legion of Superheroes.  

Regular Time Line

In the regular DC time line the Controller (also known as the Monitor) lives in New York City and is unable to move his body below the neck.  He is surrounded by a machine that he uses to move around.  Although his body may be weak his mind is not and he builds all kinds of aides to help him.  One such aide are robots known as executioners.

Issues

March 1984

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Vigilante (1983) #4 Passion Play March 1st, 1984

May 1984

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Vigilante (1983) #6 Memories May 1st, 1984

June 1984

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Vigilante (1983) #7 Origin June 1st, 1984

February 1985

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Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) #7 A Choice of Dooms February 28th, 1985

February 1986

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Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) #19 No Good Deed Go… February 1st, 1986

March 1986

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Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) #20 To Control a Wo… March 1st, 1986

July 1988

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The Wanderers (1988) #2 ...To Heavens Of Everythi… July 31st, 1988

October 1988

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The Wanderers (1988) #5 The Children's Hour October 31st, 1988

November 1988

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The Wanderers (1988) #6 Down These Mean Canals... November 30th, 1988

December 1994

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The Darkstars (1992) #26 The Ashes of Victory December 1st, 1994

October 2011

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DC Retroactive: Green Lantern - The '90s (2011) #… October 1st, 2011

September 2021

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Green Lantern (2021) #4 Polarity September 1st, 2021

Volumes

1983

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Vigilante (1983) 3 issue(s)

1984

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Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) 3 issue(s)

1988

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The Wanderers (1988) 3 issue(s)

1992

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The Darkstars (1992) 1 issue(s)

2011

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DC Retroactive: Green Lantern - The '90s (2011) 1 issue(s)

2021

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Green Lantern (2021) 1 issue(s)

Friends

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Executioner Robot

Enemies

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Vigilante

Enemy teams

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Legion of Super-Heroes