Father Time (Marvel Comics)

Father Time
Publication information
Publisher	Timely Comics/Marvel Comics
First appearance	Captain America Comics #6 (Sept. 1941)
Created by	Stan Lee & Al Avison
In-story information
Alter ego	Larry Scott
Team affiliations	Crazy Sues

Father Time (Larry Scott) is a fictional comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Al Avison in Captain America Comics #6 (Sept. 1941), published by Marvel predecessor Timely Comics during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books.

Publication history

One of future Marvel patriarch Stan Lee's first co-creations, Father Time starred in a backup feature in Captain America Comics #6-12 (Sept. 1941 - March 1942), by which time it was being drawn by Jack Alderman. The feature also appeared in Young Allies Comics #3 (Spring 1942), and Mystic Comics #10 (Aug. 1942). In 2011 he appeared again in All-Winners Squad: Band of Heroes as a member of the war time team Crazy Sues.

A different, non-superhero Father Time appeared as a character in the Blonde Phantom story "Doomed for Death" in Blonde Phantom Comics #22 (March 1949).

Hawkeye (Clint Barton), the superhero archer of the team the Avengers, disguised himself as an unrelated character named Father Time in the 50th-anniversary issue Captain America #383 (March 1991). Another unrelated character of the same name appears in DC Comics.

Fictional character biography

Wearing a hooded cloak and wielding a scythe, Larry Scott seeks to make time work against criminals, rather than in their favor. He becomes Father Time to save his wrongfully accused father from being hung, but was only seconds too late to prevent his father's death.