TIME REVERSAL RAY
Classification: Terrestrial technology
Creator: Mr. Hyde (Calvin Zabo)
Users/Possessors: Captain America (Steve Rogers), Cobra (Klaus Voorhees), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Mr. Hyde
Aliases: "My greatest invention" (as called by Mr. Hyde), Recreater
First Appearance: Journey Into Mystery I#105/1 (June, 1964)
Powers/Abilities/Functions: The Time Reversal Ray could generate and project images depicting past events in which the person or persons targeted had enacted.
History:
(Journey Into Mystery I#105/1) - As part of their
alliance to destroy their mutual enemy Thor, Mr. Hyde built the Time
Reversal Ray to assist him and the Cobra; he demonstrated the device by
aiming it at the Cobra, then projected images of the recent past
depicting their meeting. Hyde intended to use the ray to lead them to
Thor's headquarters, and determine who he really was.
When the Cobra sighted Thor flying over Manhattan, he aimed the ray at him; he and Hyde later activated the device and saw images depicting Thor taking flight from Dr. Donald Blake's office. Realizing that there was some connection between Thor and Blake, they set off to Blake's office to threaten him.
(Avengers I#23 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, Iron Man used the Recreater to probe the recent past--Kang the Conqueror had somehow learned of his use of the device (see comments).
(Avengers I#23 (fb) - BTS) - After Kang captured Hawkeye, Quicksilver, and the Scarlet Witch from Avengers Mansion and transported them to the future, Captain America employed the Recreater--by aiming the device on the building, he learned of Kang's involvement in the disappearance of his teammates.
(Avengers I#23) - Upon looking at a view-screen and seeing Captain America holding the Recreater, Kang deduced that he must have used the device and learned of Kang's abduction of the three Avengers. Hearing Cap's challenge to him, Kang transported Cap (without the Recreater) to his future era.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Chic Stone.
Olshevsky's Index for Avengers I#23:
The Avengers' Recreater (last seen, as the Time Reversal Ray, in the first
story in Journey into Mystery I#105): it is stated that in this story that
it was last used by Iron Man, but there is no recorded Iron Man or
Avengers story that employs this device; most likely, it was confiscated
by Thor from the Cobra and Mr. Hyde after the stories in Journey into
Mystery I#105 and 106 and turned over to the Avengers; following this
story, it is presumably lost somewhere in the 31st century [Olshevsky
states that Ravonna
lived in the 31st century] because Reed Richards has to invent a
Heat-Image Tracer to perform the Recreater's function in Fantastic Four
I#66 instead of simply borrowing the Avengers' device).
Thanks to Per Degaton for pointing out the above info.
New and additional images by Ron Fredricks.
Profile by Prime Eternal and John Kaminski
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Time Reversal Ray should not be
confused with:
images: (without ads)
Journey into Mystery I#105/1, p7, pan8 (Mr. Hyde holding Time Reversal Ray; Cobra [background])
Journey into Mystery I#105/1, p8, pan3 (Cobra and Mr. Hyde watch Time Reversal Ray project images of their recent past)
Avengers I#23, p13, pan6 (Captain America holding Recreater on Kang's view-screen)
Appearances:
Journey Into Mystery I#105/1 (June, 1964) - Stan Lee (writer/editor), Jack Kirby (pencils), Chic Stone (inks)
Avengers I#23 (December, 1965) - Stan Lee (writer/editor), Don Heck (pencils), John Romita (inks)
First Posted: 02/12/2006
Last updated: 11/03/2024
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