Tempus (comics)

Tempus
Tempus battles Thor. From Thor #282. (1979)
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Giant-Size Fantastic Four #2 (Aug 1974)
Created by	Gerry Conway and John Buscema
In-story information
Alter ego	Tempus
Team affiliations	Immortus
Abilities	Superhuman strength and endurance Control over time Immortality

Tempus is the name of two fictional characters in the Marvel Universe.

The first Tempus is an enormous humanoid who dwells in Limbo and serves Immortus. An immortal creature created from the stuff of Limbo, he views his undying nature as a curse, and often remarks that he would consider execution a suitable reward for his services to Immortus.

The second is an Australian teenager, who can create time-freezing bubbles and teleport people through time. She is a new member of the Uncanny X-men.

On his master's behalf, the first Tempus has fought many different superheroes, including the Fantastic Four, and the West Coast Avengers. He was fought and defeated by Thor as part of a plot by Immortus to rob Thor of his ability to travel in time using Mjolnir.

The Destiny War was ignited when Immortus sent Tempus to kill an apparently critically ill Rick Jones on the moon. He was defeated by Kang the Conqueror, but was later rejuvenated in the same series by Immortus and sent to fight Hawkeye. Tempus' plan to defeat the hero by regressing him backwards through time to the point of non-existence backfired when Hawkeye regained his lost size changing abilities, granting him enough power to defeat Tempus again.

The second Tempus, Eva Bell, is a goth-punk teenager from Gold Coast, Queensland. When her powers newly manifest, Cyclops appears and asks her to join his new X-Men. She at first doesn't want to and prefers a normal teenage life, but then the Avengers come to recruit her and she decides she will not have a normal life and Cyclops's team will be cooler. She then creates a time bubble that freezes the Avengers, so they can escape.