Rip Hunter
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Rip Hunter is a DC Comics character who first appeared in Showcase #20 (May 1959), then got his own series which ran for 29 issues (1961-65). He later starred in the 8 issue Time Masters series from 1990 which was written by Bob Wayne and noted author Lewis Shiner. He was created by Jack Miller and Ruben Moreira.
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[edit] Fictional character
[edit] The Time Masters and the Linear Men
Rip Hunter was an ordinary man who used his Time-Sphere time-travel machine to delve into time. Aided by his friend, Jeff Smith, girlfriend Bonnie Baxter and Bonnie's kid brother Corky, they had many adventures in time.
After several trips back & forth, he was eventually recruited to be one of the Linear Men. Simply calling himself "Hunter", he stayed with the group until it was effectively destroyed after the Imperiex onslaught. Hunter's purpose for being part of the group was to protect Hypertime from the group, whose purpose was contrary to the Linear Men's existence.
Recently a pre-Linear-Men Rip Hunter has reemerged into the present, taking members of the Justice Society of America back through time to the days of World War II. He hints at a background significantly different from a simple scientist, though no further details have been revealed as of this writing. It was revealed that 'Rip Hunter' could not be his real name.
[edit] 52
In the aftermath of the Infinite Crisis, Rip Hunter's future has changed. Now, he is the inventor of time-travel technology in the DCU. However, realising the dangers of publicising himself as such, he refuses to tell anyone his real name, date of birth or childhood home, to protect himself from time-travelling villains. This strategy has paid off - on at least one occaison, Rip has used his anomalous status to save the DCU from a time-based villain (Per Degaton).
Rip Hunter is mentioned by Booster Gold in issue 3 of the comic 52. Booster Gold, suspecting damages in the very fabric of time, tries to contact him. Apparently his status as a time traveler is still current, as is the uniqueness of his Time-Sphere. Booster Gold finally discovers his whereabouts in an old concrete bunker in Arizona Desert. Unfortunatly the bunker is sealed with a time lock that is only open on January 1st, 52 B.C.
When Booster Gold finally manages to find his way into the bunker, he finds only a blackboard, a globe and some pieces of paper filled of writings about the future of the DCU - with references to facts/events like the mortality of Vandal Savage, the last Lazarus Pit of Nyssa Raatko, the appearances of the mysterious Supernova, the new Batwoman and Aquaman, his fear of being constantly monitored, the destiny of the New Gods after the disappearance of the old ones, a strange note about death by lead, multiple references to the number 52, and the sentence: "TIME IS BROKEN". A globe, marred with a red X, shows the sentence "World War III. Why? How?".
Hunter was not there, however, and his Time-Sphere, resembling a classic Legion of Super-Heroes time bubble, lies broken. Amidst the chaos of the laboratory Hunter had left a note, accusing Booster Gold of having disrupted the flow of time. It was later revealed in issue 19 that the one accused by the note was, in fact, not Booster but Skeets, his robot companion. Whether Hunter survived the ordeal, or is currently stuck somewhere or sometime else, is still unknown.
During week 27 it was revealed that Rip Hunter's location is still not known. Skeets managed to cripple his organization by killing many time-travelers including Waverider.
