Father Time is a morally ambiguous figure in the post-Infinite Crisis DC Universe. He is the commander of the Super Human Advanced Defense Executive (S.H.A.D.E.), a USA PATRIOT Act-funded covert operations group employing metahumans to fight terrorism. He might be seen as an analogue to Marvel Comics' Nick Fury. His own concerns appear to have at least as much to do with consolidating power as with national security. In Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #1, he assassinates a presidential candidate applying too much scrutiny on S.H.A.D.E., and replaces him with a double. Infinite Crisis was a seven-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics. ... Cover to the History of the DC Universe trade paperback. ... All comic book fictional universes depict their own versions of our reality except with the added complication of men and women who exhibit superhuman abilities. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Ultimate Nick Fury. ... In the Golden Age of Comic Books of the 1940s, Will Eisner created a superhero version of Uncle Sam for Quality Comics. ... Freedom Fighters is the name of a minor DC Comics comic book superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company, Quality Comics, and the short-lived comic book series of the same name featuring those characters. ...

Father Time first appeared in Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers of Victory: Frankenstein #3, temporarily pressing the undead assassin into S.H.A.D.E. service. He next appeared in the Infinite Crisis tie-in The Battle for Bludhaven, and appears to be a major player in the new Freedom Fighters miniseries. Curiously, the character in Frankenstein appeared as a youngish black man costumed something like Will Eisner's The Spirit, but wearing a bowler hat. The Father Time shown in Freedom Fighters, on the other hand, is a much older white man with long hair and a Buffalo Bill beard. Time is reborn in a new body on New Year's to accompany the new year. Grant Morrison (born January 31, 1960, Glasgow) is a Scottish comic book writer and artist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this comics-related article or section may require cleanup. ... Frankenstein is a DC Comics character created by Grant Morrison and Doug Mankhe in 2005. ... Blüdhaven is a fictional city in the DC universe and the most recent home of Dick Grayson (aka Nightwing). ... William Erwin Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an acclaimed American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. ... The Spirit (real name Denny Colt) is a fictional American masked crime-fighter, created by Will Eisner in 1940, who starred in a Sunday-newspaper comic-book insert. ... Buffalo Bill Cody William Frederick Buffalo Bill Cody (February 26, 1994 – January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, buffalo hunter and showman. ...