The Time Trapper is a fictional character, a supervillain in stories published by DC Comics. The Time Trapper's main enemies are the Legion of Super-Heroes. While the character first appeared as "The Time Trapper" in Adventure Comics #317 (February 1964) in a story written by Edmond Hamilton, a similar character named "The Time Master" had appeared earlier in Wonder Woman #101 (October 1958) in a story written by Robert Kanigher. In Super Friends #17 (February 1979), writer E. Nelson Bridwell wrote a story that hinted that the two characters were one and the same.
The Time Trapper's main powers are depicted as vast control over time itself. The Time Trapper's lair has been located at the end of time.
The Time Trapper was originally a strange robed warlord from the extremely distant future, well past the time of the Legion of Super-Heroes. In his early appearances, the Time Trapper (also known as Paras) created a strange "Iron Curtain of Time" that prevented the Legion from going into their future. He also commanded a vast number of slaves and had a henchwoman named Glorith, whom he eventually murdered.
Murder,
Slaughterer of men,
Destructor God,
Delights in battles din,
MURDER!!!
The child was formed by flames,
Deep in the vernal Earth,
Now crawls the spawn of cage,
Glamorous thirst for pain,
A cross upon the world,
He will claim his domain,
Young warrior stands,
untamed with fate in his hands,
Leaves them so gory,
On his path to empyrean glory,
Ares lunged, At Diomedes,
Furious, To take his life,
His bronze spear drives,
Right at his chest,
But forced to miss,
By the gray goddess,
Stabbing bolts, reach from the sky,
Rip his flesh, screaming battle cry,
Thunder roars, as he questions Zeus,
Why kill me, The son of Olympus,
YOU ARE STRENGTH
THE SWORD OF CONFLICT AND DISDAIN,
THE AXE OF BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS,
MY WILL ON HIGH BESTOWS YOU,
THE HONOR OF THE GOD OF WAR!
Unholy passion,
Set men's dark hearts aflame,
Thirsting for power,
The weak became the prey,
Fury and might,
Replaces right,
Men armed with fists,
Rough clubs to fight,
The DOOMTROOPER,
Puts weapons in their hands,
The streams of blood,