Hourman

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Rex Tyler

Rex was a business man who used his company to develop a drug that could enhance human attributes for one hour if it was used in a condensed dose. Using this new drug, dubbed Miraclo, Rex became the hero Hourman and joined the Justice Society Of America. Eventually he left the JSA and went on to join Uncle Sam's original group of Freedom Fighters. Rex became addicted to his drug and used various forms of it until he had to give up on the whole hero thing. Eventually, his son Rick took over the mantle regardless of Rex's objections.

Years later after his son gave up the mantle of Hourman, Rex continued the fight until he seemed to die by the hands of Extant, but the android Hourman managed to travel to the moment and save him by positioning him in a secluded time pocket that Rick could visit for an hour at a time.

Rick Tyler

During the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Rick used a Miraclo pill and a new costume to become a new version of Hourman. Much like his father however, he became extremely addicted to Miraclo and he sought to use new ways of introducing it into his system. Currently he uses gauntlets that inject it right into his system. For awhile Rick wasn't Hourman and the android became the Hourman for the time being until Rick wrestled the role away.  Rick is now a member of the world's first super team, the Justice Society of America and is happily married to Jesse Chambers, Liberty Belle.

Matthew "Ty" Tyler

During Rex's life he had frequent blackouts. It turned out that these were actually periods of time where he would travel to the future and run his company, Tyler Chemorobotics. He became self-aware in the year 85000330. He is a diamond-generation intelligent machine colony, DNA-programmed with Tyler Miraclo gene biosoftware. He is known as the master of time. This version had remarkable powers and was granted the Worlogog, an advance time altering device which grants him mastery of time and space, by Metron in hopes of making him into a New God.

At one point Hourman came into the past with the rest of the Justice Legion Alpha to warn the present Justice League Of America about the future threat of Solaris. He unwittingly carried the deadly hourman virus into the 20th century. He remained in the past and befriended Justice League mascot Snapper Carr and given the name Matthew Tyler. To make himself more able to experience humanity, he gave up the Worlogog. During his time here he joined the Justice Society Of America, fought Amazo, and traveled through time. Eventually though he returned to his own time.

POWERS
Like his name suggests, Hourman has super strength, speed, durability and agility for an hour at a time. After an hour, his strengths goes away and must recharge. He also  is a good hand to hand combatant.

Thanks to the Worlogog, Hourman can bend both time and space and play with it like Silly Putty. With it, he can do anything imaginable.