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| The Timebroker | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Exiles #1 (August 2001) |
| Created by | Judd Winick Mike McKone |
TheTimebroker is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character was created byJudd Winick for the comic bookExiles; a psychic construct created by the Timebreakers, an insectoid species who accidentally damaged a large number of alternate universes.
The Timebroker first appears inExiles #1, when he invites theAge of Apocalypse version ofBlink to join a group of dimension-lost superheroes whom he named "The Exiles", whose mission would be to repair damaged realities. A team member whose home reality is repaired is immediately sent home, and replaced with someone new.[volume & issue needed]
To repair each damaged reality, the Exiles must complete a mission given to them by the Timebroker through a communications device called theTallus, worn by the leader of the group. These missions are usually humanitarian or super-heroic in nature, but sometimes involve assassination.[volume & issue needed]
The Timebroker also creates a separate team of lost heroes, calledWeapon X, whose job is mainlywetwork. When they grow out of control, the Timebroker orders the Exiles and Weapon X to battle each other until only six remain.[volume & issue needed]
InExiles #53, the Exiles receive a warning: "Beware the Timebreaker. He is not what he seems." Almost immediately after, the Timebroker acts irrationally, giving orders to murder the Age of Apocalypse X-Men as well as the Exiles'Mimic. The Exiles later learn that the Timebroker is an illusory entity created by the Timebreakers to trick the Exiles and Weapon X into fixing the realities that they had damaged.[1][2]