Hourman
Rex Tyler

Religion: not determined yet

Name: Hourman

Alter Ego: Rex Tyler

Other Names: Hour-Man; The Man of the Hour; Hourman I; Rex "Tick-Tock" Tyler

Classification:  hero  

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #48 (Mar. 1940): "Origin of the Hour-Man"

Creators: Ken Fitch, Bernard Baily

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 98

Teams/Affiliations: All-Star Squadron; Freedom Fighters; The Justice League; The Justice Society of America

Race: white

Gender: male

This character is in the following 52 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Adventure Comics

Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #48 (Mar. 1940): "Origin of the Hour-Man" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #56 (Nov. 1940): "Dr. Slight's Living Statues" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #58 (Jan. 1941): "The Great Train Robbery" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #59 (Feb. 1941): "Dr. Feher, Hypnotist of Crime" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #60 (Mar. 1941): "The Plot Against the Minute-Men" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #61 (Apr. 1941): "The Runaway Dinosaurs" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #62 (May 1941): "Mystery at Castle Manor" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #63 (June 1941): "The Rich Robbers" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #64 (July 1941): "The Little Men Who Weren't There" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #65 (Aug. 1941): "The Black Ray" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #66 (Sep. 1941): "Counterfeit Coal" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #67 (Oct. 1941): "Reform School Racket" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #68 (Nov. 1941): "Death at the Opera" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #69 (Dec. 1941): "Dr. Wizen's Gorohs" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #70 (Jan. 1942): "The Magic Carpet" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #72 (Mar. 1942): "Dr. Glisten" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #73 (Apr. 1942): "Criminal Quiz" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #75 (June 1942): "Mystery of the Missing Link" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #77 (Aug. 1942): "The Case of the Hi-Jacked Hep-Cats" (lead character)
Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #461 (Jan.-Feb. 1979)

All-Star Comics

All-Star Comics (vol. 1) #2 (Fall 1940): "Dr. Morte, Spiritualist" (lead character)
All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant #1 (Sep. 1999): "The 90-Minute Man" (lead character)

All-Star Squadron #50 (Oct. 1985): "Crisis Point!"
America vs. the Justice Society

America vs. the Justice Society #1 (Jan. 1985): "I Accuse"
America vs. the Justice Society #2 (Feb. 1985): "Trial by Congress"
America vs. the Justice Society #3 (Mar. 1985): "Hostile Witness"
America vs. the Justice Society #4 (Apr. 1985): "D-Day For Degation"

The Golden Age #4 (1994)
JLA #5 (May 1997): "Woman of Tomorrow" (statue)
JSA #52 (Nov. 2003): "Brand New Day" (statue)
JSA vs. Kobra #2 (Sep. 2009): "Engines of Faith, Part Two: Strange Days" (photo/picture/video)
Justice League of America

Justice League of America (vol. 1) #21 (Aug. 1963): "Crisis on Earth-One!"
Justice League of America (vol. 1) #22 (Sep. 1963): "Crisis on Earth-Two!"
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #0 (Sep. 2006): "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" (1-panel cameo)
Justice League of America (vol. 2) #38 (Dec. 2009) (photo/picture/video)

Justice League: Cry for Justice #4 (Dec. 2009): "The Fix" (2-panel cameo)
Justice Society of America

Justice Society of America (vol. 2) #1 (Aug. 1992): "Home Again"
Justice Society of America (vol. 2) #3 (Oct. 1992): "Out of the Past"
Justice Society of America (vol. 2) #5 (Dec. 1992): "Only Human" (cameo)
Justice Society of America (vol. 2) #6 (Jan. 1993): "Give Me Liberty..."
Justice Society of America (vol. 2) #8 (Mar. 1993): "Whispering Death!"
Justice Society of America (vol. 2) #9 (Apr. 1993): "Hearts of Darkness, Eyes of Hate"
Justice Society of America (vol. 2) #10 (May 1993): "JSA No More?"
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #1 (Feb. 2007): "The Next Age, Chapter 1" (cameo)
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #8 (Oct. 2007): "Belles & Whistles"
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #9 (Nov. 2007): "Prologue"
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #16 (July 2008): "One World, Under Gog, Part 1: He Came, and Salvation with Him" (cameo)
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #26 (June 2009): "Happy Birthday Stargirl" (only on cover)

Last Days of the Justice Society of America Special (1986): "The Last Days of the Justice Society"
Secret Society of Super-Villains #15 (June-July 1978): "The Wizard's War of the Worlds!" (cameo)
Showcase #56 (June 1965): "Perils of the Psycho-Pirate!" (lead character)
The Spectre (vol. 1) #7 (Nov.-Dec. 1968): "The Hour Hourman Died!" (lead character)

Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hourman
  - http://www.comicvine.com/rex-tyler/29-22787/
  - http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=hourman
  - http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=hourman
  - http://comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=244
  - http://www.cosmicteams.com/quality/profiles/FreedomFighters.htm
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/708/
  - http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=6076