Waverider (character)

This article is about the DC Comics character. For other characters, see Waverider (disambiguation).
Waverider
The Matthew Ryder incarnation of Waverider as depicted in Superman: Legacy of Superman #1 (February 1993). Art by Arthur Adams.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceArmageddon 2001 #1 (May 1991)
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoMatthew Ryder
Team affiliationsLinear Men
Justice League
Abilities
  • Time travel
  • Can access a person's aura and see their past and possible future
  • Quantum energy blasts
  • Lightspeed flight
  • Invisibility
  • Intangibility

Waverider is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics universe. He was created by Archie Goodwin and Dan Jurgens, with the first version of the character, Matthew Ryder, first appearing in Armageddon 2001 #1 (May 1991).[1] A second version of the character is a Hypertime-line counterpart and partner of the original, who became Waverider after his superpowered doppelgänger's death during the storyline Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! (September 1994).

A third version of the character first appeared in Convergence: Booster Gold #2 (July 2015) as a reborn older version of the pre-Flashpoint Booster Gold (also created by Jurgens). After his transformation, he is instrumental to saving the multiverse in Convergence #8. His powers are the same as the original Waverider, but his knowledge and history are Booster Gold's.

  1. ^ Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1990s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Armageddon 2001 was the DC Comics event of the summer...Written by Archie Goodwin and Denny O'Neil, and drawn by penciler Dan Jurgens, Armageddon 2001 chronicled the birth of time-traveling hero Waverider.