Future . . . Tense!
- by unknown writers and Bob Forgione
- Comic Book
- Science Fiction
- YA and Up
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Future . . . Tense!” by unknown writers and Bob Forgione , Adventure into Mystery #1 (Atlas Comics, May 1956) .
The debut of Rod Clayton’s first teleplay is being broadcast live tonight, and he hopes that it’ll provide the boost to his career that he’s been waiting for. But then a time scanner from the future arrives and shuts down the whole production.
—Michael Main
I am a scanner, a man whose job it is to scan the past, to find any small occurrence which might change the future world!
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1950 to 1959: presumed time of the story
- Far Future: in this far future, people have access to a hidden portion of their brain. They also have big, bald heads.
- Timeline Models
- Unexplained Timeline Model: It’s unclear whether there ever was a timeline where Rod’s show ever did get broadcast. Would have been a nice story had it clearly been in a single static timeline.
- Time Travel Methods
- Themes
- Guardians of Time: Just what are this so-called scanners? They’re not really time cops, because law enforcement is not their mandate. Perhaps they’re a time corps. But to us, they seem to be protecting and preserving a timeline, which is the call of a guardian of time.
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- “Future . . . Tense!” by unknown writers and Bob Forgione , Adventure into Mystery #1 (Atlas Comics, May 1956) .
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