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Carter Nichols was a genius living in Gotham City. Many years ahead of his time, Nichols had devised a time travel method in the 1990s.

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A brilliant genius, Nichols was recruited into the Black Glove, whose leader, Simon Hurt, wanted to use his time travel machine to summon Barbatos. Since the ceremony required a sacrificial lamb, a random bum was chosen. Nichols, refusing to let an innocent die, betrayed Hurt. Instead of being killed, he was forced to live as a hermit for the rest of his life. Thus, Nichols was never able to enjoy the spoils of his labours. When the Batman and his partner Robin came on to the scene, Nichols showed them his new time machine, but was attacked by the Joker. Thus, Nichols returned to his life of solitude. Eventually, having enough, Nichols time travelled to the future, killed his older self and brought the corpse back to present day. Presumed dead, he was finally able to live as a free man.

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