Rip Hunter... Time Master

In the early 1960s, DC Comics launched Rip Hunter... Time Master, a 29-issue series that followed the adventures of a brilliant scientist and his young companions—Corky and Bonnie Baxter, along with Jeff Smith—as they traveled through history in a spherical time machine. Under the steady hands of writers Jack Schiff, Jack Miller, and George Kashdan, and artists like Sheldon Moldoff, Bill Ely, and Alex Toth, the series blended educational historical settings with science fiction thrills, offering a family-friendly take on temporal exploration. While not as iconic as DC's superhero titles, it stands as a charming and inventive piece of the Silver Age, showcasing a more cerebral brand of adventure that influenced later time-travel concepts in comics.