Editing Controllers (DC Comics) (section)

===Pre-Crisis===
In their initial appearance, the Controllers originate from another dimension that was ravaged by war and seek to protect the main universe from the same fate.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jimenez |first1=Phil |last2=Wells |first2=John |title=The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia |date=2010 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=978-0345501073 |page=96}}</ref> They use their mind-control abilities to prevent intergalactic war, but also create powerful weapons, including the [[List of alien races in DC Comics#Sun-Eaters|Sun-Eaters]], gaseous beings that can devour whole planets and stars; and the Miracle Machine, a device that can turn any thought into reality.<ref>{{cite book |last =Rovin |first =Jeff |title =The Encyclopedia of Supervillains |publisher =Facts on File |date =1987 |location =New York |isbn = 0-8160-1356-X |pages=65–66}}</ref> In some depictions, the [[Time Trapper]] is a renegade Controller.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greenberger |first1=Robert |title=The Essential Superman Encyclopedia |last2=Pasko |first2=Martin |date=2010 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=978-0-345-50108-0 |pages=440–441}}</ref><ref>''DC Limited Collector's Edition'' #55 (1978)</ref>