In 1969 an alien menace invaded Earth. While attempting to stop the alien, some members of S.M.A.S.H. were killed while others were imprisoned in suspended animation. The Black Terror, now called The Terror, was one of the heroes killed while Tim was imprisoned above the Earth. Tom Strange escaped and crossed the Milky Way for 30 years to reach his counterpart Tom Strong. Strange returned with Tom Strong and the two freed Tim and the other science heroes. Tim revealed to the other heroes that Benton was a polymath (a person who excels in multiple fields, particularly in both arts and sciences) and told Tim that if anything happened to him, Tim was to activate Program Omega. Finding Terror’s secret hideout the heroes learned that Benton transferred his personality into a computer program called The Terror 2000. With The Terror 2000, S.M.A.S.H. was able to stop the alien menace permanently.

As when Benton was alive, Tim attached his loyalties to the new Terror 2000 program. During the next three years, with the upgraded Terror 2000 program and Diana Adams (Ms. Masque), Tim helped established the Terror Inc. corporation in Invertica City. He also started a romance with Diana until she broke it off because of her feelings for Carol Carter (Fighting Yank II). Tim was left heart broken, but continued to help run Terror Inc.

In 2004 The Terror 2000 program took on a darker agenda. During a time anomaly crisis caused by an unconscious Captain Future, the now upgraded Terror 2000 attempted to capture Future’s ship. The Terror 2000 believed it could use the ship to control time. It was speculated that the megalomanic program killed Tim and replaced Tim’s brain with it’s computerized one. In the end, a past version of Benton emerged out of time to destroy The Terror 2000 program. Tim’s body is now laid to rest.

Powers: By breathing the vapors of the Formic Ethers, Tim’s body was augmented. His strength and reflexes had been enhanced to super-human levels. Tim was also skilled in many hand-to-hand combat methods.