For 10 points, name this author, who in real life penned such novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds.
On an episode of Lois and Clark, this figure helps Superman prevent the villain Tempus from killing Clark Kent as a baby. In a 1979 film, Malcolm McDowell plays this figure as he does battle with Jack the Ripper in 1970's San Francisco. One film based on this man's works features the heroic Dr. Clayton Forrester, while antagonists created by this man are the main villains in the second League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic series. In one movie based on his works, Tom Cruise plays Ray, who tries to protect his children. One of this man's novels was adapted into a 1938 radio broadcast which frightened Americans into thinking an invasion was happening.   For 10 points, name this author, who in real life penned such novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds.
On an episode of Lois and Clark, this figure helps Superman prevent the villain Tempus from killing Clark Kent as a baby.
Herbert George {Wells}