Readers of Doomsday Clock all SPOILERS thread

[Tazpocalapse]

This is my favorite issue of the series so far.

[Sam]

So how come the events of Watchmen still happened the way they did if The Comedian never died? That was kind of the catalyst for the whole thing. Maybe Doc created another Comedian body that hit the pavement, while teleporting the real Blake to the water?

Who says he didn't die? If Doc has the power to alter time and the very atoms of existence, he could easily bring someone back to life. The issue implied he didn't do it until he was in the DC Universe anyway.

[Denirac]

I'm saying the odds of Kovacs returning are pretty high now we can confirm its the real Blake

[Nick Miller]

Yes I really liked this issue.

Along with Doom Patrol #10, it was a good week for DC comics.

[Fairyprincess]

Who says he didn't die? If Doc has the power to alter time and the very atoms of existence, he could easily bring someone back to life. The issue implied he didn't do it until he was in the DC Universe anyway.

I assume he'll be returned to his place in time before the series is over.....

[madmodpoetgod]

So the Bat is not gonna get married with the Cat?

[Pohzee]

I've not read it, but does Bats in the Inc. suit indicate that that scene happens pre-Flashpoint/ without Manhattan machinations?

[RudHao]

Batman is not Dr. Manhattan. Johns has said in an interview that Batman's moment of doubt after meeting with the Flashpoint version of his father in "The Button" was a deliberate act by Dr. Manhattan to try to take Batman off the playing field.

That's the dummest thing ever, I love Batman, but really?, how is he a threat to Manhatabs plans exactly, and even if he was, JUST KILL HIM, for someone who is all powerfull like Dr Manhattan he sure does things in unnecesarily convoluted ways....

[Tazpocalapse]

I've not read it, but does Bats in the Inc. suit indicate that that scene happens pre-Flashpoint/ without Manhattan machinations?

Good point. With time being different we still don't know what period in D.C. history our timeline is set in.

[Stanlos]

That's the dummest thing ever, I love Batman, but really?, how is he a threat to Manhatabs plans exactly, and even if he was, JUST KILL HIM, for someone who is all powerfull like Dr Manhattan he sure does things in unnecesarily convoluted ways....

You know why! Him Ba'mayunnnnnn grrrrrrrrr!

And stuff!

[Nick Miller]

That's the dummest thing ever, I love Batman, but really?, how is he a threat to Manhatabs plans exactly, and even if he was, JUST KILL HIM, for someone who is all powerfull like Dr Manhattan he sure does things in unnecesarily convoluted ways....

Batman can take out anyone with enough........PREP

[Jody Garland]

Liberty Belle was married to Coleman's screenwriter. It looks like this 1954 subplot intersects with our Justice Society subplot.

the screenwriter is the Golden Age Tarantula, Jonathan Law. This seems to be echoing his sadsack alcoholic portrayal from Robinson's The Golden Age, which fits well with an examination of Watchman's long term effects on superhero comics, being one of the few comics to truly succeed at that sort of dark deconstruction.

[hkgkindaichi]

But we can see johnny thunder just like what we see in rebirth

[Bored at 3:00AM]

I was way off about The Comedian being a fake out, but the manner in which they brought him back was interesting enough that I want to know more.

I am genuinely curious what exactly Manhattan's plan is exactly. Clearly, it's not to just some dumb villain plot to conquer the DCU or something. It seems he's trying to improve it or fix it, or perhaps teach its heroes, Superman in particular, something.

[Sacred Knight]

Is Batman really Dr Manhattan? Is that why he locked him up?

I think Dispenser of Truth has been right on this whole time actually, and the book has been subtley setting up hints that Superman is Dr. Manhattan. He won't really be, but the in-story evidence will mount and start to lead characters in that direction until its all but confirmed to them. Then some sort of twist is pulled.