Superman in Doomsday Clock

[Lvenger]

DC chose the wrong time to release Doomsday Clock it seems

[HeroVladimir93]

DC chose the wrong time to release Doomsday Clock it seems

What makes you say that?

[Lvenger]

What makes you say that?

See MilesToGo's comment and its relation with Batman Damnation's Batawang controversy.

[Miles To Go]

Doomsday Clock#7

spoilers:

Superman makes cameo appearances on the news and later in Manhattan's vision at the end of the book. Apparently Clark loses all hope and is furious with the Doc in this vision, the world will apparently fall apart around them as they confront each other, he raises a clenched fist and...then nothing. Manhattan can't see past this moment, and he asks himself, does Superman destroy him, or does he destroy everything? Also, Reggie mails something to Lois over at the Daily Planet

end of spoilers

[AntoKent17]

Man... this Doomsday Clock is horrible.
I think, maybe a pretty decent idea, but really handled in a poor poor way...

5 to go. Thank God

[Hypestyle]

Superman needs to make Dr. Manhattan pay for all the deaths he has caused and bizarre time-space manipulations.

[Sacred Knight]

Likely at this point that Dr. Manhattan did a little tinkering after Superman's death to prevent the creation of Kon. Some bid to keep Superman unsullied or something by not having had his DNA manipulated.

[Miles To Go]

They're putting a lot of emphasis on Supes being the only trusted hero in a year's time at DC. If the world turns on him, that can deal him a big blow...but what if Lois is among those who turn on him?

Keep in mind the closing shots of the issue are of the photograph of Jon and his first love. If you've read Watchmen, you know things ended pretty badly for them, they fell out of love and she developed cancer from intimate contact with Jon.

Lois developing cancer was also one of the futures glimpsed in "Black Dawn", so if she doesn't turn on Clark, that potential illness might still crush him

[Superlad93]

she developed cancer from intimate contact with Jon.

This is untrue. It was a lie Adrian made up to deal mental distress to Jon. In reality Adrian gave her cancer.

It honestly seems like no one will be or is currently suffering from cancer in this book.

[Truman Burbank]

They're putting a lot of emphasis on Supes being the only trusted hero in a year's time at DC. If the world turns on him, that can deal him a big blow...but what if Lois is among those who turn on him?

Keep in mind the closing shots of the issue are of the photograph of Jon and his first love. If you've read Watchmen, you know things ended pretty badly for them, they fell out of love and she developed cancer from intimate contact with Jon.

Lois developing cancer was also one of the futures glimpsed in "Black Dawn", so if she doesn't turn on Clark, that potential illness might still crush him

Not quite. Janey Slater got cancer through gradual poisoning by Veidt as part of the plan to discredit Manhattan. If there were a turn from Lois, that would suggest to me it has been a manipulated one. And that may be one of the reveals later, with regard to the different lives of Superman and things that went on in the New 52.

[Ascended]

Man... this Doomsday Clock is horrible.
I think, maybe a pretty decent idea, but really handled in a poor poor way...

5 to go. Thank God

Ha. I feel the opposite. I think "Watchmen meets the DCU" is a terrible idea (and so is any kind of followup to Watchmen). But so far (I haven't read the latest issue yet) I've been enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would. But I'm dreading Clark's arrival since I usually dislike how Johns handles the character, so this might be the turning point for me. We'll see how it goes. I've been expecting the worst and been pleasantly surprised so far.

Superman needs to make Dr. Manhattan pay for all the deaths he has caused and bizarre time-space manipulations.

I definitely agree that Manhattan needs to pay for what he's done, but I'm not at all convinced he's the actual big bad. I think there's something else out there screwing with the DCU and Manhattan has been trying to counter it. He's used very questionable methods, he's murdered countless lives in potential timelines and broken reality.....but I think the thing he's up against is even worse. And the heroes will have to join up with the Watchmen to defeat the true threat.

I don't see DC making one of the Watchmen (other than maybe Ozymandias or Comedian because obvs) a straight up villain. Not even they could be that tone-deaf. And while the good Doctor was always a "ends justify the means" sorta guy, he's not trying to erase whole realities just for kicks. So whatever evil Manhattan has done.....he's had a good reason for it.

[Miles To Go]

This is untrue. It was a lie Adrian made up to deal mental distress to Jon. In reality Adrian gave her cancer.

It honestly seems like no one will be or is currently suffering from cancer in this book.

I stand corrected. Sorry.

[Superlad93]

I stand corrected. Sorry.

No reason to apologize. Honest mistake.

[Miles To Go]

No reason to apologize. Honest mistake.

Yeah, it's been a while since I read it...and I have a terrible habit of speed reading at the best of times, so certain things often slip by me.

Still, I definitely think Jon's relationship with Slater may play some role in something happening with Lois and Clark.

[adrikito]

Doomsday Clock 9 cover:

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