Geoff Johns' Doomsday Clock Trailer: Watchmen Crossover Comic Explained

A new trailer has been released by DC for the upcomingDoomsday Clockseries , which brings together Justice League heroes andWatchmencharacters . The outcome series will pit Superman against Dr. Manhattan , but will also boast several other Justice League members ( admit Wonder Woman and Batman ) as well as the rest of the Watchmen team . The tax return of Rorschach has already been teased in anew back for the series , and the labor has been name as"epic and utterly mind flex " -building the hype for what is sure to be one of the biggest events in the DCU for many age .

Doomsday Clockis tight linked toDC ’s Rebirth , and was originally rag in the first event of Rebirth , when Batman discovered the iconic smiley face while attempt to figure out who had been fiddle with time . It ’s prison term that the Justice League get word it ’s Dr. Manhattan who is responsible for the monolithic change to the timeline - and this is a reveal that is sure to have huge backlash for the entire DC universe . Now , a new dawdler for the book delves into the approaching serial in a little more detail .

The video is just over three minutes of Geoff Johns himself talking about how the idea for the series came to him , how it ties in toRebirth # 1 , and a little bit about what devotee can ask from the series . Johns is collaborating on the series with Gary Frank and Ben Anderson , an absolute dreaming team for DC .

This is n’t the first time that DC has release a trailer like this for a major comic event . In 2015 , a similar launching campaign was make forRebirthitself , and whileDoomsday Clockmay not have quite the same kind of rebound across the DC universe thatRebirthdid , it ’s still clear this is an absolutely monolithic DC event . Johns will be further promotingthe series at New York Comic Con , where the first page will be revealed to the consultation at his control board .

This trailer is a fantastic look at whereDoomsday Clockstarted , and is a double-dyed monitor for fans of how the Watchmen crossover was first teased at the beginning ofRebirth . Johns ' mania for the capable material is obvious , and he briefly mentions the political mood that has informed the plot line ( and is bound to be rabble-rousing , as politics in comics often are ) . The video also feature another cover for the serial , with a chemical group of people waving a sign reading " The End Is Here , " which also wed into some of the political tinge to the story .