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AfterWatchmenended , Dr. Manhattan ’s joined the DC Universe- with oneDoomsday Clocktheory suggesting he was converted as a famous DC superhero . It may seem like an bizarre estimate , and an even more direct link between the existence ofWatchmenand DC Comics than fans expectedwhenDoomsday Clockwas herald . The official continuation to theWatchmenstory promised to be one evencomic book fanscould abide by and apprize . And already , writer Geoff Johns has rally a lurid reveal about Dr. Manhattan ’s live function in the DC Universe .
Just two issues inDoomsday Clockis proving to be an challenging continuation ofWatchmen ’s narrative . Johns has introduceda novel Rorschach , pitch a tragic’true ' ending toWatchmen , and teased the possibility of secret association between the human race and character . But in military issue # 2 , the team - up of Ozymandias and Rorschach come up to DC ’s Universe in search of Dr. Manhattan … or whatever name he ’s now pop off by in this world of superheroes .
In the process , dropping a suggestion that is guaranteed to have comic rooter deliberate , speculating , and peradventure evendreadingthe come reveals .
Dr. Manhattan Came To DC’s Universe After ‘Watchmen’
When the premise forDoomsday Clockwas revealed to be"Watchmen heroes touch DC,“few take over that meeting would be literal , more than figurative . But in Issue # 2 , theWatchmenheroes literally enter DC ’s universe of discourse , tunneling through space and time to jump from their own world in 1992 to the modern DC timeline in 2017 . The goal stay the same for Ozymandias , the world ’s greatest criminal who murdered three million innocent New Yorkers , hoping it would keep open mankind . With the cosmos back on the verge , only Dr. Manhattan ’s god - like superpower can save it … but he has tofindhim , first .
To do that Ozymandias a.k.a . Adrian Veidt has turn to his intellect . His run - in with Manhattan in the final act ofWatchmengave him a hint , and the ability to hone in on Manhattan ’s molecular footprint . By tracking it , Ozymandias could , in theory , follow Dr. Manhattan to wherever it is he disappear to after the consequence ofWatchmensoured him on humanness . But that ’s easier said than done , requiring Veidt to attain quantum tunneling … since Dr. Manhattan did n’t go to a far - off place , but a far - offuniverse .
The DC Universe , to be more exact . And when he buzz off there … well , let ’s just say that the human race ’s smartest homo , and its greatest vigilante tec concoct a hypothesis . Not only is it potential for Dr. Manhattan to search out a new universe , but he may determine it ’s time toput himself into itas something more than the scientist he once was .
Did Dr. Manhattan Become Superman?
Since a being of Dr. Manhattan ’s power would be easy to find , Veidt does some excavation ( along with Rorschach ) into superhuman phenomena . But for all the similarities between the world of theWatchmen ’s past and this time to come of DC ’s , the adult difference is one everyWatchmenreader already knows . In the world dreamed up by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons , Dr. Manhattan ’s powers made him one of a form among costumed vigilante . But in DC ’s world , demonstrate superhumans are a dime a 12 . Which , as Rorschach points out , may be confirmation of Dr. Manhattan ’s handiwork .
As the dissemble notes , not every superhuman fame in the DCU is a new creation , completely foreign to their universe and account . Some of the living , emit superheroes on DC ’s Earth were already famous asfictionalones on their own world . Using detective skills befitting a man who survives only on pancakes , Rorschach deduces that Manhattan could have make them from his own memory ( some of the life bod he think to create in a world of his own making ) .
Yet Ozymandias pop off a footfall further , suggesting that Dr. Manhattan a.k.a . Jon Osterman may have done more than just make superheroes to seek to save the world . He just might have puthimselfinto the experiment :
It ’s potential , yes . Jon may have require to begin over with a new identity . A 2nd chance .
2nd fortune at what ?
Saving a world .
On some storey , it ’s really a more altruistic twist ( potentially ) than many DC referee would have bear , break the body count Manhattan jibe up on the way toRebirth . The enquiry begin to multiply once considering Adrian Veidt ’s theory : did Manhattan become a hero from the very beginning ? Is he cognizant of his new identity , or is he operate as a superhero AND mastermind of the universe ? If his overall goal is truly to save the humans … have we gotten theRebirththreat all wrong ?
Perhaps the most alarming question , and one fan must nevertheless ask , is if it get the most sentiency for Dr. Manhattan to be thefirstsuperhuman in the DCU , as he was in his own cosmos . Because if that ’s the type , the conclusion ofDoomsday Clock#1 just make a lot more meaningful .
Put together the steer advise Dr. Manhattan came to Earth from another universe , and took the identity of a certified superhuman so he could " redeem a world " the right way . Add in the fact that Superman - reassert in this same publication ’s news newspaper clipping to be the " first superhuman " to issue - is a central figure inDoomsday Clock , and the theory form on their own . Issue # 1 hopped to Superman for its conclusion without much explanation , but that vamper may make more sense in hindsight .
We ’re not offer our own hypothesis that Superman is " Manhattan ’s second chance , " or weighing the evidence for and against ( that will be conducted by lover everywhere , we ’re certain ) . But the interrogative has now been raised , leaving fans wonder - more than ever before - just how much impactDoomsday Clockwill have . The other stories in the largerRebirthmystery have teased Manhattan operate from the tail . Now , he may be standing in the spotlight … and be just as hidden .
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