Doomsday Clock Part 1

by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank

Overview

The world of Watchmen collides with the DC Universe in the most shocking story in DC history! Written by master storytellers Geoff Johns and Gary Frank--As the Doomsday Clock ticks toward midnight, the DC Universe will encounter with its greatest threat: Dr. Manhattan. But nothing is hidden from Manhattan, and the secrets of the past, present and future will leave ramifications on our heroes lives forever. Something is amiss in the DC Universe. Following the events of DC Universe: Rebirth and Batman/The Flash: The Button, Geoff Johns (Flashpoint, Justice League, DC Universe: Rebirth) and Gary Frank (Batman: Earth One, Shazam!, DC Universe: Rebirth) reunite to rewrite the past and future of the DC Universe in a story hailed as a masterpiece! Seven years after the events of Watchmen, Adrian Veidt has been exposed as the murderer of millions. Now a fugitive, he has come up with a new plan to save his once-adoring world: find Dr. Manhattan. Alongside a new Rorschach and the deadly Mime and Marionette, he arrives in the DC Universe and finds it on the brink of collapse. International tensions are running rampant with The Supermen Theory implicating the U.S. government in creating superhumans to maintain global dominance! But what is Dr. Manhattan doing in the DC Universe? And how is he related to the events of DC Universe: Rebirth and Batman/The Flash: The Button? Collects Doomsday Clock #1-6

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781779503404
Publisher:	DC
Publication date:	10/08/2019
Sold by:	DC Comics
Format:	eBook
File size:	116 MB
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Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of the New York Times best-selling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One, which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises in comics.

Johns was born in Detroit and studied media arts, screenwriting and film at Michigan State University. After moving to Los Angeles, he became an assistant to Richard Donner, director of Superman: The Movie. He and his mentor Donner later co-wrote Superman: Last Son featuring the return of General Zod.

Johns has written for various other media, including episodes of Smallville, Arrow and Adult Swim's Robot Chicken, for which he was nominated along with his co-writers for an Emmy. Johns was an executive producer on the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and co-wrote the 2017 hit film Justice League as well as the upcoming Wonder Woman 1984 film starring Gal Gadot. Johns currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Editorial Reviews

09/16/2019

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s Watchmen series inspires a second spin-off (after 2012’s Before Watchmen) in this world-colliding encounter between the Watchmen characters and the DC Universe. Launching from the revelation that DC’s 2011 “New 52” Universe was created by the big blue Dr. Manhattan, Johns (the Green Lantern series) leaps ahead to an even more dystopian post-Watchmen world from which Ozymandias, a new Rorschach (and villains the Marionette and the Mime, fundamentally the Joker and Harley Quinn of Earth-Watchmen) leap across universes into the world of Superman and Batman in search of the missing Dr. Manhattan. Frank (the Shazam! series) adeptly mimics Gibbons’s original design of mirrored and complementary panels and pages, as well as his well-choreographed sequences, such as when the Owlship bursts through clouds displaying the shadow of the Bat-Signal and crash-lands in an abandoned Gotham City amusement park. With copious violence, gore, and adult language, this series isn’t appropriate for younger fans—nor is it aimed at anyone who hasn’t already immersed themselves in the Watchmen lore. Notably, it was also created without Moore’s involvement or consent. But, despite whether Moore would approve, Johns and Frank treat his legacy with care. This highly entertaining metaphysical mash-up packs a wallop. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

11/08/2019

Johns (Blackest Night Omnibus) and Frank (Superman: Secret Origin) reckon with Watchmen's influence on modern superhero comics in the first part of this sequel to the best-selling graphic novel of all time. Seven years after destroying New York in order to save the universe, Ozymandias is exposed as a mass murderer, leading the world to the edge of war. Seeking redemption, he enlists an all-new Rorschach and villainous lovers Mime and Marionette in his search to track down Dr. Manhattan, who vanished at the end of the original series. The group journeys to the modern DC Universe only to discover another world on the verge of catastrophe, as widespread belief that the majority of superhumans were secretly created by the American military has resulted in an international arms race. Encounters with Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor, and the Joker follow, and while Dr. Manhattan is nowhere to be found, it quickly becomes clear he is at the center of a mystery with reality-shaking implications for all involved. VERDICT A tense and gripping homage to Watchmen's dissection of costumed crime fighters that also seems interested in probing the limits of its ongoing influence. A must for series followers, and a boon for DC fans seeking next chapters in its ever-expanding universe.—Tom Batten, Grafton, VA

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