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The unprecedentedWatchmen / DC crossover is set to terminate withDoomsday Clock # 12 , deliver a titanic engagement between theDr . Manhattan and Superman . turn over his power to see meter non - linearly , Dr. Manhattan already cognize how this competitiveness will stop . However , it seems like this scrap may be over before it ’s even begun .
The twelve outcome series revealed that Dr. Manhattan has been actively manipulating upshot within the DC Universe sincebeforeFlashpoint , include the New 52 . Various hero including Batman , The Flash , and Superman have found signs of his handicraft , despite Dr. Manhattan using his top executive to make formidable distractions for the bomber , including the re - issue of such figures as Eobard Thawne , the Flashpoint Batman and even Superman ’s father , Jor - El . All roads lead to a final showdown between Superman and Dr. Manhattan , where Dr. Manhattan believes either Superman will destroy him - or Dr. Manhattan will destruct this realism .
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As the official preview ( viaCBR ) indicate , however , the fight is n’t so clear - edit out . Just as the two are facing off for their shutdown , numerous alien Hero , include Geomancer and Black Adam , arrive on the view to hold Superman " accountable " for a massacre in Moscow secretly perpetuated by Doctor Manhattan . Other government - align superheroes around the world are seen mobilize - including the Atomic Knights - in what could clearly spill into a superhuman World War III . Superman beg the heroes to take the opposition to a less populated area , but his plea fall on indifferent spike as he quickly attacked from all side of meat .
Released in 1986 , the seminalWatchmen , written by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons , see a similar conspiracy to end the Cold War . Ultimately , a conspiracy targeting several superheroes was uncover to be the work of the master manipulator Ozymandias , who faked an foreign encroachment with a atomic burst at the heart of New York City . The result disaster galvanise the US and Russia to terminate the escalate Cold War and front a coarse foe . At the end of Watchmen , Doctor Manhattan declares his captivation with life as well as his intent to create some of his own . Given his actions in Doomsday Clock , it appear he has done just that .
Still , Doomsday Clock ’s final close might not matter either . It ’s surely no coincidence thatDoomsday Clockis ending just day after thefirst season finis ofWatchmen ’s follow - up on HBO . Despite the increased profile of theWatchmenbrand , Doomsday Clockitself feel queerly irrelevantamid other major DC events , likeYear of the Villainand theJustice / Doom War . The series has been running since 2017 , and while it was met with a sure arcdegree of ebullience during its debut , the Holy Writ feels like it will in all probability be lost in the shuffle of several major events . It ’s tough to say ifDoomsday Clockwill stick the landing place like its predecessor - or simply fall into comparative obscurity after its close .
Doomsday Clockis available in store on December 18th .
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