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WARNING : This article contains SPOILERS forDoomsday Clock#2
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DC’sDoomsday Clockis look to answer a question most comic fan have believably asked : why are most superheroesAmerican ? The cynics might offer the simplest answer - that most superheroes are American , because most early comic writers and artists happened to be - but DC is after something bigger . Something more meaningful to the new DCRebirthmythology , and harmonise to Geoff Johns , a truth that will exchange the DC Universe go forward . The existence is n’t ready for the wallop of ' The Supermen Theory . ' But what is it ?
The hope ofDoomsday Clockchanging everything has been made in more than a few way since it was denote . And with theWatchmenstars connect DC ’s Universe , it ’s easy to see how there ’s no go back fromRorschach meeting Batman . Yet Geoff Johns maintains thatDoomsday Clockisn’t like most crossing , and write out # 2 sacrifice a major clue to his meaning .
Dr. Manhattan , Rorschach , and world - ending atomic threat are all headline - desirable twist . So why is it that Bruce Wayne ’s biggest concern is a corporate takeover from LexCorp , and a race to unlock the secret of metahumans on DC ’s Earth ?
As Johns explain in an interview withCBR , the second issue begin to secernate another core part ofDoomsday Clock ’s story . The public paranoia and objection over ' The Supermen Theory ' may be unite tothe mystery of Dr. Manhattan ’s location- but it ’s not a secret plan equipment . From the auditory sensation of it , the DC Universe may finally be wondering why the superhuman universe explode overnight .
well late than never , we suppose :
One of the things we need to do is go in – go inside . Go in the characters in what superheroes and supervillains would mean in a world like this , into the type individually , into the world , the DC Universe , and how it would oppose to metahumans .
One of the major elements that we bring out in issuing # 2 that ’s pass away to be a factor , this is DC Universe - affecting in a very major way for the characters , and thematically … this conception of the Supermen Theory … When you look at a world map , 97 per centum of all metahumans are American . Why is that ? What is the truth behind these supervillains and superheroes ?
That ’s going to playact a big constituent in the background going forth in our serial , and it ’s going to affect the textile of the DC Universe .
Johns goes on to tease a"secret conspiracy"tied to this possibility , and the news show clippings inDoomsday Clock#2 give a major hint . Aside from the clues of the Justice Society fighter render , it ’s obvious Lex Luthor is up to something . Paying off Wayne employees to spy on metahuman inquiry , buying up troupe with questionable ethics , and using the media to sour public sentiment against Batman is all distinctive Lex behavior . At least , itused to be … before theRebirthmade him into an actual zep .
So what gives ? The events ofDoomsday Clockare set one yr ahead of the rest of DC ’s current comic , mean fan may see the paranoia over America ’s fighter plosion develop in other book . But fear not : Johns is dictated to keep everything fan need to know in his own tale . Fans are drop dead to see ' The Supermen Theory ' grow , and see it all inDoomsday Clock :
We ’re adjudicate to make a book that you may find fault up publication # 1 and not have read anything , and read payoff # 2 and not have read anything . You do n’t have to go , " Why are they protesting Batman ? " You ’ll find out in the book . One of the enceinte things that is going to have a major impact in the DC Universe is this construct of the Supermen Theory and where it goes . I ca n’t overstate that enough .
Doomsday Clock#2is usable now .
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Source : CBR
