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Well comic ledger lover , Doomsday Clockmay have just been revealed , but it ’s already the most sought after DC Comics event in eld . The legendary author Geoff Johns could still be take a victory lap for DC ’s " Rebirth , " a company - wide return to their heroes ' root - with help fromtheWatchmen ’s Doctor Manhattan- but he ’s already working on the next massive twist . Its name isDoomsday Clock , a standalone series thatRebirthhas all been leading to promising Doctor Manhattan ’s motivations will be let on … putting the glare square on Superman .
It ’s a story Johns was n’t sure he would tell , but one he now says is the"most epic , utterly mind - turn away project I have ever worked on in my career . “And when the mind that dreamed up the acclaimedRebirthstorylines that each reshape the totality of DC ’s Universe title hisnextstory is the most " personal " one he ’s ever told … well , the comic world should lead off bet the days . Especially withDoomsday Clockbeginning as a bold aspect at the DCU through Manhattan ’s eyes … with the existence event of the preceding year convincing Johns and and creative person Gary Frank it was a story theyhadto tell .
The reveal comes courtesy ofBlastr , with Johns report the serial as a mean to take exception and"reaffirm"the fundamentals of DC ’s " Rebirth , " even as the publisher continues to draw the benefits of the creative rejuvenation . The idea that Doctor Manhattan had twisted DC ’s realness has kept proofreader hooked since Johns ’s first reveal inDC Universe : Rebirth#1 , with the new chapter in that mystery takingBatman and The Flash past Captain America ’s mega - eventin sales .
But with Johns returning to writeDoomsday Clockhimself , the whodunit of " Rebirth " takes center stage . And no , fans wo n’t need to compose up their checklist of tie - ins , crossovers , or one - shots -Doomsday Clockis a series all its own :
" It is security guard collide with the DC Universe . It is the most personal and most larger-than-life , utterly intellect - bend project I have ever worked on in my career . With Rebirth , I start the door to Manhattan . Part of that was I be intimate the real - world influence Watchmen has . I put Manhattan out there , and always thought there was a Manhattan / Superman account to be told , but then … it grew . And develop . It took my philia and soul over .
" We ’re not going to do a story like this unless we one - thousand per centum believe in it . It is all about the story ; it is only about the story . There are no crossing over . No watered down one - shots or mini - serial publication on top of this one . This is a standalone report . There is only Doomsday Clock . We had no interest in doing a crossover with this . We did n’t want to see Doctor Manhattan facing off against Superman in Action Comics , with all due respect . That is not what this is about . It is about something dissimilar … It will have an impact on the integral DC Universe . It will affect everything moving forward and everything that has come before . It will pertain the thematic and literal essence of DC . "
Johns is keeping vague about the story ’s specifics , saying only that the stories which mean the most to him , personally , have ensue in the best comics ( DC Universe : Rebirtha select lesson ) . So ifDoomsday Clockhas become the tale heneedsto William Tell … well , it may be one for the ages . And that makes it a story he could only twist to creative person Gary Frank to bring to life .
Frank and Johns have made a late habit of collaborating on canyon - modifying stories , but the Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics characterizes his role onDoomsday Clock(or simplyDCfor short ) as simply the writer . It ’s Frank who will act as theater director in bringing the ideas to life , and the likewise hand - foot editor in chief Brian Cunningham acting as supervise producer .
If you ’re get the imprint that the history is already heading into Geoff Johns ’s ' magnum opus ' , it ’s for undecomposed reason . The world has changed in significant elbow room since DC ’s " Rebirth " set out , and true to the soma at the inwardness of it all , Johns has been look on . As a result , Doomsday Clockwill be a reflection of the world we now live in - but not at all in the manner you might cogitate . Sure , twisting a wedge or darling image into something utmost might do drama in the short terminal figure . But Johns is looking to make a statement not only about the world of DC heroes , but the one that DC’sreadersnow occupy :
" When Rebirth kicked off , and I compose the special and worked with all the teams … I talked to Gary , and said there is a really interesting story with Doctor Manhattan , and his tip of view , and the intersection into what is the DC Universe . We debated whether we would ever want to do it , because it is a swelled job . We talk for six months , and the truth is , it was n’t until the election , and post - election , that I call Gary and said , ' I ’ve get the complete story . '
" It is about much more than the American president or the reactions to him . That is low hanging fruit to me . It goes big , deeper . It is about the world , and the attitude of people . I feel like there are extreme now everywhere , extremes on all position . There is no more olive offset . It does n’t exist . I feel like people , more and more , are separated . They are choosing sides , alternatively of figuring out how to make life better together . There is a real sense of ire , and foiling , and there is not a lot of compassionateness , or willingness to empathise in the domain … The truth is , if the world and the nation did n’t go a certain way , I do n’t acknowledge that we would be evidence this story . For us , the story would not exist if the last class did n’t unfold the way it did , and the rise of extremism was n’t so palpable . "
November is nowhere close enough to lead off holding your breath , DC fans , but make no error : Doomsday Clockis one series the comic humans may be talking about for years to come . And if you ask us , the Batman / Flash mysteryand the cosmos ofa mark new Supermanjust became required reading .
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Doomsday Clockbegins in November 2017 .
informant : Blastr
