DC Stops Beating Around the Bush, Reveals Villain Behind Rebirth - Sensationalist Headlines

[t]https://i.imgur.com/1jnH3v8.jpg[/t] [T]https://i1.wp.com/thefanboyseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/the-flash-22-spoilers-the-button-part-4-2.jpg?w=600[/T] [T]https://i0.wp.com/thefanboyseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/the-flash-22-spoilers-the-button-part-4-3.jpg?w=600[/T] [T]http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/styles/blog_post_in_content_image/public/FLS_22_spread.jpg?itok=Ata5_lPZ[/T] [QUOTE]Let the countdown begin, because Geoff Johns' story about "The Button" is coming full circle this November with Doomsday Clock. The standalone DC-published miniseries written by Chief Creative Officer Johns, with artist Gary Frank, will continue the narrative that began last year with his Rebirth Special #1, and more recently unfolded in a four-part arc in Batman #21, and concludes this Wednesday with The Flash #22.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.blastr.com/2017-5-13/dc-comics-geoff-johns-doomsday-clock-interview[/url]

Hasn't Alan Moore suffered enough?

[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;52243023]Hasn't Alan Moore suffered enough?[/QUOTE] No. Alan Moore is kind of a dick. And the interview paints Doomsday Clock as a very interesting and mature miniseries.

[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;52243023]Hasn't Alan Moore suffered enough?[/QUOTE] Oh my God. [t]http://i.imgur.com/lO9GtPA.jpg[/t] Alan Moore is fucking dead.

[QUOTE=Steel & Iron;52243043]Oh my God. [t]http://i.imgur.com/lO9GtPA.jpg[/t] Alan Moore is fucking dead.[/QUOTE] What makes this even funnier is that the guy is[Sp]actually Swamp Thing's biological father.[/sp]

DC said at the time they were committed to having the Watchmen be a real thing in the DC continuity, and I really don't think it has anything to do with Moore other than what he wrote and how he made the characters act, which is just as much a veering off as Moore originally did himself. These characters sure as hell didn't start as government stooges, schizophrenics and serial date rapists, so you can't say "omg what did DC do" cause DC allowed Moore to completely redefine these characters. Secondly, Moore would have hated ANYTHING DC did with them after he got done with them, so that's not even really pushing the bar. Not saying this will be the best thing ever, but it hasn't been shit so far, and frankly we've already seen Superman break the rules when it means giving people hope and a sense that someone out there has their ass if shit hits the fan, and we already have Injustice for the opposite; so if this just ends up being "Batman is ok with Superman conspiring to keep things hopeful" rather than "Batman is not ok with the Justice League junior dudes literally mindfucking over B villains as Teen Titan training day chew toys", frankly in a world where Marvel comics currently exist as they do, I'm fine with that.

I actually read Watchmen for the first time just this year, so I am rather curious to see what they're doing with this.

It's was so obvious that Dr. Manhatten was behind it from the minute they found the Comedian's button

The crux really isn't who, it's why. Hopefully it's a interesting and compelling reason.

I didn't even realize it wasn't confirmed that Manhattan did this

Supermans about to learn how to love the BBC.

It's cool to see someone Superman can't punch his way through be the antagonist for a change.

[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;52243589]It's was so obvious that Dr. Manhatten was behind it from the minute they found the Comedian's button[/QUOTE] Even more when you see who blasts Dr. Zoom and who he describes when he follows who the button lead him to.

This means that Watchman is going to be an alternative universe in the DC canon right? Comic canon is always confusing to me :s:

[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;52243589]It's was so obvious that Dr. Manhatten was behind it from the minute they found the Comedian's button[/QUOTE] Yeah wasn't this already known? The first issue tied in Watchmen, also God's hand is blue. [t]http://www.newsarama.com/images/i/000/171/184/original/DCUREB_Cv1_ds.jpg[/t] Last time we saw Dr Manhattan [sp]he talked about creating his own life,[/sp] it was clear cut from the start.

What, Watchmen has continued? I've only read the original book, is the other stuff worth catching up on? Personally I think the characters only really worked in the original story, I never wanted a Rorschach comic or a NightOwl comic since they seemed to exist purely to put forward the look and feel of the world.

[QUOTE=vladnag;52249064]What, Watchmen has continued? I've only read the original book, is the other stuff worth catching up on?[/QUOTE] When Moore signed the deal with DC, he made sure they could never make a sequel. So instead DC made a prequel series with the original characters with the story taking place before the Watchmen book. It was aptly called "Before Watchmen" [t]http://i.imgur.com/XK1yOo1.png[/t] And it was a pile of doodoo.