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The Road To Doomsday Clock In Today's Action Comics #990, Detective Comics #967, And JLA #17

Published Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:14:26 -0500

Last updated Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:46:15 -0500

Doomsday Clock is less than a month away. And it is likely whatever revelations regarding Mr. Oz and his role in the DC Universe will be up by then. He is currently believed to be Jor-El, the father of Superman and grandfather of Jonathan Kent, but seriously, who knows anymore? It seems unlikely that as Superman's 80th year is upon us, that his father will turn out to actually be a genocidal psychopath willing to see the population of the Earth be destroyed.

Because that, as we see today, is what's coming. Possibly at the hands of Watchmen's Dr. Manhattan…

Everything is going kablooey.

The end of all things. Of the entire plane of existence. Judgment Day. While over in Detective Comics #987, which ties into Action Comics #990 in other ways, a certain Robin is celebrating escaping Oz's clutches and revealed as alive to his compatriots.

And having to deal with another of Oz's kidnappees, his future self, the Batman of Tomorrow… because, I suppose, why capture one person when you can capture their future self, as well? And demonstrates a certain time-fluidity to Mr. Oz's nature. So what is coming? Well, Justice League Of America #17 may have a clue, down in the Microverse, looking at the state of reality…

And what was forced into it…

That's a rather blue hand, isn't it?

He's a-comin'. Doomsday Clock #1 is published on November 21st at 11.57 p.m.

ACTION COMICS #990
(W) Dan Jurgens (A) Viktor Bogdanovic (CA) Nick Bradshaw
"THE OZ EFFECT" part four! If Superman refuses to join Mr. Oz's cause, maybe Superboy will! The mysterious villain hits Superman where it hurts when Oz and Jon join forces. But the stakes are raised when the Last Son of Krypton is forced to choose between his son and saving his adopted home planet.
RATED T In Shops: Oct 25, 2017
SRP: $2.99

DETECTIVE COMICS #967
(W) James Tynion IV (A/CA) Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira
"A LONELY PLACE OF LIVING" part three! It's a race to save the future of Tim and his team as Red Robin tries to escape his prison outside of time and find his way back to Earth.
RATED T In Shops: Oct 25, 2017
SRP: $2.99

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #17
(W) Steve Orlando (A/CA) Ivan Reis, Joe Prado
"PANIC IN THE MICROVERSE" finale! The Justice League-betrayed! Ray Palmer, the original Atom, said not everyone could be trusted in the microverse, and he meant it! By rescuing Palmer and finding the Ignition Point, has the Justice League doomed all reality? It's the quantum conclusion the sci-fi epic that began in DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1!
RATED T In Shops: Oct 25, 2017
SRP: $2.99

DOOMSDAY CLOCK #1
(W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Gary Frank
DC Comics presents to you a 12-issue maxiseries from the critically acclaimed team of writer Geoff Johns, artist Gary Frank and colorist Brad Anderson. You are not prepared for what lies ahead within these pages, good readers. In Shops: Nov 22, 2017
SRP: $4.99

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