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Doomsday Clock #9 Rewrites Firestorm's Origin (Spoilers)

Published Wed, 06 Mar 2019 06:30:02 -0600

Last updated Mon, 11 Mar 2019 05:40:20 -0500

Everything you knew was wrong. Doomsday Clock, DC's unauthorised sequel to Watchmen has been spinning the story of The Supermen Theory, that the US Government was deeply involved in creating the superhero and supervillain characters that populate the world – and mostly the USA. Specifically, that Firestorm was a creation of such a program, the allegation made in Russia in front of the world's media. Much that he denies it in Doomsday Clock #5.

And Superman also knows the truth, that it's bunkum. From Doomsday Clock #8…

It was a nuclear accident. Well, in Doomsday Clock #9, Ronnie Raymond gets to revisit the moments before that accident, courtesy of the time-travelling Dr Manhattan.

When he gets his timelines caught up, that is.

Professor Martin Stein groomed Ronnie Raymond to turn them both into a government-controlled superbeing, to be named Firestorm. A suggestion that others were formed in similar ways. And now Raymond has seen the truth – at least the truth shown him by Manhattan.

With the backmatter underlining that this was also an espionage activity to embed Firestorm amongst the other superhero teams….

And all down to Stein's son. Fathers and sons, it does seem to be quite the factor in everything Dr Manhattan seems to do with the DC Universe…

Wonder if that will affect Donald Trump and his kids?

DOOMSDAY CLOCK #9 (OF 12)
(W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Gary Frank
The critically acclaimed series by master storytellers Geoff Johns and Gary Frank reaches its most shocking chapter yet when the DC Universe collides with its greatest threat: Dr. Manhattan. But nothing is hidden from Manhattan, and the secrets of the past, present and future will rock the very foundation of the DC Universe.In Shops: Mar 06, 2019
SRP: $4.99

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