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Now They're Teasing Doomsday Clock #6 in Newsweek

Published Wed, 27 Jun 2018 08:00:19 -0500

Last updated Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:32:21 -0500

Newsweek was an American weekly news magazine founded in the heady days of 1933. In 2012 it went web-only and in 2013 was acquired by IBT Media, relaunching in print in 2014.

In January their offices were raided by investigators and computer servers were confiscated. The magazine's own staff published an exposé about editorial interference into the reporting of a story about the magazine's ties to an obscure Christian school, Olivet University, including an effort to identify confidential sources and threatened resignations of the reporting staff if the story was spiked. During this period, Editor in Chief Bob Roe, Executive Editor Kenneth Li and political reporter Celeste Katz were fired.

And now they are teasing the next issue of Doomsday Clock, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen published by DC Comics, as issue #6 focuses on Mime, Marionette, and the Joker.

Geoff Johns says:

"It's really the Superman Theory and what's going on in the world from the point of view of the supervillains in the DC universe. When Black Adam, one of the most powerful metahumans on the planet, says, 'You want refuge, you want a fresh start? If you are like a low level villain in this crazy world, what do you do? What are your options?'"

And we are to look for the pages of Doomsday Clock #5 specifically the newscast featuring Killer Frost.

Go on then.

"You've got this moment where Killer Frost, who after Firestorm says, 'Hey I'm not one of them,' and Killer Frost says, 'Oh he totally is. This one is, this one is, I am, you can't trust any of us.' Well, who knows if she's telling the truth or just stirring stuff up? And spoiler alert, she's totally lying, but she's doing it just because she is trying to screw over Firestorm and other people…

The Superman Theory is supposed to be something that is creating this world tension, reflecting some of how misinformation can actually get very, very dangerous in our world, and in this case, even more so. There is an element of truth to it and that truth is going to be uncovered, and who is behind it and why and what it was designed to do and what's happening, will play a major part in the story.

It's really important the Superman Theory is named after Superman, and Lois points out that's why she suspects Lex would paint Superman's name with this… There is big paranoia over it, and the only person you can rely on is Superman. The only person the world will rely on is Superman. Lois and Clark are now busy investigating the Superman Theory, and they are starting to uncover that, 'Oh my god, there is truth to it.' How big is it?"

As to Rorschach:

"His story will become clearer and clearer, even though we had his origin, we learn more about Reggie and how and why he became Rorschach. There's a whole other side to it that we will be revealing in the book that we have not revealed yet, that he's not even aware of. If you read Doomsday Clock #4 closely, and you've read Watchmen, there are some misperceptions that Reggie has about Rorschach."

And the Nathaniel Dusk films constantly playing inside Johnny Thunder's nursing home. He said:

"It's all connected. That's the point, Gary and I really want to surprise people with where it's going. And the JSA are part of it, [but] they aren't all of it. The book is about much more than the Justice Society. It's about the whole DC universe, but the idea of them plays a pretty significant role. As does Nathaniel Dusk and Carver Coleman, the man who played Nathaniel Dusk in those movies that we are watching, and what those movies are we will get into that more as the issues progress."

As for the timeline issues…

"It's a year from now, the story is set slightly future in the DC Universe from now. The reality is some people read the issue and they don't go into the back, and I hope they read the backmatter. It's more grounded and inward and for DC fans, if they look closely they will find new ideas and characters that they are going to see come to light."

As long as you don't read the dates on the newspapers… and as long as Newsweek readers care two hoots about Doomsday Clock.

Doomsday Clock #6 is out on July 25th. The Newsweek article has had no comments yet.

DOOMSDAY CLOCK #6
(W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Gary Frank
The critically acclaimed super star team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank continue this groundbreaking event as the Mime and the Marionette take center stage in DOOMSDAY CLOCK #6. In Shops: Jul 25, 2018
SRP: $4.99