Before Watchmen: Doctor Manhattan (2012) #4

"Changes in Perspective": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"Changes in Perspective"
Before Watchmen: Doctor Manhattan Vol 1 #4
April, 2013
Rated M for Mature (18+)
Executive Editor	Bobbie Chase
Cover Artists	Adam Hughes Neal Adams
Changes in Perspective
Writers	J. Michael Straczynski
Pencilers	Adam Hughes
Inkers	Adam Hughes
Colorists	Laura Martin
Letterers	Steve Wands
Editors	Mark Chiarello Chris Conroy Camilla Zhang
Previous Issue	Before Watchmen: Doctor Manhattan # 3
Next Issue	—

I see-- death. I see-- destruction. And I feel-- responsible.

— Doctor Manhattan (Jon Osterman)

Before Watchmen: Doctor Manhattan #4 is an issue of the series Before Watchmen: Doctor Manhattan (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 2013. It was published on February 27, 2013.

Appearing in "Changes in Perspective"

Featured Characters:

• Doctor Manhattan (Jon Osterman) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
• Ozymandias (Adrian Veidt) (Also in a vision)

Supporting Characters:

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Antagonists:

• British Museum burglars (First full appearance)
• Rorschach (Dies in a vision) (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• The Comedian (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Edgar Jacobi (Dies in a vision) (Cameo)
• Inge Osterman (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Janey Slater (Flashback only) (Also in a vision) (Cameo)
• Josef Osterman (Flashback only) (Also in a vision) (Cameo)
• Nazis (Logo) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Nite Owl (Dan Dreiberg) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Roy Chess (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Silk Spectre (Laurie Juspeczyk) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Veidt's Creature/"Squid" (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Wally Weaver (In picture only) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Yvonne (Adrian Veidt's secretary) (Unnamed) (Dies in a vision) (Cameo)

Locations:

• Hypertime (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
  • Timestream (Cameo)
  • Watchmen Universe (Unnamed)
    • 1959
      • United States of America
        • Arizona
          • Gila Flats (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
    • 1967
      • England
        • London
          • British Museum
      • United States of America
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Veidt Tower
    • 1985
      • Milky Way Galaxy
        • Earth
          • Antarctica (Also in a vision)
            • Karnak
          • United States of America
            • New York City (In a vision)
              • Manhattan (In ruins)
                • Edgar Jacobi's Apartment (In a vision) (Cameo)
                • Institute for Extraspatial Studies (In a vision) (Cameo)
                • Veidt Tower (In a vision) (Cameo)
      • Unknown galaxy (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Cameo)
  • Alternatate Watchmen Timeline (The Comedian's interventation causes World War III during the Cuban Crisis) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • Alternatate Watchmen Timeline (The Subtractor does not activate so Jon Osterman never becomes Doctor Manhattan) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Intrinsic Field Chamber (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Janey Slater's Watch (In ruins) (In a vision) (Cameo)

Events:

• 11/2 Psychic Shockwave (In a vision)
• Intrinsic Field Incident (In a vision)

Vehicles:

• Owlship (In a vision) (Cameo)

Concepts:

• Connective Energy (Unnamed)
• "Quantum Realities" (Mentioned only)
  • Alternate Timelines
  • Possible Futures
• Time Travel
  

Notes

• Final issue.
• The epilogue shows what Jon did after parting ways with Adrian at the ending of Watchmen #12. The aftermath of this issue is eventually shown in Doomsday Clock #10.
• According to Jon, all the alternate timelines of the Watchmen Universe– shown in the previous issues– have been destroyed.
  • However, just before dying in Doomsday Clock #12, Jon will actually glimpse a final, alternate timeline, in which Janey asks him to stay with her in 1959. As a consequence of Jon choosing to leave the watch in the I.F. Chamber, he is never turned into Doctor Manhattan, married Janey a year later, and got his happy ending with her and their chldren.
• This issue is reprinted in Before Watchmen: Nite Owl/Dr. Manhattan.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Before Watchmen: Doctor Manhattan series
• Images from Before Watchmen: Doctor Manhattan Vol 1 4

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