Doomsday Clock #9 is an issue of the series Doomsday Clock (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 2019. It was published on March 6, 2019.
Synopsis for "Crisis"
Examining a Legion ring that once belonged to Ferro Lad, Doctor Manhattan is confronted by most of Earth's superheroes, who have tracked the energy spike from the Moscow explosion to Mars. Guy Gardner leads everyone in attacking Manhattan after Martian Manhunter broadcasts Manhattan's vision of his future encounter with Superman. Manhattan transports Firestorm seven years into the past, where Ronnie learns that Martin Stein deliberately caused the Firestorm experiment in order to learn more about metahumans. During the fight, Doctor Manhattan dissects Guy Gardner's power ring and analyzes the magic attacks used by the Justice League Dark. Despite Captain Atom disintegrating Manhattan, he reforms himself and takes out all the heroes in an instant. At the Hall of Justice, Lois watches over a recovering Superman while protesters have gathered outside following the events in Moscow. Lex Luthor confronts Lois and reveals he sent her the flash drive as proof that someone is undermining all of creation, mentioning Wally West's history as an example. Wonder Woman comes out of hiding to address the United Nations, hoping to defuse the metahuman arms race. However, the summit is interrupted by Black Adam, Creeper, and Giganta, who take advantage of the absence of the other superheroes to attack the UN.
Stein has written a file about Firestorm, mentioning that he founded the Department of Metahuman Affairs to help other metahumans like his son, who died because he couldn't control his metagene.
Appearing in "Crisis"
Featured Characters:
- Batman (Bruce Wayne)
- Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond) (Also in a vision)
- Martin Stein (Also in a vision)
- Lois Lane
- Superman (Clark Kent) (Comatose)
- Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira)
Supporting Characters:
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Captain Atom
- Etrigan the Demon
- Green Lantern Corps
- Justice League
- Justice League Dark
- Justice League Odyssey
- Lex Luthor
- Shazam Family
- Stargirl
- Superman Family
Antagonists:
- Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen Universe)
- Black Adam (Cameo)
- The Creeper (Jack Ryder) (Cameo)
- Giganta (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Alpha Centurion (Marcus Aelius) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Animal Man
- The Anti-Monitor (Post-Flashpoint) (Construct) (Cameo)
- The Atom (Ray Palmer)
- Atomic Knight (Gardner Grayle) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- The Batman Who Laughs (Earth -22) (Construct) (Cameo)
- Bat-Family
- Big Barda
- Black Alice
- Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
- Blue Devil
- Booster Gold (Post-Flashpoint)
- Brainiac (Vril Dox) (Construct) (Cameo)
- Bumblebee
- Darkseid (Construct) (Cameo)
- Despero (Construct) (Cameo)
- Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)
- Doom Patrol
- Doomsday (Construct) (Cameo)
- Donna Troy
- Elongated Man
- Ferro Lad (Pre-Zero Hour) (Appears only as a corpse) (Cameo)
- Firehawk (First full appearance)
- Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders)
- Hawkman (Carter Hall)
- Human Starfish (Robby Reed) (First appearance; unnamed)
- Janey Slater (Watchmen Universe) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Metal Men
- Mister Miracle (Scott Free)
- Nightshade
- Outsiders
- Black Lightning
- Halo
- Katana
- Metamorpho (Also in a vision)
- Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt (Watchmen Universe) (Cameo)
- Peacemaker (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- The Question (Vic Sage)
- Red Tornado
- Reggie Long (Watchmen Universe) (Cameo)
- Sinestro (Construct) (Cameo)
- Superboy-Prime (Earth-Prime) (Construct) (Cameo)
- United Nations (Cameo)
- United States Government
- President Donald Trump
- United States Secret Service (Cameo)
- Vixen
- Alan Scott (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Black Lantern Corps (Mentioned only)
- Dark Knights (Dark Multiverse) (Mentioned only)
- Department of Metahuman Affairs (Mentioned only)
- Edward Raymond (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Jesus Christ (Mentioned only)
- Kirk Langstrom (Mentioned only)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Pre-Zero Hour) (Mentioned only)
- Joanne Raymond (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Martin Stein's son (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Pozhar (Mentioned only)
- Rex Mason's father (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Rex Mason's mother (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Wally West (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Hypertime
- Pre-Zero Hour Legion's Future (Unnamed) (Cameo)
- 3019 (Mentioned only)
- Solar System (Mentioned only)
- Earth (Mentioned only)
- Solar System (Mentioned only)
- 3019 (Mentioned only)
- Timestream
- 3002 (Mentioned only)
- Pre-Zero Hour Legion's Future (Unnamed) (Cameo)
- Post-Flashpoint Multiverse
- Earth 0
- Earth
- Kahndaq (Cameo)
- United States of America
- China
- Shanghai (Mentioned only)
- Themyscira (Mentioned only)
- Mars
- Earth
- Watchmen Universe (Unnamed)
- United States of America
- New Jersey
- Amusement Park (Unnamed) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- New Jersey
- United States of America
- Earth 0
- Dark Multiverse (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Alpha Centurion Armor (First appearance)
- Batcomputer
- The Batman Who Laughs's Visor (Construct)
- Batsuit
- Bio-Belt
- Bracelets of Submission
- Cosmic Staff
- Firestorm Matrix
- Green Arrow's Bow
- Green Lantern Rings
- Janey Slater & Jon Osterman's Photo
- Legion Flight Ring
- Nth Metal
- Question's Mask
- Rorschach's Journal
- Rorschach's Mask (Cameo)
- Silk Cut
- Starheart (Mentioned only)
- Tantu Totem
- Wonder Woman's Tiara
Vehicles:
- Bat-Rocket
- Blue Beetle's Bug
- Doom Patrol's Spaceship (Single appearance)
- Interceptor
- Javelin
- Justice League Dark's Spaceship (Single appearance)
- Kryptonian Rocket
- Pax Romana
- Thanagarian Star Cruiser
Events:
- Big Bang (Mentioned only)
- Blackest Night (Mentioned only)
- Dark Multiverse Invasion (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
- Anti-Crisis Energy (Unnamed)
- Magic
- Metahumans
- Superman Theory
Notes
- This story ultimately reveals that Magic is the residual energy of Creation. This aligns with magic being fueled by the Sphere of the Gods, one of the vSeven Energies of Creation that were used by Perpetua to shape the Multiverse in the beginning.
- While facing the Justice League Dark, Doctor Manhattan learns magic, which he never discovered in his home universe.
- Robbie Reed behaves like a child, claiming that he has never left the United States; he also appears in his Human Starfish form. All these details imply that he was not the Operator in the Post-Superman: Reborn Rebirth timeline of Earth 0, placing the events of Dial H for Hero (Volume 1) and Young Justice (Volume 3) in the timeline created after Jon undoes "his experiment" in Doomsday Clock #12-
- Reed will be reverted back to childhood as a consequence of the unknotting of the timeline and the rebirth of Creation.[1]
Trivia
- Doctor Manhattan's inner thoughts reference the additional powers— time travel and history manipulation— shown in Before Watchmen: Doctor Manhattan #1.
- Doctor Manhattan battles Captain Atom, on whom he was originally based. He is also attacked by Nightshade, the original inspiration for Silk Spectre. Joining the fight against Doctor Manhattan are Blue Beetle, the Question and Peacemaker, who served as the respective inspirations for Nite Owl, Rorschach and the Comedian.
- However, DC no longer has the license for Peter Cannon, who was the basis for Ozymandias.
See Also