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
- 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
- Animal Man
- The Anti-Monitor (Post-Flashpoint) (Construct) (Cameo)
- The Atom (Ray Palmer)
- Atomic Knight (First appearance)
- The Batman Who Laughs (Earth -22) (Construct) (Cameo)
- Bat-Family
- Big Barda
- 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)
- 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
- Vixen
- Alan Scott (Mentioned only)
- Black Lantern Corps (Mentioned only)
- Dark Knights (Dark Multiverse) (Mentioned only)
- Department of Metahuman Affairs (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Kirk Langstrom (Mentioned only)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Pre-Zero Hour) (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 (Cameo)
- Solar System (Mentioned only)
- Earth (Mentioned only)
- Solar System (Mentioned only)
- Pre-Zero Hour (Cameo)
- Post-Flashpoint Multiverse
- Earth 0
- Earth
- Kahndaq (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Themyscira (Mentioned only)
- Mars
- Earth
- Earth 0
- Dark Multiverse (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Batcomputer
- The Batman Who Laughs's Visor (Construct)
- Batsuit
- Bio-Belt
- Bracelets of Submission
- Cosmic Staff
- Firestorm Matrix
- Green Lantern Rings
- Legion Flight Ring
- Question's Mask
- Rorschach's Mask (Cameo)
- Starheart (Mentioned only)
- Tantu Totem
- Trick Arrows
- Wonder Woman's Tiara
Concepts:
- Anti-Crisis Energy (Unnamed)
- Big Bang (Mentioned only)
- Magic
Notes
- In this story, it is revealed that Magic is actually the remnant of the Creation of the Multiverse.
- During his fight with the superheroes of Earth 0, Doctor Manhattan learns magical abilities which he never discovered in his universe.
Trivia
- Doctor Manhattan's inner thoughts reference the additional powers (time travel and history manipulation) shown in Before Watchmen: Doctor Manhattan #1.
- Doctor Manhattan does battle with Captain Atom, on whom he was originally based. He is also under attack by Nightshade, who was the original inspiration for Silk Spectre. Also taking part to the battle against Doctor Manhattan are Blue Beetle, the Question and Peacemaker, who are respectively the original inspirations for Nite Owl, Rorschach and the Comedian.
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