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:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Alpha Centurion
- Animal Man
- Anti-Monitor (Hologram)
- The Atom
- Atomic Knight (First appearance)
- The Batman Who Laughs (Hologram)
- Batman Family
- Big Barda
- Blue Beetle
- Blue Devil
- Booster Gold
- Brainiac (Hologram)
- Bumblebee
- Captain Atom
- Darkseid (Hologram)
- Despero (Hologram)
- Doctor Fate
- Doom Patrol
- Doomsday (Hologram)
- Donald Trump
- Donna Troy
- Elongated Man
- Etrigan
- Firehawk (First appearance)
- Green Lantern Corps
- Hawkgirl
- Hawkman
- Human Starfish (Robby Reed) (First appearance of the Prime Earth version)
- Janey Slater (In a photograph only)
- Justice League
- Justice League Dark
- Justice League Odyssey
- Metal Men
- Mister Miracle
- Nightshade
- Outsiders
- Ozymandias
- Peacemaker (First appearance)
- Red Tornado
- Reggie Long
- Shazam Family
- Sinestro (Hologram)
- Stargirl
- Superboy-Prime (Hologram)
- Superman Family
- The Question
- Vixen
- Department of Metahuman Affairs (Mentioned only)
- Ferro Lad (Mentioned only)
- Kirk Langstrom (Mentioned only)
- Pozhar (Mentioned only)
- Wally West (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth
- Mars
- Themyscira (Mentioned only)
Items:
Notes
- Doctor Manhattan's inner thoughts reference the additional powers (time travel and history manipulation) shown in Before Watchmen: Doctor Manhattan #1.
Trivia
- 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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