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Doomsday Clock
DOOMSDAY CLOCK #5 (OF 12) RELEASE DATE 5/30/2018
The Comedian lives! The Mime and Marionette loose in Gotham City! Rorschach is locked in the bowels of Arkham Asylum! Secrets will be revealed as the Doomsday Clock ticks on...
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Published January 1, 2018
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Geoff Johns
2,716 books2,410 followersGeoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.
His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.
Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.
His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.
Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.
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July 30, 2018
The world is in turmoil!
This is the comic book issue #5 of the event “Doomsday Clock” that it will be a maxiseries of 12 issues.
Creative Team:
Writer: Geoff Johns
Illustrator: Gary Frank
SUPER-HEROES… ARE THEY DOING THE BETTER?
You’re so busy putting these “super-villains” into prisons with revolving doors, you’ve ignored the world’s real problems.
In this issue, you can clearly see the world scenario about meta-humans and how the world is about to fall into its darkest hour…
…truth or lie, something in between, but the thing is that the world population is convinced that they are fed up about having super-heroes and super-villains provoking suffering and loss to the civilians caught in the middle of their endless battles.
Mime and Marionette aren’t “puppets” of anyone, leaving their team, and nobody mess with them, but they’r about to face one of the most dangerous threats that Earth-0 can offer.
The new Rorschach keeps along with his unexpected helper and they rush to meet a disturbed one who may be a key element to change the tide in this messed up situation.
And the unpredictable “leader” of the team, after an easy escape, he’ll put into a hot pan to the Dark Knight.
This is the comic book issue #5 of the event “Doomsday Clock” that it will be a maxiseries of 12 issues.
Creative Team:
Writer: Geoff Johns
Illustrator: Gary Frank
SUPER-HEROES… ARE THEY DOING THE BETTER?
You’re so busy putting these “super-villains” into prisons with revolving doors, you’ve ignored the world’s real problems.
In this issue, you can clearly see the world scenario about meta-humans and how the world is about to fall into its darkest hour…
…truth or lie, something in between, but the thing is that the world population is convinced that they are fed up about having super-heroes and super-villains provoking suffering and loss to the civilians caught in the middle of their endless battles.
Mime and Marionette aren’t “puppets” of anyone, leaving their team, and nobody mess with them, but they’r about to face one of the most dangerous threats that Earth-0 can offer.
The new Rorschach keeps along with his unexpected helper and they rush to meet a disturbed one who may be a key element to change the tide in this messed up situation.
And the unpredictable “leader” of the team, after an easy escape, he’ll put into a hot pan to the Dark Knight.
May 30, 2018
Just when I thought Doomsday Clock couldn’t get more boring here comes issue #5! I could run down the list of characters doing what but it really comes down to them all doing the same thing: looking for other characters. That’s how little happens in this comic.
Couple that with oodles of tedious superhero - sorry, “metahuman” - media blather on nearly every page and this is one helluva dull read. Super Hitler himself Black Adam is offering his country of Kahndaq as a metahuman refuge for some reason and Green Lantern is teased. Batman meets Ozymandias. So far, so nothing.
Joker appears briefly at the end and I know Geoff Johns can write a mean Joker - he looks damn good too thanks to Gary Frank - but it’s precious little and only serves to underline how pointless this issue is. I’d rather be reading the next one than an entire comic of dreary table-setting! Then again, Johns might end up serving another stale platter of rubbish next time too. Gotta stretch this nonsense to the arbitrary 12 issues somehow, right??
Doomsday Clock - apocalyptically monotonous event comics!
Couple that with oodles of tedious superhero - sorry, “metahuman” - media blather on nearly every page and this is one helluva dull read. Super Hitler himself Black Adam is offering his country of Kahndaq as a metahuman refuge for some reason and Green Lantern is teased. Batman meets Ozymandias. So far, so nothing.
Joker appears briefly at the end and I know Geoff Johns can write a mean Joker - he looks damn good too thanks to Gary Frank - but it’s precious little and only serves to underline how pointless this issue is. I’d rather be reading the next one than an entire comic of dreary table-setting! Then again, Johns might end up serving another stale platter of rubbish next time too. Gotta stretch this nonsense to the arbitrary 12 issues somehow, right??
Doomsday Clock - apocalyptically monotonous event comics!
June 4, 2018
I've been saying that I was going to finish Doomsday Clock (or Shit Watchmen, as Kieron Gillen perfectly named it somewhere) out of spite, just to see how spectacular of a failure it will end up being — but we're only at issue #5, and it turns out that I'm all out of spite for this one. I don't have it in me to keep reading this horrible pointless slog, so I'm just here to say that I'm out.
You know, in a way, Shit Watchmen really is spectacular. Just from a technical standpoint, Geoff Johns is incredible at ripping off Alan Moore's signature style. He meticulously copies most everything from the original — panel layouts, prose style, page counts, themes, story beats and plot points, all of it carrying from the old to the new, issue to issue. And Gary Frank's artwork is phenomenal and almost makes me feel bad for abandoning this series (almost, but not quite). But copying is really all Johns can do here. Everything that's original about Doomsday Clock is absolute garbage — the story is bad and it crawls at a snail's pace, there are no stakes, no emotion, the characters are dumb cardboard cutouts without any depth or meaning. Johns's monotonous, overly wordy, self-important prose style is tiring and mimics Alan Moore's in the worst possible way. And that's all I can say about every single aspect of this book — Doomsday Clock has all the style of Watchmen without any of the substance, and at the end of the day, it really is just that — Shit Watchmen. And I'm tired of it, I don't need this in my life, so I'm done.
You know, in a way, Shit Watchmen really is spectacular. Just from a technical standpoint, Geoff Johns is incredible at ripping off Alan Moore's signature style. He meticulously copies most everything from the original — panel layouts, prose style, page counts, themes, story beats and plot points, all of it carrying from the old to the new, issue to issue. And Gary Frank's artwork is phenomenal and almost makes me feel bad for abandoning this series (almost, but not quite). But copying is really all Johns can do here. Everything that's original about Doomsday Clock is absolute garbage — the story is bad and it crawls at a snail's pace, there are no stakes, no emotion, the characters are dumb cardboard cutouts without any depth or meaning. Johns's monotonous, overly wordy, self-important prose style is tiring and mimics Alan Moore's in the worst possible way. And that's all I can say about every single aspect of this book — Doomsday Clock has all the style of Watchmen without any of the substance, and at the end of the day, it really is just that — Shit Watchmen. And I'm tired of it, I don't need this in my life, so I'm done.
June 3, 2018
Thanks to a little monologueing I think we have a fair understanding of exactly what political issues Johns is looking to examine in this series, now.
And I dig it.
And I dig it.
June 4, 2018
Another mind bending issue of Watchmen continues. Dark, very dark. This series is really strange, but very likeable. I suspect it is only going to get crazier than ever.
October 7, 2018
Doomsday Clock is a slow ticking time bomb. You know shits going to explode but you're waiting for it. This volume, things happen, some really cool stuff, but also feels really disjointed. The opening is great. Learning the truth about Oz. The ending is great. Watching the people who are protesting Batman get ahold of him. Also, the Mime and Marionette finally meet up with Joker for some intense fucked up bloody gory action. The action and scenes jump a lot making it a bit confusing to keep up and you feel it's all set up. A solid issue but didn't blow me away. 3 out of 5.
May 31, 2018
Really interesting issue, like the Alan Scott and Saturn Girl references. Sucks this is getting delayed because it makes it harder for me to follow the story.
July 1, 2019
Very much like Watchmen embodied the war on superheroes and nuclear apocalypse, this continues and contemporizes to show that nothing has really changed in thirty years. I’m not mad that it’s succeeding, because it’s still a blatant ripoff, but an undeniably entertaining one. And there’s a great philosophical discussion taking place on morality and ethics, good and evil.
October 9, 2018
This is a Slow burn but you can feel and see the clock ticking. At some stage an explosive issue will occur, just a matter of when. We see stories abour Oz, batman/the mob and the joker enters the scene.
May 30, 2018
We're getting back to it. More action and interaction between the characters, even if I'm still very looking forward the apparition of Dr. Manhattan. I think we're back on track!
October 19, 2022
The storyline is developing very slowly, but in the end, I'm still interested.
I still have faith in this series.
I still have faith in this series.
April 27, 2020
As coisas começam a andarr
June 12, 2018
I’ve been struggling on whether or not I’m liking this book so far. At times, I’m not really into it. However, this particular issue revived my stake into the story. The mere hint of Alan Scott was enough to tantalize my appetite for what may come in further books. That said, he’s always been one of my favorite characters in the DCU, and I’m very much looking forward to what the writers will be doing with him. I was a huge fan of his rendition on the Earth-2 books, but after that he sort of fell off the titles. Bringing him back into the main timeline would be awesome, and I totally dig how they are choosing to do this.
June 1, 2018
There's one word to describe the entire Doomsday Clock thing. And that word is "pathetic". Everything about this comic is pathetic. Literally, everything. You can't make the same masterpiece twice. Even when you want to. Even when you need to because you screwed up really hard and desperately need another Flashpoint. You don't need to wear glasses to see that Primal Earth is starting to face the same crisis that happened in the original Watchmen. And the fact that there's a tiny bit of mystery here doesn't really help. It's the same exact "no more heroes" thing and it's really boring to read again. Especially since this time it's terribly written.
You see, the original Watchmen was cool because it didn't work with the real life events. It created its own "What if?" world. It tried to analyse the historical events and create something from them. That's what I can a proper science fiction. When authors try to analyse things and show us one of the many possible futures. This comic, on the other hand... it just works with what happens in the real life right now. US, Russia, Ukraine, Syria... all that stuff you can see in the news every day. This comic just adds superheroes to all that and call it a thing. That's exactly what makes it feel so cheap. Nobody even tried to make something bigger. Some proper analysis, some proper conclusion... Some proper Sci-Fi. Nope. They just needed some more Watchmen, so they took some real life events, added superheroes and bang! Here comes a new issue.
Honestly? I can't stand it. I just can't stand the idea that the original Watchmen comic is treated in such a poor way. Even the dialogues here are pathetic. I really, really want to stop reading this, since every new issue is like a torture to me. Everything in me screams that this comic is a crime against the art itself. Unfortunately, by making this comic some sort of a new Flashpoint, DC didn't give us a choice. So, whether you like it, or not... you need to read this. But man, it feels like a bad dream. The one you want to wake up from ASAP.
You see, the original Watchmen was cool because it didn't work with the real life events. It created its own "What if?" world. It tried to analyse the historical events and create something from them. That's what I can a proper science fiction. When authors try to analyse things and show us one of the many possible futures. This comic, on the other hand... it just works with what happens in the real life right now. US, Russia, Ukraine, Syria... all that stuff you can see in the news every day. This comic just adds superheroes to all that and call it a thing. That's exactly what makes it feel so cheap. Nobody even tried to make something bigger. Some proper analysis, some proper conclusion... Some proper Sci-Fi. Nope. They just needed some more Watchmen, so they took some real life events, added superheroes and bang! Here comes a new issue.
Honestly? I can't stand it. I just can't stand the idea that the original Watchmen comic is treated in such a poor way. Even the dialogues here are pathetic. I really, really want to stop reading this, since every new issue is like a torture to me. Everything in me screams that this comic is a crime against the art itself. Unfortunately, by making this comic some sort of a new Flashpoint, DC didn't give us a choice. So, whether you like it, or not... you need to read this. But man, it feels like a bad dream. The one you want to wake up from ASAP.
June 14, 2018
2/5 stars
I think this might be my lowest rated issue yet for this series...It took such a good turn in the previous issue and now just...Now we're possibly changing the origins of every hero we know and love? DC Rebirth was supposed to fix all of New 52's issues, not make it worse!! Can we even consider Doomsday Clock part of the Rebirth series? It feels so distant from everything that's going on in other Rebirth series currently, and that makes me like Doomsday Clock a bit less.
So far it's feeling more like a fanfiction than actually part of the larger story of Rebirth and it's truly disappointing. I had such high hopes for this series, and it hasn't been living up to my expectations. I want this series to do well, and there is still time for it to do so, but time is short as we get closer and closer to midnight on the Doomsday Clock.
I think this might be my lowest rated issue yet for this series...It took such a good turn in the previous issue and now just...Now we're possibly changing the origins of every hero we know and love? DC Rebirth was supposed to fix all of New 52's issues, not make it worse!! Can we even consider Doomsday Clock part of the Rebirth series? It feels so distant from everything that's going on in other Rebirth series currently, and that makes me like Doomsday Clock a bit less.
So far it's feeling more like a fanfiction than actually part of the larger story of Rebirth and it's truly disappointing. I had such high hopes for this series, and it hasn't been living up to my expectations. I want this series to do well, and there is still time for it to do so, but time is short as we get closer and closer to midnight on the Doomsday Clock.
May 31, 2018
And the horses are on the track.
No Nixon’s on the money. Ha ha ha. Have no clue where this is going. “But I want to know, like I want to be told the end.”
No Nixon’s on the money. Ha ha ha. Have no clue where this is going. “But I want to know, like I want to be told the end.”
May 30, 2018
Possibly my favorite issue so far. The plot is actually moving and characters we know are actually doing interesting stuff and meeting other characters in interesting ways.
I just hope there won't be anymore delays...
I just hope there won't be anymore delays...
June 30, 2025
THERE IS NO GOD
Batman confronts Ozymandias. Batman gets dropped from the Owl Ship. Batman gets fucked up by crowds of protesters. Man, Batman has a rough go of it this issue.
Batman confronts Ozymandias. Batman gets dropped from the Owl Ship. Batman gets fucked up by crowds of protesters. Man, Batman has a rough go of it this issue.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 27, 2020
3/5 Stars (%60/100)
The ending was really good. I also liked the fact that they featured Black Adam. (One of my fav villains/antiheroes) However, this issue was my least favourite overall. There isn't much going on apart from couple of events. The next one might be better because of the ending of this one.
The ending was really good. I also liked the fact that they featured Black Adam. (One of my fav villains/antiheroes) However, this issue was my least favourite overall. There isn't much going on apart from couple of events. The next one might be better because of the ending of this one.
July 12, 2019
This is like fan fiction from crafty pros: watching to see where it goes.
Mildly recommended, unless like creator Alan Moore, you are a purist.
Mildly recommended, unless like creator Alan Moore, you are a purist.
September 12, 2018
I am not okay...
This issue was straight out PERFECT.
I'm out of words to describe it really, one has to read it in order to understand what I'm going through right now.
So Batman meets Veidt, and Rorschach escapes (naturally) and makes a new "friend", The Comedian is roaming free, Lois is looking for god knows what, the world is in chaos, oh and The Joker makes an appearance! Can this get any better???
I know what I just said makes no sense, but honestly? I doubt I could even if I give myself a month to sit this down.
This whole Metahumans and Superman theory thing is just so intriguing and it kept me on my toes the whole thing! There are a lot of characters to kinda try and keep up with but somehow it's working perfectly and it's balanced quite nicely!
All in all, it feels good to get back to this world and I need to see more!
This issue was straight out PERFECT.
I'm out of words to describe it really, one has to read it in order to understand what I'm going through right now.
So Batman meets Veidt, and Rorschach escapes (naturally) and makes a new "friend", The Comedian is roaming free, Lois is looking for god knows what, the world is in chaos, oh and The Joker makes an appearance! Can this get any better???
I know what I just said makes no sense, but honestly? I doubt I could even if I give myself a month to sit this down.
This whole Metahumans and Superman theory thing is just so intriguing and it kept me on my toes the whole thing! There are a lot of characters to kinda try and keep up with but somehow it's working perfectly and it's balanced quite nicely!
All in all, it feels good to get back to this world and I need to see more!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 3, 2020
This one really grew frantic by the end. I don't have a lot to say here. Just along for the ride, and if you are this far along then you are already gonna read it. My review is meaningless at this point. I'd say this one is more story focused...
Joker is in this one. Been waiting to see when he might show up. And he couldn't be meeting a more fitting trio of characters. These Mime people. (I like the Mimes. I want to know more about the Mimes. I hope they grow beyond this series).
Joker is in this one. Been waiting to see when he might show up. And he couldn't be meeting a more fitting trio of characters. These Mime people. (I like the Mimes. I want to know more about the Mimes. I hope they grow beyond this series).
November 4, 2019
Ugh... that was terrible! I was so intrigued at issue #1 and then it slowly got worse and worse until now it’s just not even worth reading anymore!
They should’ve never tried to bring Watchmen into the mainstream DC universe with Superman and Batman! Now everything is just a big f**king incoherent mess!
They should’ve never tried to bring Watchmen into the mainstream DC universe with Superman and Batman! Now everything is just a big f**king incoherent mess!
January 14, 2021
Nuevamente ecos del número 5 de Watchmen se ven en el número 5 de Doomsday Clock, porque tenemos un número coral, donde la acción recorre muchos personajes en pocas páginas
Pero si hay algo que tenemos que considerar o rescatar es que la Teoría de los Superhombres esta ganando fuerza, lo que parece complicar cada vez más a nuestros héroes de siempre
Pero si hay algo que tenemos que considerar o rescatar es que la Teoría de los Superhombres esta ganando fuerza, lo que parece complicar cada vez más a nuestros héroes de siempre
August 27, 2021
E a história segue mostrando o mundo onde vivem os heróis da DC, um mundo em colapso por motivos diversos do mundo original de Watchmen, segue o conflito entre humanos e metahumanos. Nada ainda muito claro, mas continua interessante. O ponto alto da HQ é Ozymandias repreendendo o Batman, expondo toda sua megalomania. Intrigado aonde isso vai dar.
August 1, 2018
IMO, this comic was too ambitious and disconnected from the normal Watchman story and the DC Universe. It was also very segmented so that when the final pages arrive the twists don't shock, but rather confuse and make you question some of the plot holes you can visually see.
May 30, 2018
Foco na parte política
é isso cacete, para de ser idiota massaveio de merda Johns do caralho e essa porra fica bom.
é isso cacete, para de ser idiota massaveio de merda Johns do caralho e essa porra fica bom.
May 30, 2018
The Comedian lives! The Mime and Marionette loose in Gotham City! Rorschach is locked in the bowels of Arkham Asylum! Secrets will be revealed as the Doomsday Clock ticks on...
June 2, 2018
Loving this story. Great art!
June 2, 2018
Another chapter and another great experience.
I can't wait to read the future issues.
I can't wait to read the future issues.
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