5. Ozymandias Is Alive... And Trying To Save The World
DC Comics
Oh Adrien, you and your harebrained schemes.
That's right folks, everyone's favourite anti-hero (anti-villain?) is back at it again in Doomsday Clock. A worldwide fugitive on account of his squid plans having been exposed in the press several years earlier, Ozymandias is doing his best to save the world again, with the plan this time revolving around tracking Doctor Manhattan's whereabouts.
Also returning is a baby Bubastis (Veidt's genetically altered cat from Moore's work), who doesn't take a liking to the new Rorschach at all, as well as other key pieces of Watchmen iconography. Veidt's still sporting his purple and gold garb from the original comic, and it transpires that they're actually holed up in Nite Owl's old lair too.
Time will only tell how Veidt, Rorschach and the two newly arriving characters find their way to Manhattan, but it's clear that their task is an important one, considering how the fate of the world depends on its success.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
