2. It's Implied That Manhattan Has Gone To New Earth
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While Rorschach's identity was always going to be a hot topic of conversation before Doomsday Clock's release, the whereabouts of Doctor Manhattan was a lingering question Johns and Frank would have to address eventually.
The answer, so it would seem, is that Manhattan is on New Earth - DC's mainstream universe where Batman, Superman and all the other heroes reside in. More interesting, however, is that the book switches to Superman's perspective once Veidt ends his speech on tracing the blue demigod's whereabouts. Not only does this imply that Manhattan has made the switch to DC's most famous locale, it also infers that the two will collide in some sort of way, as is evidenced by Supes' newly acquired insomnia.
It's the only connection between the two worlds so far, but there's plenty to make of Manhattan's transition to the mainstream DCU.
It certainly seems as though Johns is alluding to the man in blue being responsible for the universe's recent (and indeed maligned) reboots, and if he has a bone to pick with the Man of Steel in particular, then Doomsday Clock's story could be hotting up more quickly than we all initially expected.
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.
