Although Mime's talents were already shown off in the first issue of Doomsday Clock, the full extent of his abilities have until now been kept under wraps.
Doomsday Clock #3 wastes no time in remedying that however, shifting focus to the Mime and Marionette as they tumble into a familiar looking fairground. It bears the echoes of one of Alan Moore's other comics, namely The Killing Joke, and while it's likely Gotham isn't exactly light on creepy fairgrounds, it would make sense for this pair to begin their journey into another universe at that locale.
Things take a slight turn for the worse, however, when they head to a local bar. It's actually run by the Joker, and with both sporting a circus aesthetic, the goons inside don't take too kindly to their presence. A chaotic brawl ensues, and it turns out that the mime really does have a gun trained on people at all times - it's just concealed by a certain kind of fabric.
The pair make short work of the henchmen, and decide to try and find the Joker himself. A terrifying team-up, for a later issue.
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.
