8 Things You May Have Missed About DC's Watchmen

3. Dr. Manhattan Is Currently Messing With DC's Multiverse

Given how Doctor Manhattan is basically a god, with the whole omniscient and omnipotent thing about him, it was only a matter of time until he ended up screwing with the fabric of reality. Seeing as how Watchmen is a DC property, and how all DC properties are encompassed in the Multiverse (of which Grant Morrison has prepared a handy guide for, bless), it makes sense. And, given how DC are killing it when it comes to the whole comic book thing at the mo', there's plenty of cause to be excited.

We'll find out just how exactly Manhattan has been playing with reality in Doomsday Clock, the brainchild of perennial DC writer, Geoff Johns. It's shaping up to once again shake the DCU up in a big way, promising smart social commentary, cool linkups between the characters of both worlds, and the expansion of the Rebirth-ethos that has typified DC's approach to storytelling since May last year.

It'll certainly be interesting to see Moore and Gibbons' characters interacting with the denizens of the DCU, especially if they get to see their original Charlton selves along the way. It's an ambitious (some would say cynical) use of the license, but we'll see how things pan out when it releases this November.