COMICS: Geoff Johns Talks More About Upcoming WATCHMEN Event Series DOOMSDAY CLOCK

Can't wait it's going into my collection

It's "time"...

Pun intended...

I haven't quite been heavily following Rebirth a lot... reading some comics here and there. Think I'll be lost starting this series?

Always incredibly exciting things going on in the world of comics.

"Doomsday Clock is shaping up to be the biggest comic book event of all-time" Really?

Sure can't tell Wilding's DC bias, can you?

Even for a DC zombie, I think that's a Huge overstatement. I remember Crisis on Infinite Earths.. That was DC's biggest event of all time. Or even the Death of Superman.. I remember all the lines at the comic stores.

This is arguably going to be the best comic book event in decades. It's well known that these stories always serve to say something about us as people; to say something TO us. Some of the best, and my favorite, comic stories in any medium always carry a very meaningful and thoughtful statement about the times. About people IN those times.
This though... this story, this whole Rebirth, is a statement about COMICS. And that means the world to me. It's showing us that they can be more than just defined by the thought process of a forgone era. We don't need to deconstruct these characters and these stories anymore. We need them to be who they are.
Stories like Watchmen and TDKR were brilliant allegories for the slightly cynical mindset of people of that era. Comics have carried that sort of cynicism ever since, the effects of which have been polarizing with the fan base.
But now they're standing up and making a huge statement about those stories and the effect they've had. It's brilliant to me. They're standing up and reminding everyone, reminding themselves that they can be better. They can inspire us in that classic way again, not just level with us and identify with us.
This is one of the reasons why I love Zacks movies so far. Because despite their dreary outline and supposed harsh tone, the stories and the characters are fighting to go against that grain. Zack's movies are darker, yes; they tell a much more challenging story for these characters than we're used to seeing. But it's how they come out of them at the end that strikes a chord with me. I find this Superman and Batman and WW more inspiring BECAUSE of their very real struggles. Because they face such a cynical and harsh world, much like our own. But we all need to be better now. Especially now. And I believe JL will further this notion and be a "Rebirth" all its own. The night is darkest just before the dawn and all that.

I'm thinking that Ozymandius is the one in control, using Manhattan's power to play god. I'm anxiously awaiting the scene when Deathstroke meets Manhattan and realizes he's been worshiping a false god. I'm over his silly born again christian schtick.