The first thing that didn't sit well with me were the "Watchmen" characters.When the original Watchmen graphic novel came out about this cast of "heroes," I read it from cover to cover, and I did not like the story or the characters (except for one, Rorschach). After I read that graphic novel, a film came out. Years ago, we tried to watch the movie "Watchmen" and it was so absolutely awful that we turned it off after 30 minutes.
This "Doomsday Clock" story has been out for 6 years, and I thought I would finally try reading it to see what all the acclaim was about. I'm sorry I did. After 3 weird and dark chapters of various storylines, which did involve the only Watchmen character I liked, I couldn't wait to be done with it. I stopped reading by Chapter 4, and flipped through it to the end reading here and there. When it finally brought in the superheroes I love, Superman, Batman, etc. I was totally disinterested. Really surprising to me as someone who has been reading comics since the mid 1970s. So, I gave up.
As a side note, I've always enjoyed Geoff Johns as a writer, and love artist Gary Frank's artwork, but it couldn't save this story for me. I'm sure many others will like it, but it was too dreary, dark and I didn't even like some of the characterizations. So, This gets a big 0 out of 5 stars from me.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Doomsday Clock: The Complete Collection
Plot: The story follows the near-omnipotent Watchmen character, Dr. Manhattan as he manipulates the DC Universe, rewriting heroes' histories, leading to a conflict where DC heroes must stop him as the "clock is ticking."
It is a graphic novel by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, and Brad Anderson that collects the full 12-issue miniseries, merging the DC Universe with the world of Watchmen.
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