You’re asking which is the hottest title on our shelves at the moment. The answer is definitely Doomsday Clock, a 12 issues limited series published by DC Comics, being written by chief executive officer Geoff Johns, with art from penciller Gary Frank and colorist Brad Anderson. It is the direct sequel to the graphic novel Watchmen, created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, and also concludes the storyline of DC Rebirth.
Doomsday Clock is part of the DC Rebirth campaign and continues the narrative that was established with 2016’s one-shot issue DC Universe: Rebirth Special#1 and 2017’s crossover events “Superman Reborn” and “The Button“. It is also the direct sequel of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons‘ seminal work Watchmen (1986–1987), and introduces its characters into the DC Universe, alongside a few original characters designed for the book.
The story in the book includes many characters but has a particular focus on Superman and Doctor Manhattan. Geoff Johns felt like there was an interesting story to be told in DC Rebirth with Doctor Manhattan; he thought there was an interesting dichotomy between Superman—an alien who embodies and is compassionate for humanity—and Doctor Manhattan—a human who has detached himself from humanity. This idea led to over six months of debates amongst the creative team about whether or not to intersect the Watchmen universe with the DC Universe. He explained that Doomsday Clock was the “most personal and most epic, utterly mind-bending project” that he had worked on in his career.
Johns also explained that Doomsday Clock is a stand-alone story with no tie-in material. However, it “will have an impact on the entire DC Universe. It will affect everything moving forward and everything that has come before. It will touch the thematic and literal essence of DC.” So by the time the final issue releases, “the rest of the universe will have caught up to it — and the repercussions of the event will become known.”
The first three issues are already on our shelves, and we still accept subscriptions for the whole series.