It's very rare for me to buy single issues. I'm a trade paperback type of guy. I like complete arcs. However, I really do enjoy a lot about Watchmen, I love most of Johns stuff, and Superman has been great lately. Put all the elements together and I couldn't wait 12+ months to get a paperback of this one.

So Doomsday Clock is really intriguing first look at where the Watchmen left off. The world is in chaos, even more so than before, and people are going nuts. Dr. Manhattan has gone missing, Rosachach is back (but a twist is there), and we got Oz, who is a giant piece of shit still but reveals something very interesting. We're also looked deeper into the villains of the watchmen universe, and just like the original graphic novel, they are as nasty as we would come to expect in that world. By the end we see how it connects to our current Rebirth DC world and it got me super intrigued.

Good: The art is wonderful. A old school feel with all the modern touches. The character designs are great and hearken back to the original but with enough new that we can enjoy it for newcomers and old alike. I really dug the humor, just funny enough, but not trying too hard. Similar to the original. The tone is very much Watchmen and we can see it coming into DC's Rebirth universe will fuck it up for sure. The ending made this a 3 to a 4 simply because of the implications of where we are going. Also, as far as a set up chapter, it does it very well.

Bad: I didn't love the reveal with Oz, as I kind of saw it coming, and it's used a lot. However, I did find it humorous the Karma caught up to the fuck.

I'm very excited to pick up these issues monthly now. I know some people don't want Watchmen to ever come back. I never read the "Before Watchmen" stuff either so I dunno what they did there. However, for this, I'm really loving the direction and can't wait to see it go deeper into it.