Comic Review: The Doomsday Clock #1

Writer - Geoff Johns, Artist - Gary Frank

The first issue of the 12 issue mini series that brings the DC universe with the world of the most acclaimed comic book series has just been published and the question is worth it? Well you can not judgements on just one issue but you can gain a feeling for what may follow. Johns just like Alan Moore did with Watchmen is transposing current political events on the story. The first issue deals with the fall out of Watchmen with an International manhunt on for Adrian Veidt after his deadly attack on Manhatten in order to defuse a geo-political crisis is exposed. Johns does some ground work in laying out the plot and introducing new characters with the final pages depicting how Superman could become embroiled. Gary Frank proves up to the task of following in the footsteps of Dave Gibbons in providing atmosphere, character design  and a well choreographed fight scene in a prison cell. What the remaining 11 issues have in stored should be good given the set up this first issue has given us.