it is hard to argue against the decision made by the surviving characters, including Doctor Manhattan, leaving Watchmen on a dark, unresolved note that is still impactful.

As for the heaven's gate part of the joke, Laurie is directly referencing the lives and actions of three key players from the Watchmen comics: Dan Dreiberg, Adrian Veidt, and Doctor Manhattan himself.

Watchmen #4 (1986) Though he doesn't have the serenity granted to Doctor Manhattan by such a point of view. Quite the opposite rather… Absolute Flash #2 (2025) Because for Doctor Manhattan ...

Dr. Manhattan (a special effect modeled on Billy ... watches the Soviets mass on the Afghan border and orders the bombers armed. Watchmen was conceived at the height of the eighties disarmament ...

This refers to the fact that in the "Watchmen" alternate timeline, the United States won the Vietnam War because of Dr. Manhattan and Vietnam became the 51st state. This is further displayed in ...

For comics, a medium with a surprisingly long history, that work is none other than "Watchmen." First released in 1986 as a 12-issue limited series, it forever changed the public perception of the ...

He was transformed in a freak accident that left him with superpowers. Doctor Manhattan is the only being in the Watchmen-verse to possess actual superpowers, but there are other costumed ...