Doctor Manhattan Arrives in the DC Universe! | DC Universe: Rebirth

The world of the Watchmen collides with the DC Universe in the most shocking story in DC history! DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH DELUXE EDITION heralds in a new era in storytelling and sets the stage for the future of the DC Universe. Wally West is trapped out of time and space, lost in the recesses of dimensional bleed due to the Flashpoint caused by his mentor, Barry Allen. Drifting in this nothingness, only Wally-the man once known as Kid Flash and then the Flash-can see the mystery pervading the universe. Who has stolen 10 years? Wally must now return to Earth and the loved ones who have always acted as his lightning rod, but no matter who he contacts, he slips further and further away, closer to nothingness. The fate of the universe depends on Wally West’s REBIRTH… Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #dccomics
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[@comicpop]

Buy DC Universe Rebirth right here: amzn.to/2FLeePW

[@noahshafir7282]

Coming at this from a post-Three Jokers/Doomsday Clock world is so strange, hearing all of the ideas they throw around, and what did, and what didn't come to fruition with it. It's wild, and I kinda love going back to when Rebirth was fresh and new, and how exciting of a time it was as a reader!

[@Beliasa01]

Geoff Johns is a madlad

[@undead923]

There were ALOT of good titles back then. Superman fans were eating well back then. King’s run just started, but it wasn’t too bad for Batman. Rucka returned to writing WW. It was great…until Johns left

[@1337snake888]

Yeah it was a really nice era for a time

[@blunteastwood]

It's so depressing to think about how wasted all of this potential was.

[@someguy42093]

I bought doomsday clock and don’t understand it. Do I need to read rebirth and the button?

[@bookee518]

I love that it was the lack of wally that makes the dc universe a little darker. Reminds me of the cartoon that when lex killed wally the whole league turned into the justice lords and went all injustice on society.

[@carlosamaro5924]

Yes I thought the same exact thing

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

That makes _waaaay_ too much sense...

[@NinjashoeGames]

So true about the lex luthor thing, based.

[@FloorTankMain]

Four years later, even hearing about that scene with Barry and Wally still makes me tear up.

[@bowdownORbringthawar]

So...basically, Geoff Johns is not rebooting DC...he's trying to restore it to it's former glory.

[@Helidokter1]

This is a bit of a weird question, but I would love to see an episode where Ethan and Ben read a book that Sal has not read and have to explain it to him

[@JoshMunroe]

21:31 With the way Sal frames Dr. Fate's revelation about Blue Beetle's scarab, I would love a DC/Marvel crossover with Dr. Strange and Dr. Fate where the duo just go around, explaining everything in their respective universes as MAGIC. Mutants? MAGIC. Daredevil's senses? MAGIC. Kryptonian powers? MAGIC THAT'S WEAK TO MAGIC.

[@Sherifelsherif14]

Sal's New 52 freak out from 2:12 till 3:00 I can watch that on loop for the rest of my life and keep laughing 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Tamaki742]

OOOOOH RAAAAAH WHOAAAH

[@carolinaalvarado7793]

Three Jokers -Silver Age -Golden Age -Modern Age

[@RoxasNelson]

oh shit you right damn ... thing dc rebirth is mind bending dude, its crazy good

[@hugoalynstephens9166]

Benjamin Hall, don't get my hopes up but I had too strong a feeling that 2 Harleys could explain something ! :P

[@jakemayorquin5460]

More like Golden, Bronze, Modern

[@QueerComics1994]

More like Silver, Modern, New 52

[@oatmat]

I think what Sal is saying based on the image is that the 3 Jokers are most likely gonna be from the Silver Age, Modern Age and New 52

[@ThatKevinBravo]

Maybe in 2011 Alan Moore came out to the DC offices and stole time and love in the life of most of the writters

[@Ryancamron3342]

LOL

[@mobsta163]

Kevin Bravo makes sense

[@smhfirebruh5630]

Isn't this the plot of Doomsday clock?

[@TheMemzie99]

so everything is DARK and GRITTY andYOUNG and COOL and HIP. Great editing guys

[@CapedJoel]

I'm happy my saying Solar Superman has rubbed on Sal even thought they never once say Solar Superman in Super League lol :)

[@jfhaze]

what's up Joel love the channel are you going to be doing a review of the new Flash comics and the rebirth flash issue 1?

[@CapedJoel]

jfhaze probably at some point.

[@jfhaze]

+Caped-Joel nice flash is my favorite hero the new batman seems like it could be really good too

[@ianmckee4726]

Joel, I think i figured it all out.Think of it: the entity of the white lantern is hanging out on Earth when suddenly a giant blue space dong pops out of a tear in the sky. A voice cries out: "well I said I wanted to create life. I don't actually know how to do that though, so........ hows it going baby? You come here often? Can I buy you a drink?" The entity is bored of hanging out with her weird ex nekron, so she chats the voice up while chugging white Russians. Nine months after she wakes up on Mars with a note saying he had an early meeting, the DCU is born in the form of a bunch of crying blue babes on a little planet called Malthus. Being almost as apathetic as their pops, these children of a single mother decide to build a bunch of robots called manhunters, then later recruit a bunch of idiot humans to their private army. So when Korona was looking for the origin of the universe, he was actually looking for his dad. He became evil after seeing his folks bang for like a thousand years.

[@zerozaku1468]

+Caped-Joel Yo Joel wasssup?

[@morlath4767]

June 2nd, 2016 - Ethan asks "what does it mean that there's three Jokers?" DC - You'll just have to wait to find out. It's coming! You'll be amazed at what we do! August 2019 - Everybody: "We don't care about the Three Jokers thing any more!" DC - But it's coming! You'll be amazed at what we do! You just have to wait!

[@sollyswolly1623]

April 12, 2022 - Everybody "Oh right, there was that story about three Jokers." DC - "pft. Yeah."

[@thomasarcanine]

I think it's fitting that Dr. Manhattan made this gritty and dark DC universe as a reflection of what he experienced in his Watchmen universe... Just as Alan Moore initially started the dark and gritty deconstructed superhero myths that has changed the comic book industry...

[@MrAgooo]

Was going to do something else...then I saw this video come up. Anyone else?

[@ollielatham8583]

Alan Moore killed me at the end

[@Tamaki742]

"Bollocks."

[@flywheelshyster6549]

ah back when we all thought they knew what they were doing... good times

[@daltonweakly]

I definitely think the "meta-text" here was that stories like Watchmen and TDKR changed the way DC made comics. It's what made them want to do more dark and gritty stories. I think Johns is saying that letting those past stories dictate what they did with the New 52 was a mistake. So in this story, the New 52 is just Dr. Manhattan messing with the universe because he's bored

[@RSRye]

U called it mate!

[@tim-ehhsol2444]

To look back at what could have been... HOW did it derail that much!!

[@genshishio9316]

Best ending of a back issues EVER. I am on the fucking floor

[@FloorTankMain]

I can't believe I cried during Sal's explanation god damn it I'm so happy Wally's back

[@Ike_of_pyke]

it's all good man

[@HOTD108_]

it's all food man

[@FatSnorlax]

Fucking Alan Moore at the end! hahaha! XD

[@Tamaki742]

I think you mean Salan Moore.

[@the_rose_garden01]

Comic Pop is the best thing coming out of DC Rebirth

[@bobjuniorman5352]

Man, DC Rebirth was such a great set-up for... nothing in particular, it turns out.

[@kingfaraday2627]

The implication wasn't that Dr. Manhattan created the DCU but more so that he interfered when the reality was being remade during Flashpoint and he stole a decade from the DCU as well as all the hope, love, legacy, optimism and turned into this dark, cynical, edgy place without friendships, love, happy relationships, legacy and rich connective history with heart like there was. Also, Mr. Oz who shows up in the book is totally Adrian Veidt. So we won't get Rorscach or Comedian, who're dead because this is all post-Watchmen, but we'll certainly get to see Ozymandias and Doc for sure. This is all esp great because its a meta narrative about how the post-Watchmen influence of the industry has ruined comics with many creators taking the wrong message from it and being all "Dark=better!" and making stuff dark for no reason by using Watchmen, TDKR etc as an instruction manual. It's not a shot at Miller or Moore or guys like that or their work, but it's a critique aimed at all the creators who read watchmen and thought "This! This is how superhero comics are made! Dark and edgy!" and applied it to the genre at large. A good example being Zack Snyder and his DCEU. Johns' Rebirth is telling us how wrong that is and how that approach is bullshit that ruins a place like DCU and that...a world like that isn't DC, DC is optimism, DC is hope, DC is love, DC is legacy and without that positivity there, it's just no DC. (Again, the head of DC films wrote this at a time when a creator obsessed with TDKR and Watchmen is making DC movies that are being panned and are necessarily dark, edgy and cynical. Says a lot.) Rebirth is probably the most DC book they've put out in a looong time. I fucking love it. Johns' best work in a while.

[@comicpop]

That's one interpretation, sure.

[@eggsbenedictcucumberbatch4336]

King Faraday I love your interpretation but your making a lot of assumptions about guys you've never met before. For instance Zack Snyder said he loved watchmen but after he made the movie and got it out of his system, he realised how bleak and hopeless it ended and he did not like that. He said he saw the dceu as like a second chance for watchmen, he made things start out dark but it's going to end hopeful to prove that the world isn't hopeless and that no matter how bad things get there is always hope and redemption. he even said when he was a teenager that he only liked dark and edgy comics with murder in them but now he knows better, of course people took it out of context and started reporting thar Zack only likes edgy comics with murder and stuff. I'm just saying you're talking about this guys like you know them and have known them your whole life but you don't really know how they think so you can't really psychoanalyse them even interviews aren't reliable because people misquote, take words out of context and actively try to make them look a certain way.

[@LukeTheSketcher]

I really don't want Rorschach and Comedian to come in, but I would LOVE to see an ideological debate between Batman and Ozymandias.

[@willweber8338]

That would be cool.

[@Favar1]

Well, owlman is dead so a narcistic nihilist spot is empty, a guess... :D

[@punkxblaze]

I like every goddamn idea Sal has here more than how it actually played out in the last five years.

[@FatSnorlax]

I love Sal's explanations of the New 52! XD

[@pptemplar5840]

I like the idea that Dr. Manhattan keeps trying to make "slice of life" universes like a god damn amateur author but they always devolve into a super hero story because he's a hack who only knows how to tell that kind of story.

[@DarthVraak]

The New 52 (and the Injustice game) brought me back to comic books after over 10 years, but DC Rebirth truly invigorated my love to comic books. I don't care what anyone thinks, sure there are silly weird things happening, but its part of the fun of comics imo.

[@LukeTheSketcher]

48:00 I really hope you guys totally just called everything DC's gonna do in the next year or two. That would be amazing.

[@brockenglish7602]

Alan Moore is somehow rolling in his grave despite being alive.

[@hasthehighground8560]

He does sleep in a coffin

[@agashi336]

Sal, you were on FIRE this episode. Hysterical. Love where the narrative is headed with DC Rebirth, so I desperately hope they don't go crazy and drive it into the ground. Keep up the great work!

[@ashleybeggs3527]

I have had a few laughing fits watching comicpop but that ending blew them all out the water

[@tyku481]

That thumbnail was epic!!!

[@slecommentary1105]

"New 52 FUCK YOU!!" Sal understands me.

[@chancegoss623]

He understands us all

[@MichaelGiulianoMPL]

As soon as I saw the color of the text boxes I started freaking out. Say what you will about Geoff Johns (*finger guns*), but he writes great Flash stories, and it was so cool to see him writing Wally again. Hopefully the rest of the event(?) gets pulled off with as much skill. And while I'm here: Hell Yes to Ryan Choi being alive again!

[@daelen.cclark]

The convergence tie-in for the Atom gave a pretty cathartic reintroduction to Ryan, Rebirth integrated him in properly.

[@callmesomethingnew9305]

The second I saw this in my feed, I closed it, waited until I got to the nearest comic shop, bought it, read it, loved it, watched this, loved it even more. I was actually lucky enough to grab a variant cover. Another great episode ComicPOP! By the way, I went to the shop and apparently they decided to put their own price on it (10 Goddamn dollars for 1 issue). Good thing I went there on a super-sale day.

[@BrowncoatAllywang]

If they were bring Watchmen back just as a publicity stunt I would agree that that would be shitty. But the fact they are using Watchmen to make a statement about comics, as many consider Watchmen to be the cause of all the dark and gritty stuff we have been getting in comics for decades.

[@garrettmorton774]

Maybe the plan is ultimately for DC's heroes to go to the Watchmen universe and save the Watchmen from their dark dystopic world. To save the Watchmen from themselves in a way. Would it be good? Maybe it would and maybe it wouldn't. But it would be the ultimate statement about comic books and DC's philosophy.

[@themadmattster9647]

it would be so ironic if Grant Morrison wrote it lol.

[@thepulp80s]

Alan Moore is now swamp thing in justice league dark

[@reallysourpinecone]

The way Sal explained the New 52 was the most amazing synopsis ever.

[@hacksawjimthuggin4957]

Ben and Ethan totally called the premise of Justice League Dark with Wonder Woman.

[@quackmaster1014]

watching this and knowing what has happened 3 years later.... oui god dammit DC.

[@hetdarji271]

Me Too!

[@priceyyeti4058]

Why am I just now learning there's a Sallan Moore appearance at the end of this?

[@accidentalmadness1708]

Holy shit

[@samuelanderson1862]

I feel the guys ideas here is better then actual doomsday clock

[@marlonzito1]

Sal enumerating the attributes of the new 52: dark and greedy and cool and...Has to be the best moment from back issues i have seen. Good job guys love the episodes

[@TevyaSmolka]

I am so happy my favorite flash aka Wally west is back alive and kicking

[@spencervaughn3946]

I went into the comic store earlier this year after not being there for many years and asked what should I read. The guy handed ,e this book (the hard cover deluxe version). I never considered my self a huge D.C. Fan even though I like batman a lot. After reading this my geeky mind exploded. This story, I thought was so amazing. The idea of this being that the D.C. Universe has never faced before comes in and plays with time is such a cool concept. I can wait until all is revealed at some point. D.C. Is knocking it out of the park in the comic store right now. Way better the. Marvel comics right now by far. DCEU < MCU D.C. Comics > Marvel Comics

[@thomasscott101]

that was the best possible ending to an amazing episode. this episode enhanced my liking of DC rebirth and i cannot wait to see how it ends.

[@ryebreadreturn1]

OMG, it just occurred to me that this gives Grant Morrison a chance to get his hands on Watchmen characters. God (or Dr Manhattan?) help us.

[@comicpop]

+Ethan Marsh lol

[@HollowGolem]

He already did (kinda) in Multiversity. The Pax Americana stuff was genuinely great. Loved the Captain Atom story.

[@lucariomew365]

+ComicPoP I think you misinterpreted it. It was stated that just as reality (the Post-Crisis multiverse) was coming back together from Barry undoing the events of Flashpoint, they were attacked. So I think Dr. Manhattan prevented the Post-Crisis multiverse from returning by stealing a total of 10 years worth of history from them, causing reality to reshape itself into the bleak/hopeless New 52 multiverse. Other than that this was a great video.

[@comicpop]

I don't think we misrepresented it at all. I think it's worthy of discussion and interpretation, and just because ours doesn't fall in line with yours doesn't make it incorrect. Glad you liked the rest of it!

[@lucariomew365]

That's true. I'm just glad the real Wally West is back. Though I'm confused with what is going to happen to the other Kid Flash Bar Torr who came back from the future a while ago.

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

I'm still kind of confused, does this mean that the New 52 origins stories of the characters are still true or are just mental construct to fill in the missing years. Like, in the New 52 Dick Grayson was taken in and became Robin when he was 16. But is that still the case or was he taken in when he was much younger and it was just forgotten? Basically, is the missing 10 years pre or post-Flashpoint?

[@lucariomew365]

Caitlin Brewer After reading more stuff it seems like The New 52 was indeed supposed to be the Pre-Flashpoint multiverse coming back into existence after flashpoint. Exactly where and how those 10 years were stolen is beyond me. But they are (were) indeed the same multiverse.

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

Ok thanks, I guess that is one of many questions they will have to be answered.

[@haidenmaw7406]

you guys should have a shirt that says "then he ran faster then he ever ran before" with an angry ben face

[@martinpyka7372]

+ComicPOP I just read the Multiversity trade and I didn't understand it at all. I know you guys did a off-the-rack video for #1 but the entire series is confusing. You guys did a really good job explaining Final Crisis and I was wondering if you could do the same for Multiversity.

[@Pauld0622]

There are three Jokers because there were "three timelines" First being the original, pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths The Second being post-Crisis on Infinite Earth/pre-Flashpoint And third would be post-Flashpoint/The New 52

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Are you implying that, through every major multiversal reshape/reboot, the Joker has always been a remnant left on the Earth after they happened?

[@Pauld0622]

In a way yes I am. The fact is there are 3 Jokers... But why three? Like they said in the video there's a multiverse there are many Jokers. So if you go and look in the issue when Batman is looking in the scene of the 3 Jokers, one is draw in the classic 40s style (the Original) the second is draw like in the Killing joke (the post-Crisis on Infinite Earths/pre-Flashpoint) and last is Scott Snyders Joker (The New 52).

[@jakemurphy4229]

In DC's next event: Dr. Manhattan's MIDLIFE-CRISIS!

[@MsTitovski]

When you talked about the blue hand I screamed in the middle of the subway "holy shit, It's blue!" hahaha. Maybe the fact that Dr manhattan started to care again is the problem. In Watchmen, he wouls say he couldn't do anything, he could jus see his own strings. But if he created the dc universe, he's the one with the strings, so he can do anything he wants. And since he cares, he keeps trying to change things. But everytime he does it, something else will go wrong, like in the butterfly effect! I'm really hoping they don't screw up this one! Awesome video, as always

[@johnkenneth3602]

It's 2021, and these 3 still brings a smile to face. We're basically buddies now😅

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

Lmfao I fucking love that, 6 years later, Iris West actually IS a fucking Flash. Flash lore since Rebirth has just been nonstop insanity

[@accidentalmadness1708]

Batman looks up to the sky " MANHATTAN! BRING MY PARENTS BACK! “

[@danteturtle]

Oh my god that thumbnail is amazing😂 Awesome episode as usual, keep it up guys!

[@benbaragona]

it's my favorite one so far!

[@danteturtle]

+Ben Baragona I think The Long Halloween episodes' thumbnail can go up against this one even though they're both great xD

[@mobsta163]

It's a contender but one more day has the best thumbnail

[@isaacshowme2708]

@@mobsta163 I'm partial to Phoenix

[@LukeDodge916]

My mind is just firing on all cylinders with this Dr Manhattan bombshell, and I'm just going spastic. DC should just stop now before they have the opportunity to retcon the accidental genius of Rebirth

[@endergamez5874]

And we are almost 4 years later and they still have NOT FUCKING ANSWERED THE THREE FUCKING JOKERS!!!!

[@franciscobucio7357]

This is now one of my top 5 favorite back issues! Great job guys! Love your channel.

[@Chase-id6ob]

Really the only reason I like the reyes blue Beatle because of the young justice from back in the day

[@geraldferguson6046]

I mean come on guys this is Geoff Johns we are talking about. There is no way he hasn't got all this planned out. He is a really good storyteller so I think everything is in more than capable hands. In Geoff Johns we trust!

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

lmao

[@rayvenkman2087]

@@ItsOver9000Productions Oof

[@ianmckee4726]

Think of it: the entity of the white lantern is hanging out on Earth when suddenly a giant blue space dong pops out of a tear in the sky. A voice cries out: "well I said I wanted to create life. I don't actually know how to do that though, so........ hows it going baby? You come here often? Can I buy you a drink?" The entity is bored of hanging out with her weird ex nekron, so she chats the voice up while chugging white Russians. Nine months after she wakes up on Mars with a note saying he had an early meeting, the DCU is born in the form of a bunch of crying blue babes on a little planet called Malthus. Being almost as apathetic as their pops, these children of a single mother decide to build a bunch of robots called manhunters, then later recruit a bunch of idiot humans to their private army. So when Korona was looking for the origin of the universe, he was actually looking for his dad. He became evil after seeing his folks bang for like a thousand years.

[@Yungtacosss]

LOL oscar worthy my friend

[@ianmckee4726]

Jeremiah Vink A simpler and non publicity stuntesque reason for the rebirth would be that the villains from zero hour are still around and evil parallax stole the time to try and save his coast city; or something to do with convergence and Deimos somehow gaining all that power from time travelers.

[@HollowGolem]

I actually like the Dr. Manhattan twist because I love a good meta-narrative. If you read Jon as a symbol for what happened in the wake of Watchmen (how comics got dark and gritty for the next thirty years), that's almost like Dr. Manhattan (or Watchmen/TDKR/Longbow Hunters/etc.) stealing joy and love. It's a commentary about the industry and the way that "dark and gritty" and "bleak" tones sold, and how DC especially was guilty of putting stuff that was dark and gritty as a substitute for stuff that had a good, sensible story (cough Cry for Justice cough). I just hope this is a conflict that gets resolved by conversation, not by fisticuffs. I feel like it's something that NEEDS to be resolved through moral reasoning and reaching whatever of humanity is still in Jon. Anything else will be absurd and stupid.

[@Favar1]

Yea, thats a good point. There is irony in the fact that they attempt to reintroduce love and hope into their universe through clashing it with the (debatably) most gritty and bleak comic book ever written. I just hope they dont do something stupid like Superman actually landing a punch on Dr. Manhattan or Manhattan's powers not working on supes because of his "Super density" or something stupid like that. Best scenario is Manhattan leaves and the only thing gained is the five years he took. And perhaps him taking the 5 years for a good reason, i.e. to prepare the universe for something even more grand. All of this can be brilliant. But it will need the best writers in the industry and a good framework. If not this entire event will backfire BIG TIME.

[@joeclarke7982]

Doomsday Clock has entered the chat

[@daelen.cclark]

@@Favar1 You were sorta right.

[@priceyyeti4058]

Man, I remember being hyped after this. Now I feel only disappointment.

[@ridge825]

This is the best DC rebirth discussion I've ever seen

[@allgood5138]

Omg I love how excited you guys were for this story. Too bad Sal was right the story potential thing.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

"We know who the big bad is, and he's trying to fuck our universe!" "Don't you mean 'fuck up our universe'?" _"NO!"_ *points to sky at giant donger* "Mother of God!" *Dr. Manhattan:* "Her name was Inge Osterman, by the way." "God is real, and he's..." *Dr. Manhattan:* "American." *Alan Moore (looking up to the sky):* "...I came out of my cave for this?"

[@SpiralSine6]

Should have saved this for two weeks, so you could have done the 120th Rebirth: Crisis!

[@oldkingcole4354]

Meanwhile in Young Justice, the Scarab which was thought to be magic was actually science

[@JohnJohnson-xt7zf]

Thank you for making this video! I needed this.

[@SirArthurTheGreat]

I like how they fixed pretty much the entire flash problem they were talking about in the rebirth flash series

[@Nanikato27]

Dc really did trip and fall right before the finish line. I forgotten how magical Rebirth felt at the time.

[@duptygupty]

One of the best episodes you guys have done! Love the speculation and the enthusiasm

[@psychotronic_x]

awesome episode keep doing the tiny bit with moore at the end hahaha

[@hacksawjimthuggin4957]

Watching this 4 years later really makes me sad about how good DC was during this time. My pull list was probably 17 DC titles deep around this time and so many of them felt like must reads. Doomsday Clock feels like a squandered opportunity.

[@rayvenkman2087]

Seems like whatever Dan Didio and Tom King were doing with Heroes in Crisis alongside Michael Bendis touching Superman, they completely murdered the momentum they had with DC Rebirth.

[@shauntempley9757]

@@rayvenkman2087 I stopped reading Superman at the Action Comics 1000 annual. The Bendis one shot put me off him going into future books, because I did not like the Bendis flavour hint I got. It made me sad, because the previous run was so damned good, because I wanted to see Superman raise his son through the comics, which would have kept the Rebirth element continuing.

[@rayvenkman2087]

@@shauntempley9757 Letting Michael Bendis do Superman is one of the worst comic book decisions that was ever made and that includes prolonging the Spider-Man Clone Saga. All at the cost of losing two of the best Superman runs since the Geoff Johns run.

[@DarkTechnical]

My theory on Dr Manhattan stealing the hope of the DC Universe is him experimenting, he is a scientist after all. An considering how apathetic he is to everything all these huge events that happen could be him introducing different elements to see how his project reacts. Everything stable? Introduces a crisis to mess with the status quo.

[@Favar1]

My theory is he takes away stuff that makes the universe objectively weaker. You know, attachement (in his eyes anyway) makes people weaker, more vulnerable and easier to stab in the back. He is, generaly, min/maxing the universe for peek efficiency in fighting brainiacs, darkseids and such. Also he wants to stay in the shadows and the only people he takes out are the ones that have found out about him. And with the speed force effectively rebelling against him by releasing Barry, he is a ever retreating figure bound to shadows and has to sacrifice more and more people in fear of what they will do to themselves if they find out the truth. In essence, he lies because he cares but doesnt care about the individuals (very much reminiscent of the ending of Watchmen).

[@kurtoogle4576]

Your speculations are amazing!

[@RamenCupBMG]

Wally got his watch from his uncle not his dad. AKA he got it from Barry

[@rosstronics]

Great episode! Your line at the end that they wont tap into 10% was hilarious!

[@gdgiannini]

With all my shows on Summer break I'm loving that I still have my favorite show to look forward to every week. Thanks ComicPOP Happy Birthday Sal

[@lyfeis1865]

its crazy how many times ive watched thiz

[@Sicod79]

Lots of interesting predictions. The one thing that Doc M could not defeat...Superman's morality.

[@burningwhitewolf121]

wow wasnt expecting this just watched the podcast and now this. this is awesome!

[@ShonenXIV]

I like the way you done things, reading like a story to the others going in blind and heading their thoughts. Can't wait to see more content! subscribed!

[@comicpop]

+SHONENJUMPBOY Thank you!

[@MikeDo_0]

"Is that Robin?" "Yeah." "Yaaaaay!" "Wait, witch Robin?" "Damion Wane." "Ohhhh..." lolol Damion's my favorite Robin ._."

[@a7ukgc8x9m4h]

*DamiAn wayne

[@allydrawsthings]

I know the "favorite line" contest was a long time ago but "I would qualify that as a different type of magic" is my all time winner every time. A winner is Ethan

[@chancegoss623]

Once again Happy Birthday Sal!!! I wish you many more!

[@user-op8yh6xl6t]

I feel like Geoff Johns did as well with his DC/Watchmen fanfic as anyone could have.

[@jfhaze]

Great video!!! back issues is my favorite videos u do on your channel love the channel keep doin your thing

[@vesonator]

when the narrator was talking about his watch I couldn't help but think of Christopher Walken's Pulp Fiction watch monologue

[@TheAntiSanta]

Now we know where 7 of those stolen years went.

[@austinskywalker5703]

Haven't even watched the episode yet, but that thumbnail is on point! Great work!

[@austinskywalker5703]

Lil' Allie Moore!

[@camaraf1340]

That ending was amazing

[@matiascarvalho9424]

After a week of a lot of Back Issues episodes... SUBSCRIBED! I really love your videos!

[@comicpop]

+Matias Carvalho Thanks man!

[@TrickyRilke]

One of the absolute best channels on youtube. you guys are all the best. Have a great day Sal!

[@patrickgarvey5739]

Thank God for this video. I've recently got into rebirth and DC in general. And I understood some of what was going on in this one shot and in the universe at large but not everything. This has made everything clear. Thank you.

[@whizgal851]

Wow... Thanks guys you helped me really understand the DC rebirth better.

[@lukeverrillo2014]

great video--sal was on point today. hilarious