Doomsday Clock has been bringing characters from the 1980s comic book series Watchmen into the mainstream DC continuity, and the tenth issue — by former DC chief creative officer Geoff Johns and ...

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history. Here's a look at how — and why — it's moved.

It’s worth noting that the Doomsday Clock has never struck midnight. However, the fact that we’re closer than ever before isn’t exactly the plot twist we were hoping for in the 2020s.

The group started the Doomsday Clock two years later. The Clock's original setting in 1947 was seven minutes to midnight. It has since been set backward eight times and forward 18 times.