Doomsday Clock Reading Order Since DC Rebirth launched in June 2016, all roads have led to  Doomsday Clock. Mysteries of watchmakers and button-wearers have been teased throughout various comics in the Rebirth era, asking the question who exactly has been teasing with the fabric of the DC Universe? And perhaps more importantly: Why? Ape escape 3. Doomsday Clock does what many thought was impossible and fully justifies its existence in following up the classic Watchmen series whilst also telling what is probably the most assuredly mature and thoughtful work Geoff Johns has ever done in the DC Universe.

What is the Doomsday Clock?The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic representation of how close humanity has come to dying in nuclear warfare.In more recent years, the Doomsday Clock factors in other global threats such as right-wing populism and climate change.The clock countdowns the “minutes to midnight” where midnight represents humanity’s final hour.The Doomsday Clock was presented for the first time in 1947 when the US and the Soviet Union were at loggerheads over global domination.WATCH LIVE. The clock was reimagined in 2007 by graphic designer Michael Bierut.Initially, Bulletin editor Eugene Rabinowitch decided what the time on the clock would be set to.After Mr Rabinowitch’s death in 1973, the task was taken over by the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board.The Science and Security Board features many world-renowned scientists, political figures and Nobel Laureates.Since 2007, the Doomsday Clock takes into consideration the danger climate change poses to the planet.DON’T MISSINSIGHTMAPANALYSIS.

.BAS President Rachel Bronson told reporters in Washington DC on Thursday that the time was now being kept in seconds rather than minutes because the 'moment demands attention' and that the threats level is worsening'. She said the world was now menaced by powerful leaders who 'denigrate and discard the most effective methods for addressing complex threats'.The decision is made by the BAS Science and Security Board, which includes 13 Nobel Laureates. For the first time this year, the board was joined by members of The Elders - a group of international leaders and former officials first founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007.' We must act and work together,' said former UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon, a member of The Elders.

'Not a single country or person can do it alone. We need all hands on deck and we can all work together.' Media captionGreta Thunberg and Donald Trump give different takes on climate changeFormer California Governor Jerry Brown, another member of the panel, said: 'Dangerous rivalry and hostility among the superpowers increases the likelihood of nuclear blunder.

Climate change just compounds the crisis. If there's ever a time to wake up, it's now.' Astrophysicist and panel member Robert Rosner said: 'The fact that the clock is now a mere 100 seconds from midnight signals really bad news,'What we said last year is now a disturbing reality in that things are not getting better.'

Past experience has taught us that even in the most dismal periods of the Cold War, we can come together. It is high time we do so again,' he added.The clock was first created by US scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, which developed the world's first nuclear weapon. Georgetown University Professor Sharon Squassoni told reporters that the threat from nuclear weapons had increased, in part due to the collapse of the Iran nuclear deal, North Korean nuclear weapons development and continued proliferation from countries such as the US, China and Russia. She called the situation 'dangerous' and demanding of an 'urgent response'.The committee warned of another threat, particularly ahead of the US presidential election in November: 'government-used cyber-enabled disinformation campaigns to sow distrust in institutions and among nations'.Board member Robert Latiff called 'untruths, exaggerations and misinterpretations' a problem that could lead to the 'wholesale trashing' of scientific evidence. Deepfake videos, he said, 'threaten to undermine truth from fiction'.Former Irish President Mary Robinson said 'the world needs to wake up', equating her reaction to that of 'an angry granny'.