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Rorschach the Houseguest (Pages 10, 12, 15-16)Among all of Doomsday Clock‘s “newsworthy” developments, one of the biggest may be the apparent debut of the latest Batsuit. Although Batman is wearing his Rebirth-era costume in D-Clock promotional materials, this costume has a smaller chest symbol made of a rigid material like the Batman Incorporated or the second Batman: Earth One versions. RELATED: The First Batman/Rorschach Team-Up Did Not Go How We Envisioned The return of the Bat-symbol’s yellow oval (also part of the Inc. and Earth One versions) would be more surprising if DC hadn’t just announced the return of Superman’s red trunks in the upcoming Action Comics #1000. By our math Detective Comics #1000 won’t be out for over a year, and the 800th issue of Batman (i.e., the 2016 series’ issue #35) has come and gone. However, Detective #977, marking 950 issues since Batman’s first appearance and 650 since the yellow oval’s

DC Comics’ Doomsday Clock has been one of the publisher’s most well-received events in years as Geoff Johns and Gary Frank bring over Alan Moore’s Watchmen characters into the DC universe. Now, two of the series’ most popular characters, Mime and Marionette, have gotten the Bruce Timm animated treatment from the ’90s thanks to artist Rick Celis. RELATED: Doomsday Clock #4, Annotated – Rorschach, Bat-Villains & A Hero’s Last Flight Celis loves transforming characters into versions of themselves via a style heavily influenced by Batman: The Animated Series and in the past, he applied the same treatment to Fox’s Gotham personnel. Now, he’s done the same to Mime and Marionette, making them look like they’re straight from the Timm-verse. His sketch includes a stern Mime, with his make-believe gun in hand, as well as Marionette displaying a kooky smile, which is what has fans comparing them to Joker and Harley Quinn so mu