| |
| | News | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Due to an accident involving an nuclear physics experiment, Dr. Osterman was taken outside the physical realm and returned with god-like powers, including superhuman strength, telekinesis, the ability to teleport himself or others over planetary, interplanetary and possibly interstellar distances, control over matter at a molecular level, and near total clairvoyance. |
 | | Manhattan was created by Watchmen writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons but, like all main characters of the series, he is a modified version of a Charlton Comics character, in this case Captain Atom, created by Steve Ditko. |
 | | Doctor Manhattan restores himself much more quickly this time, but when Veidt reveals that his scheme appears to have averted a looming nuclear war, Doctor Manhattan realizes that to expose the scheme would be too dangerous for all life on Earth. |
| www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Dr._Manhattan (1868 words) |
|