COMICS: An Apology Is Issued By DC Comics After Today's Controversial DOOMSDAY CLOCK Tweet

COMICS: An Apology Is Issued By DC Comics After Today's Controversial DOOMSDAY CLOCK Tweet

Fans voiced their displeasure after the DC Comics Twitter account made an end of days joke while promoting Doomsday Clock. This promoted an official apology to be issues, which you can check out here...

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By aliharris - Jan 25, 2018 11:01 AM EST
Filed Under: DC Comics
After DC Comics left a tweet earlier this morning that fans have described as distasteful, DC Comics issued an apology after the outcry of their fans.

In trying to promote the anticipated Doomsday Clock comic event, the company referred to the dangerous situations, like the threat of nuclear war, as a light-hearted joke. The tweet read:

"Take your mind off the real #DoomsdayClock with Doomsday Clock #3, out now."

The tweet was also followed by a link to the website to which you'd be able to purchase the newly released issue. Fans did not take the joke well. Within five hours of releasing the tweet, the company issued an official apology on the same Twitter account, hoping to calm the situation before it gets any worse.
 

Doomsday Clock all about how individual characters handle the world coming to an end, which is staring them in the face. It's not a light-hearted story with many dark elements featured, much like its predecessor, The Watchmen.

What do you think though? Did DC cross a link with their tweet or do you think fans overreacted?
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Kman
Kman - 1/25/2018, 4:23 PM
seems kind of innocuous to me... to be honest
BigDaddyJinx
BigDaddyJinx - 1/26/2018, 10:34 PM
@Kman - No kidding, right? So benign this is.

Because yes, let's all of us mope and dread the Doomsday Clock as though there is a single damn thing any of us can do about it from the comfort of our armchairs...right?

Jesus...

Leave it to the snowflakes to turn something so benign into something so paramount as to warrant an apology.

We don't need a nuclear war. The snowflakes are killing us all quicker than any nuclear war would. Snowflakes are destroying us long before any nuke would ever hit our soil.
528491
528491 - 1/25/2018, 4:26 PM
There is something innately crass about exploiting the announcement of the world being the closest its ever been to nuclear apocalypse to try and sell a few more comic books.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 1/25/2018, 8:19 PM
@528491 -
Lemons
Lemons - 1/25/2018, 4:47 PM
people joke about the world ending all the time, it is what it is. seems like wasted effort to get worked up about that tweet.
Ace006
Ace006 - 1/25/2018, 5:20 PM
@Lemons - not much here to get upset over imho but people get worked up over anything and everything nowadays
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 1/25/2018, 5:20 PM
::: SIGH :::
RebelCommander
RebelCommander - 1/25/2018, 5:28 PM
God, I hate this world we live in now...
fadersdream
fadersdream - 1/26/2018, 8:23 AM
@RebelCommander - You have triggered my sense of entitlement by reminding me that I'm not allowed to rewrite history to fit my personal martyrdom.


Yeah, I hate the youth of today... I see kids in coffee shops complaining about how much worse it is for them than it was for me while drinking $10 dollar drinks on $500 tablets and $800 dollar phones complaining about how hard life is, and I think about when I was their age I was homeless and living in the park across the street. If they hear a word they don't like they compare it to be raped in the mind.

I just smile and walk on.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 1/25/2018, 5:31 PM
People are so petty...and tiny.
TheDayman
TheDayman - 1/25/2018, 5:36 PM
DC should issue an apology for The Doomsday Clock storyline.
Stinkor1
Stinkor1 - 1/25/2018, 5:43 PM
Oh get over yourself. It’s not like it’s an actual clock that is actually predicting doomsday. It’s a man made concept. Manipulated by man.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/25/2018, 5:45 PM
@Stinkor1 - People are stupid
fadersdream
fadersdream - 1/26/2018, 8:24 AM
@Stinkor1 - it's because of Day Zero in Cape Town.

This one isn't just trivial politics, but an actual crisis.

You should at least check it out.
Nightmare
Nightmare - 1/25/2018, 5:57 PM
I'm guessing these same offended people are the ones who threatened to leave the country.
BigDriggs
BigDriggs - 1/25/2018, 6:14 PM
Why would anyone be upset over that?
rkshuttleworth
rkshuttleworth - 1/25/2018, 6:25 PM
The world will come to an end eventually, but if you are ready there is nothing to worry about.
Franshu
Franshu - 1/25/2018, 7:02 PM
That sounds absolutely inocuous... Srsly, people need to stop being such crybabies all the time.
ClarkyPooooooh
ClarkyPooooooh - 1/25/2018, 10:21 PM
@Franshu - right ?! Focus that energy on something relevant . The point of entertainment is to be distracted from the world!
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 1/25/2018, 7:16 PM
I’d agree that joking about doomsday would be a flippant comment coming from somebody like the President or other leaders who should take the fears of the people seriously because it’s their job to get us through all of this, but for most of the rest of us laughing in the face of oblivion is about all we can do. No reason to get pissy about it.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/25/2018, 7:20 PM
And I was meant to be offended by what? I can't see a problem with that tweet.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 1/25/2018, 7:44 PM
Dumb comment and even dumber for apologizing.
Smallvillefan21
Smallvillefan21 - 1/25/2018, 8:37 PM
I found the post from DC very offensive about trying to sell comics off of this, I was extremely butthurt to say the least.
Tighelander
Tighelander - 1/25/2018, 8:41 PM
What's the general opinion of the DC series? Is this the climax of the last event series (Rebirth?) I don't follow comics these days, only reading fragments of what's going on at sites like this.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 1/25/2018, 8:55 PM
"Offended" isn't the right word for my reaction to that tweet. Mild disgust more covers it. It sure as hell makes me less interested in giving them money for being so crass about a real serious issue. But it's also something that an apology doesn't fix (though obviously that was the only real option because "we were acting like dicks and didn't realize people don't like dicks" isn't really an excuse).

It's not fundamentally different than tweeting "Global Warming is devastating coral reefs across the globes, but our Aquaman comics are still lush and colorful!"

Just ick.
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 1/26/2018, 3:32 AM
@Spock0Clock - Relax its not the end of the world, that comes later, but not too late.
ClarkyPooooooh
ClarkyPooooooh - 1/25/2018, 10:19 PM
God i hate today’s over sensitive world.
MinoMininni
MinoMininni - 1/26/2018, 12:25 AM
Really, when did we all become so sensitive?
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 1/26/2018, 12:33 AM
Y'know what? They shouldn't have apologised. This is a perfect acceptable and even necessary joke.

It is also very serious and it's time people started making more serious jokes like this.
WeAreVenom86
WeAreVenom86 - 1/26/2018, 10:02 AM
People bitching about this are [frick]ing pussies. Not just pussies...but sand filled, red and irritated pussies. Sweet Jor-El could they be anymore like little bitches? [frick]ing hell! Most of us comic readers lived through the [frick]ing cold war and we're doing just fine. [frick]ing whiney little [frick]ing bitches. [frick] we hate people now.
Jackal
Jackal - 1/26/2018, 10:41 AM
Jesus CHRIST I hate my generation like seriously there is not one thing that people don't get offended about now.
newmutantsRETURNS
newmutantsRETURNS - 1/26/2018, 11:04 AM
LMAO this generation of whiners are the worse......I thought my generation of GEN-X was bad but these dweebs take the cake lol
boiling
boiling - 1/26/2018, 3:43 PM
Ohman [frick] them [frick]s getting upset about EVERYTHING these days [frick]IT! Let’s protest by going on an electronic market plunder.
TheDayman
TheDayman - 1/27/2018, 7:04 PM
Everyone here sounds like they're getting really offended at how easily offended people are...
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