Doctor Manhattan

— Doctor Manhattan.

## Summary

**Doctor Jon Osterman** was a nuclear physicist who was caught in a radioactive particle test, which transformed him into the godlike, emotionally detached being known as **Doctor Manhattan**. He protected America's interests for decades with his matter-altering abilities and precognition, but when his girlfriend broke up with him, he saw no reason to remain on Earth and abandoned the human race. He returned briefly to stop his old teammate Ozymandias, who it was believed at the time was trying to start World War III, but when Manhattan discovered he was instead trying to prevent it, he abandoned the human race again for his own ventures.

Manhattan observed the Flash as he attempted to restore his own universe and undo the temporal distortion caused by Flashpoint. Manhattan interfered with this by erasing ten years of the restored universe's timeline and in effect creating a new reality. The reason Manhattan came to Prime Earth is because he saw an enraged Superman punch him and saw nothing happen afterwards. He believes Superman kills him or he destroys everything.

Clark, however, realizes that there is a third choice. Superman then tells Manhattan that maybe he can't see the future because he might have to give everything up to save his world and he can choose it. Now that Superman had inspired him, he regretted that he couldn't be the hero people needed, transferring what remains of his powers to a young boy names, Clark so he would become a true hero for their Earth before he himself ceased to exist.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** **1-A**

**Name:** Doctor Jon Osterman, Doctor Manhattan.

**Origin:** DC Comics.

**Gender:** Male.

**Age:** 30.

**Classification:** Mutated human.

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Nigh-Omniscience, Enhanced Senses (Manhattan could hear the heartbeats of a fetus from the other side of the room. Manhattan can read atoms just by looking at them.), Surface Scaling (Manhattan can walk on walls.), Reality Warping, Existence Erasure and Creation (Manhattan could erase and recreate the universe.), Causality Manipulation (Manhattan recreating the universe changed events of the past, leading to the creation of Superboy and the Justice Society of America.), Matter Manipulation (Manhattan can manipulate matter at will.), Transmutation (Manhattan could transform sand into a castle.), Destruction (Manhattan can completely disintegrate a target.), Energy Manipulation (Manhattan can manipulate any type of energy, including energies that don't exist in his universe, such as magic.), Energy Projection, Energy Absorption (Manhattan absorbed all of the energy from within Green Lantern’s ring, depowering him.), Explosion Manipulation (Manhattan can create large explosions.), Flight, Spaceflight, Life Support (Types 1, 2, and 3.), Non-Corporeal, Immortality (Types 1, 3, and 9.), Regeneration (High, Manhattan could regenerate after being reduced to atoms.), Size Manipulation (Manhattan can change the size of his body at will.), Higher Dimensional Existence (Type 2.), Large Size (Type 11.), Acausality (Types 3, Manhattan exists as one entity across all universes throughout the past, present, and future, and 5, Manhattan transcends the Fourth Dimension, which is time.), Nonexistent Physiology (Type 2, Manhattan transcends the Fifth Dimension, which is imagination.), Precognition, Retrocognition and Clairvoyance (Manhattan can see the past, present, and future simultaneously.), Cosmic Awareness (Manhattan could instantly become an expert in multiple types of cosmic energy he had never heard of before the moment he saw them.), Teleportation, BFR (Manhattan can teleport others against their will.),, Time Travel (Manhattan is capable of traveling throughout the timeline at will.), Space-Time Manipulation (Manhattan warps space and time whenever he teleports, thus moving the universe around him instead of moving himself.), Nigh-Omnipresence (Manhattan exists as one entity across all universes throughout the past, present, and future.), Duplication (Manhattan can duplicate himself at will.), Dimensional Travel (Manhattan can travel between dimensions at will.), Magic (Manhattan learned how to use magic after seeing the Justice League Dark using it.), Electricity Manipulation (Manhattan can control electricity.), Radiation Manipulation (Manhattan can create and manipulate ultraviolet radiation.), Air Manipulation (Manhattan could create air on Mars.), Water Manipulation (Manhattan could create water.), Fire Manipulation (Manhattan can create and control blue fire.), Plant Manipulation and Life Manipulation (Manhattan could make flowers blossom with his footsteps.), Light Manipulation (Manhattan can shift the color frequencies of the light around him in order to hide his true appearance and make himself appear as he wishes others to see him.), Forcefield (Manhattan can create force fields.), Biological Manipulation (Manhattan could accelerate evolution on an uninhabited planet.), Intangibility (Manhattan can phase through solid objects.), Power Bestowal (Manhattan could give his power to a child named Clark Dreiberg.), Telekinesis (Manhattan can telekinetically move objects.), Astral Projection, Telepathy, Mind Manipulation, and Memory Manipulation (Manhattan is able to telepathically invade and manipulate the minds and memories of others, as displayed when he forcibly showed Ronnie Raymond a vision of the past.), Resistance to Pain Manipulation (Manhattan was unaffected by having his neck snapped.), Fire Manipulation, Hellfire Manipulation, Magic (Manhattan was completely unaffected by Etrigan's hellfire and Zatanna's magic.), Empathy Manipulation (Doctor Manhattan has completely lost his humanity, and is no longer able to feel or understand emotions.), Ice Manipulation and Radiation Manipulation (Can survive in outer space, which has a temperature of only 2.7 degrees above absolute zero and is filled with radiation.)

**Attack Potency:** **Outerverse level** (Doctor Manhattan's powers perfectly matched those of Perpetua.)

**Speed:** **Irrelevant**

**Lifting Strength:** **Irrelevant**

**Striking Strength:** **Outerversal**

**Durability:** **Outerverse level**

**Stamina:** Irrelevant.

**Range:** Outerversal.

**Standard Equipment:** None notable.

**Intelligence:** Nigh-Omniscient (Manhattan exists as one entity across all universes throughout the past, present, and future. Manhattan can see the past, present, and future simultaneously. Manhattan could instantly become an expert in multiple types of cosmic energy he had never heard of before the moment he saw them.)

**Standard Tactics:** Doctor Manhattan will not waste time and will quickly finish his opponent off using his powers. His initial move is generally to explode his opponent.

**Weaknesses:** Doctor Manhattan has completely lost his humanity, and is no longer able to feel or understand emotions. Tachyons are capable of blocking Manhattan's senses.