Admittedly, when it becomes necessary for him not to see what happens later in the plot, a stream of tachyons traveling backwards from something dramatic happening the future obscures his sight of it – which sounds more as if he can see the future, but still exists more in the present, even mentally.
Veidt hinders Doctor Manhattan with a tachyon generator that interferes with Doctor Manhattan's ability to see the future and then disintegrates him by subtracting his intrinsic field.
Doctor Manhattan tried to erase Superman from existence yet he kept on coming back. Superman is the centre of all DC and without him nothing would exist. The metaverse forms around Superman.
He cannot stop the cannon blast because it already happened to him. Before he gets hit, he is already living the moment where he is hit. And he is also experiencing the future after he gets hit. So there is no such thing as stopping or avoiding something that will happen, already happened, and is happening.
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons invented the cast of Watchmen to evoke familiar superheroic themes that their audience would recognize. Everybody knows that all good superheroes have a secret weakness, so even the godlike Doctor Manhattan had one, too. To put it in Superman terms: Tachyons are his kryptonite.
By the end of Doomsday Clock, it was revealed the Doctor Manhattan had feared that he would either be destroyed by Superman or be forced to end the DC multiverse - this was a major factor in why he became so antagonistic as he tried to find ways to erase or alter Superman's story.. all of which failed.. he would be ...
Thanos should not be underestimated in any fight, but unless he's wearing the Infinity Gauntlet or has a literal sack full of Cosmic Cubes, he isn't beating Dr. Manhattan. Without the aid of any super powerful objects, or pants for that matter, Dr. Manhattan could easily snap Thanos out of existence.
When The Beyonder has full power, he could easily beat Dr. Manhattan. Everything that Beyonder proved he could accomplish — including destroying all multiverse — supersedes what Dr. Manhattan had even accomplished in DC's Rebirth.
However, other mainstream superheroes are probably mightier than him, since they can achieve feats he can't In short, in a straight-up battle, Dr. Manhattan could easily destroy Superman.
Manhattan is given godlike power but, at the same time, sees himself as powerless against the flow of time. As a result, Manhattan, much like Rorschach, sees life as a morally blank slate.
Unfortunately, as formidable as the Hulk has been in all his incarnations, brute force may not be as effective against Dr. Manhattan as his other adversaries. Manhattan could conceivably split Banner from the Hulk as Onslaught did in the '90s, or disintegrate the Hulk from existence altogether.
When counting down the most powerful DC cosmic characters of all time, the number one has to be DC's version of God, known as The Presence. While there are numerous Gods in the DC pantheon, mostly from the Greek versions of Zeus and his offspring, the Presence is more powerful than them all.
In 2016, as part of DC Comics' Rebirth relaunch, Manhattan became a major character in the DC Universe. It was revealed that he was responsible for the Flashpoint event, creating The New 52 timeline/universe in the process, a factor that removed 10 years of DC characters' history.
What does Jon mean when he says we're all puppets Laurie I'm just a puppet who can see the strings?
People being represented as puppets is meant to show how everyone's future is already planned out, they're just unaware of the fact that their future is already decided. But Jon saying that he can see the strings is meant to show how he knows his future is inevitable, so he just lets it play out.
Importantly, Dr. Manhattan experienced love when he was a human, before his transformation via an intrinsic field generator. He was in love with fellow nuclear physicist Janey Slater, who even remains with him for years after his change.
Fans who are left wondering "who can defeat Dr. Manhattan?" have only to look towards the character known as The Beyonder, who is largely considered to be one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe.
Boomstick: This was a super-difficult dual to deduce, but in due time Doctor Manhattan could spell the doom of the Herald of Galactus. In fact, he made the Silver Surfer look tachyon in comparison. Wiz: The winner is Doctor Manhattan.
While Thanos might have the brute strength to defeat Thor, for example, it's a different matter when it comes to the Big Blue Boy Scout. That's because Superman remains much more powerful than Thanos — meaning that, in a straight fight, the former is bound to take the latter down.
Is Dr. Manhattan stronger than the Infinity Stones?
Doctor Manhattan is a walking version of the Infinity Stones. His power is unmatched and he's smart enough to defeat any being he comes up against. Someone with the Infinity Stones doesn't have a chance against him.
While the creators at Marvel Comics may never officially reveal whether the Beyonder or the One-Above-All is more powerful, there is enough information strewn throughout the long history of comics to prove that the latter can never truly be outclassed.
His abilities to manipulate reality at a fundamental level make him nearly invincible. While Ghost Rider is a powerful supernatural entity with his flaming skull and hellfire, it's unlikely his abilities could match the sheer omnipotence of Dr. Manhattan.
If there were a fight between OAA (Celestial) and Dr. Manhattan, who would probably win and why? There isn't much to cover for One Above All, but Manhattan would take the win quite easily, OAA may be the leader of the Celestial, but that doesn't mean much. Manhattan casually destroys Flashpoint.
Doctor Manhattan tried erasing Superman but Superman popped right up every single time and Dr. Manhattan>Infinity Ultron. Tanked the anti-life equation that can end reality and would easily one shot Infinity Ultron.
It finally becomes clear that Manhattan's interpretation of the future was wrong. His encounter with Superman ended neither in his own death or the end of the metaverse, but with Manhattan himself restoring the metaverse to its proper form.
