First appearance Watchmen #1 (1986)Accidentally locked inside a test chamber during a nuclear physics experiment, Jon Osterman was completely disintegrated; rather than dying, Osterman gained vast godlike powers, the first use of which involved re-constituting his own body. Manhattan's powers include superhuman strength, telekinesis, the ability to teleport himself or others over planetary, interplanetary and Intergalactic distances, the manipulation of matter at a subatomic level, and near total clairvoyance.
While his military backers market him as a superhero, he grows increasingly disinterested in human affairs, despite his importance in the Cold War, and is unable to connect with others, especially his love interest Laurie, the second Silk Spectre.
Dr. Manhattan was created by Watchmen writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons but, like many main characters of the series, he is a modified version of a Charlton Comics character, in this case Captain Atom, created by Joe Gill and Steve Ditko.
Abilities:
Control over space and time, Regeneration, Energy and matter manipulation, Flight,
Immortality, Superhuman strength, speed and durability, Intangibility, Precognition,
Teleportation, Self-duplication
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