“Well, me, I think it’s astrological. Halley’s Comet is coming back around now. That’s an omen of doom.” (Chapter 5, Page 7, Panel 5).
Halley’s comet is an astrological body that orbits through the solar system. Halley’s comet passes by earth once approximately every 75 years. Many events throughout history have been blamed on the passing of Halley’s comet, such as the fire that destroyed part of New York City in 1835. Watchmen has a space motif throughout then novel, and this mention of Halley’s comet adds to the motif. Moor uses Watchmen to pose the idea of a scientific god as opposed to a religious god and challenges readers with the idea of a scientific god in the form of Dr. Manhattan. The space motif helps to portray Dr. Manhattan as the scientific godlike figure.
Works Cited: Kronk, Gary W. "Comet Hysteria and the Millennium." Cometography. 22 Feb. 2009 <http://cometography.com/hysteria.html>.
Image Credit: http://www.unmuseum.org/halleycomet.htm
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