Timeline for Did anyone ever try to make another Dr. Manhattan, and if not, why?
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| May 10, 2017 at 19:06 | comment | added | RichS | Adrian Veidt tried to make a Dr. Meowhattan out of his cat, Bubastis. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/146278/… | |
| May 10, 2017 at 18:48 | history | edited | Gallifreyan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 3, 2016 at 10:46 | answer | added | guest_posting_stuff | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 16, 2015 at 2:03 | vote | accept | Zoneman | ||
| Jul 23, 2015 at 14:43 | answer | added | ComicSansMS | timeline score: 19 | |
| Jul 13, 2015 at 15:04 | comment | added | Etheur | I don't think it was ever even mentioned again in the original graphic novel, though I haven't read the recent prequel storys that came out. | |
| Jul 13, 2015 at 8:38 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | “Presumably this experiment was reproducible” — sure, but it was a failure, so thanks to publication bias Dr. Manhattan never got around to publishing the paper on it. | |
| Jul 13, 2015 at 8:35 | comment | added | Royal Canadian Bandit | @Covertwalrus: We can assume the technology used to create Manhattan was the most closely guarded secret in the world. The USSR might have been unable to reproduce it. It's also questionable whether Manhattan wanted a rival superman around the place, and he might have discouraged the US government or others from trying to produce one. Manhattan can discourage pretty strongly when he wants. | |
| Jul 13, 2015 at 5:05 | comment | added | Covertwalrus | Lack of volunteers? Or the fact you only need one? Given the timeline though, I'm surprised the USSR didn't at least try . . . | |
| Jul 13, 2015 at 5:03 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | No one was willing to be turned into a naked blue guy? | |
| Jul 13, 2015 at 4:51 | history | asked | Zoneman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |