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Panel 1: The
statement by Nixon to Kissinger that they want to be “somewhere else” when the
nukes hit is read over another scene of Dr. Manhattan on Mars (somewhere
else).
Panel 2: The bald man to Nixon’s left with the ball
pipe of this world is G. Gordon Liddy, who – in our actual history – was one of
the organizers of the Watergate burglaries that eventually led to President
Nixon’s resignation in 1974
Panel 3: More juxtaposition as the comment, “. . .
that’s pretty breathtaking” refers not only to the destruction of the United
States east coast as played out in the program Nixon’s advisors are running,
but is also a comment on Dr. Manhattan’s ecstasy in this close-up as he looks
up into the night sky on Mars.
Panel 4: More radiation symbols, continuing the visual
motif of this issue.
Panel 5: “This is going to take some thinking . . .”
is not only part of the nuclear scenario conversation in Nixon’s war room, but
also a commentary on what Dr. Manhattan is preparing to do in this scene – sit
and think.
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