So, the New 52 was his attempt to nerf the DC Universe? >break

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new 52 is still bad tho

My theory is that he wanted to see how superheroes would function in a darker world and if they could still exist, still be inspirational, still be -- y'know -- HEROES.

Doc's universe had no actual superheroes until he suddenly got powers. It's a closer analogue to our universe than to superhero universes. In that sense, I can't imagine he'd have any interest in attempting to "weaken" the DCU or DC multiverse in general -- they're meaningless to him. But as a science experiment, or as a thought experiment, playing around with the variables makes a lot of sense. And the effect of modernizing the heroes while also making the universe a bit colder/lonelier (the same effect that Doc himself had on his own universe) is something worth studying among idealistic characters.

>>84144307
This isn't bait you fucking dingus

This was almost verbatim his plan from Rebirth

I think it might be an attempt to rebirth his own universe with kinder heroes who could succeed where his world's heroes failed.

>>84144273
i honestly think that Doc had good intention but he had no idea at how to make them work, this would explain the early years of the new 52 rather well

He probably didn't try to erase Superman. Basically Manhattan was fucking around and before he finished Brainiac pulled out Clark and Lois.

Now this is purely speculation but what likely happened is that Manhattan (or the universe itself might have made this correction) had to recover and use someone else for Clark and Lois. Most logical theory is that he merely used the other Clark and Lois that were in Earth-0 at the time (the ones from pre-Crisis Earth Two that died in Infinite Crisis; last seen during Blackest Night).

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THAT'S WHY DARLING