Was That A DC Watchmen Reference In The Fall And Rise Of Captain Atom #1?

You might expect a reference or two to Watchmen in the new Fall And Rise Of Captain Atom book, especially as Dr Manhattan was based on Captain Atom, and Captain Atom was then recreated to be more like Dr Manhattan. Indeed, Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely created a Multiverse world that uses the Charlton characters in increasingly Watchmen ways, which DC seems to have currently forgotten about.

Because the actual Watchmen characters appear to have been invading the DC Universe, and Bleeding Cool has been watching out for signs.

Is this the latest? Compare this speech from the first issue…

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…to this…

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Nothing ever ends? Everything ends? Make your mind up Manhattans….
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And Fall #1 to the list?

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About Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.