However, the final issue of Watchmen hangs heavy on a murder caused by Doctor Manhattan; when Rorschach refuses to play ball and allow Veidt’s plot to go unreported, Doctor Manhattan is inevitably the last line of defense stopping the truth from leaking.
And it’s a foul end for the masked vigilante, as Manhattan obliterates Rorschach out there in the Antarctic air.
Though his actions in Vietnam were known to be destructive and deadly, Doctor Manhattan does not spend very much time getting violent within Watchmen, seeing as so many of the other characters are quick to get physical.