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** Alternately, ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' ''is'' a [[Deconstruction]] of it for the [[DC Universe]], demonstrating that even a single person with [[Game Breaker]] powers like those of the [[Silver Age]] [[Superman]] would have dramatically changed the course of history.

*** This is brought up in a conversation between Nightowl I and Dr. Manhattan. Nightowl tells Manhattan that he thinks he'll work on cars when he retires, stating that not even Manhattan could change cars. Manhattan then tells him that because he can synthesize materials, companies could mass-produce much more efficient cars. Sure enough, in the present, Nightowl's business in cars seems incredibly low.

** [[Tangent Comics|Tangent Superman]] did this too for seemingly benign reasons.

** The original [[Silver Age]] Superman Red / Superman Blue story had the twin Supermen turn the world into a utopia. It's a pretty weird story, even by Silver Age standards.