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    The Tragic Death of Dr. Manhattan's Real-Life Counterpart

    In the Watchmen comic book (and forthcoming movie), one of the most intriguing characters is the omnipotent Dr. Manhattan, a superhero who can manipulate the physical laws of the universe as the result of a strange accident involving "atomic physics." After being exposed to radiation, Dr. Manhattan is suffused with a blue glow and can see through time. But it turns out there was actually a real-life version of Dr. Manhattan, a physical chemist named Louis Alexander Slotin who was exposed to the same radioactive particles as Dr. Manhattan and many other superheroes. Unfortunately, Slotin did not develop superstrength. More »