Courtesy of Dr. Manhattan

February 17, 2009 in Comics,LOL,Movies with 5 Comments

In the event that this needs explanation, Doctor Manhattan is one of the central characters in Alan Moore’s Watchmen, due out in theaters next month.  He’s a blue skinned atomic superhero who was hired by the government in the 60′s as a weapon.

With that said, it looks like Warner Bros. has given out some fairly strange promotional items, and what you’re seeing below is a condom in a matchbook (with the smiley face pin on the front) that advertises the film’s name and release date.

watchmen-condom

I suppose it makes sense that they were handed out over Valentine’s Day weekend, but I’m going to echo watchmencomicmovie.com and wonder if they glow in the dark.

Submitted by AT

About Tim Quirino: Tim founded Geekadelphia with Eric Smith in 2007. Now a multimedia designer @ QVC & Creative Director @ Big Red Tank, he writes from time to time but mostly just administrates and designs for the blog. By night, he romps around Northern Liberties. When not bowling, designing, or eating a ton of food, he can be found with his amazing girlfriend or hanging out with his pet rabbit. When she's not in town, he plays a lot of video games, and pretends to be a rock star in his underwear.

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5 Responses to “Courtesy of Dr. Manhattan”

  1. Lexie February 17, 2009 at 5:30 pm #

    This is apparently a new marketing tool that a lot of people are using. I’ve seen other branded condom matchbooks. I just hope they don’t staple through any of the “important” parts. I’m in NYC and there is Watchmen stuff EVERYWHERE!!!

  2. Tim Quirino February 17, 2009 at 5:34 pm #

    True, staple through a condom is bad news bears.

  3. Chelsea W. February 17, 2009 at 7:42 pm #

    I was going to mention if you’ve seen the promotional tools they’re using such as the fake arcade game, and well… the condoms.

    Looks like I got beaten to the punch.

  4. ***COOKIE MONSTER*** March 7, 2009 at 6:11 pm #

    that blue condum is tight

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