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Watchmen #1

DC ⋅ 1986

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Watchmen #1
 
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Key Facts

Premiere issue of a twelve-issue series that explores the dark side of superheroes from a realistic, flawed perspective

1st appearance of Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, Ozymandias, Silk Spectre, The Comedian and Night Owl

Alan Moore based his characters off of DC's newly acquired Charlton heroes: the Question, Captain Atom, Thunderbolt, Nightshade, the Peacemaker and Blue Beetle

[July 2023 - Warner Bros. announced an animated Watchmen feature is in development]

Issue Details

Publisher

DC
Artist

Dave Gibbons
Writer

Alan Moore
Colorist

John Higgins
Published

September 1986

Synopsis

AT MIDNIGHT, ALL THE AGENTS... When the Comedian dies, a series of events are set into motion that bring the world ever closer to a deadly threat no one saw coming.

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