Watchmen

Watchmen by Alan Moore



The limited series Watchmen, begun in 1986 and collected as a trade
paperback in 1987, cemented his reputation. Imagining what the world would
be like if costumed heroes had really existed since the 1940s, Moore and
artist Dave Gibbons created a Cold War mystery in which the shadow of
nuclear war threatens the world. The heroes who are caught up in
this escalating crisis either work for the U.S. government or are outlawed,
and are motivated to heroism by their various psychological hang-ups.
Watchmen is non-linear and told from multiple points of view, and includes
formal experiments such as the symmetrical design of issue 5, "Fearful
Symmetry", where the last page is a near mirror-image of the first, the
second-last of the second, and so on. It is an early example of Moore's
interest in the human perception of time and its implications for free will.
It is the only comic to win the Hugo Award, in a one-time category
("Best Other Form") created largely to acknowledge its excellence.

Publisher DC Comics
Schedule Monthly
Format Limited series
Publication date September 1986 – October 1987
Number of issues 12
Main character(s) Nite Owl
Doctor Manhattan
Rorschach
Silk Spectre
Ozymandias
The Comedian

Creative team
Writer(s) Alan Moore
Artist(s) Dave Gibbons
Letterer(s) Dave Gibbons
Colorist(s) John Higgins
Editor(s) Len Wein

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