![]() ![]() In this setting, the heroes – Rorschach, Nite Owl, Dr. That’s the beginning of the story, but as it unfolds over twelve issues, it covers the backstories of the heroes, the literature and mythology of the time, and all the events that led up to a modern time (in the alternate-reality) where heroes are real, Dick Nixon is still president (and has been for decades) and the world is on the brink of nuclear war. One of the heroes has been killed, and another sets out to discover why. At the center of it, it’s a murder mystery set in a world where super heroes are real. The graphic novel “Watchmen” came out in the late 1980s, the creation of writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. But then again, as far as most people are concerned, it has never been equaled as a work within the medium, so it’s not only Moore’s greatest comic, it’s ANYBODY’S greatest comic. So when one says that “Watchmen” is his greatest achievement, that’s setting a pretty high bar. ![]() Alan Moore is arguably the greatest comic book writer of all time, although in more recent times he might have taken issue with even being one. ![]()
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