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| Title: | Watchmen |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Type: | Limited series |
| Years published: | 1986-1987 |
| Total issues: | 12 |
| Featuring: | Walter Kovacs; Adrian Veidt; Dan Dreiberg; Laurie Juspeczyk; Jon Osterman; Edward Blake |
| Creators: | Alan Moore; Dave Gibbons; John Higgins; Len Wein; Barbara Randall |
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Watchmen is an American comic book limited series of the superhero fantasy genre. It was published by DC Comics and ran for twelve issues from September, 1986 to October, 1987. The book was written by Alan Moore with artwork, inks, lettering and cover art by Dave Gibbons. It was colored by John Higgins. The series was primarily edited by Len Wein with Barbara Randall closing out the series. The series has received widespread critical acclaim and is responsible for the evolution of the entire comic book landscape, creating a cottage industry for more sophisticated and mature styles of story-telling.
Issues
- Watchmen 1
- Watchmen 2
- Watchmen 3
- Watchmen 4
- Watchmen 5
- Watchmen 6
- Watchmen 7
- Watchmen 8
- Watchmen 9
- Watchmen 10
- Watchmen 11
- Watchmen 12
Annuals & Specials
- DC Dollar Comics: Watchmen 1
- Millennium Edition: Watchmen 1
Collections
- Absolute Watchmen
- Watchmen Collector's Edition Boxset
- Watchmen: International Edition
- Watchmen: The Annotated Edition
- Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
- Watchmen: The Trade Paperback
Notes & Trivia
- Watchmen (1986) and Watchmen, Vol. 1 both redirect to this page.
- The tagline for this series is "Who Watches the Watchmen?"
- This series was adapted into a Watchmen feature film in 2009, which was directed by Zack Snyder.
- A live-action television sequel of Watchmen began airing on HBO in 2019. Season one consisted of nine episodes and takes place thirty-four years after the events of the comic. The only central characters common to both the comic and the TV series are Jon Osterman, Adrian Veidt, and Hooded Justice, and Laurie Juspeczyk. Other members of the original Minutemen appear in flashback.
- This series was adapted into the Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic in 2008. The series consists of twelve abridged 25–30 minute segments, each based on and sharing a name with one of the twelve chapters of the book. All characters are voiced by actor Tom Stechschulte.
- Issue #1 went to second printing. It was also reproduced as a Millennium Edition reprint and a Dollar Comic one-shot.
- The events of this series take place in an alternate history wherein the United States won the Vietnam War, making Vietnam the 51st state, and Richard Nixon was still President of the United States up until the mid 1980s.
Awards[]
- This series was included in Time Magazine's Top 100 greatest novels of all time.
- This series won the Kirby Award in 1987 for the category of Best New Series.
- This series won the Squiddy Award in 1987 for Favorite Limited Series, which is appropriate since "Squiddies" kinda play a big role in the climax of this story.
- This series won a special Harvey Award for Excellence in production in 1988. It also won the Harvey Award for Best Continuing Limited Series and Best Graphic Album in 1988.
- This series won a Hugo Award in 1988.
- Editor Len Wein ultimately quit the series over disputes with writer Alan Moore over the climax of the storyline.
- A series of prequel comic book projects, consisting of both limited series and one-shots was published in 2012 and 2013 under the banner of "Before Watchmen".
- A sequel series, The Doomsday Clock was published from 2018-2020, which brought the Watchmen continuity into the shared mainstream DC Universe.
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