ANewYorkTimesbest-seller!InanalternateworldwherethemerepresenceofAmericansuperheroeschangedhistory,theUSwontheVietnamWar,Nixonisstillpresident,andthecoldwarisinfulleffect!Watchmenbeginsasamurder-mystery,butsoonunfoldsintoaplanet-alteringconspiracy.Astheresolutioncomestoahead,theunlikelygroupofreunitedheroes--Rorschach,NiteOwl,SilkSpectre,Dr.ManhattanandOzymandias--havetotestthelimitsoftheirconvictionsandaskthemselveswherethetruelineisbetweengoodandevil.Inthemid-eighties,AlanMooreandDaveGibbonscreatedWatchmen,changingthecourseofcomics’historyandessentiallyremakinghowpopularcultureperceivedthegenre.Popularlycitedasthepointwherecomicscameofage,Watchmen’ssophisticatedtakeonsuperheroeshasbeenuniversallyacclaimedforitspsychologicaldepthandrealism.Watchmeniscollectedhereindeluxehardcover,withsketches,extrabonusmaterialandanewintroductionbyseriesartistDaveGibbons.
