A Great Epic Story
Is Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” the greatest comic book ever written? Quite possibly so. “Watchmen” is a self-contained story that follows two generations of costumed superheroes over several decades of their history (the story spans from the 1930s to the 1980s). Moore’s characters are truly unforgettable: the violent Comedian, the Batman-like Nite Owl, the disturbed Rorschach, the dazzling Ozymandias (known as “the world’s smartest man”), the sexy female crime fighter known as the Silk Spectre, the godlike Dr. Manhattan, and more. Much of these characters’ lives are lived in the shadow of the Cold War and possible nuclear Armageddon (a particularly resonant theme for those of us who remember that era). Read more »
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