A New York Times best-seller! In an alternate world where the mere presence of American
superheroes changed history the US won the Vietnam War Nixon is still president and the cold
war is in full effect! Watchmen begins as a murder-mystery but soon unfolds into a
planet-altering conspiracy. As the resolution comes to a head the unlikely group of reunited
heroes--Rorschach Nite Owl Silk Spectre Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandias--have to test the
limits of their convictions and ask themselves where the true line is between good and evil. In
the mid-eighties Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons created Watchmen changing the course of comics'
history and essentially remaking how popular culture perceived the genre. Popularly cited as
the point where comics came of age Watchmen's sophisticated take on superheroes has been
universally acclaimed for its psychological depth and realism. Watchmen is collected here in
deluxe hardcover with sketches extra bonus material and a new introduction by series artist
Dave Gibbons.
