In a world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history the U.S. 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-must test the limits of their convictions and ask themselves where the true line
is between good and evil. Collects #1-12. From Alan Moore the award-winning writer of V FOR
VENDETTA and BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE and Dave Gibbons the artist of GREEN LANTERN the
WATCHMEN COLLECTOR'S EDITION is DC Comics' first-ever slipcase collection featuring the entire
12 issue series reproduced as oversized single-issue hardcovers and utilizes the high-quality
recolored pages found in WATCHMEN: THE ABSOLUTE EDITION
