HUGO AWARD WINNER | A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In an alternate America a murder mystery
evolves into an ominous planet-wide conspiracy in a world where superheroes shifted the course
of history as we know it The compact paperback edition of the groundbreaking masterpiece from
comics legends Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons that took apart the infallible superhero archetype
forever changing graphic storytelling It’s the 1980s—The United States has emerged victorious
in the Vietnam War Richard Nixon remains in office and the Cold War rages on. Superheroes
have been outlawed with some going into retirement some becoming government agents and still
others turning to vigilantism. And an unknown assassin is stalking a group of heroes who’ve
fallen from grace plagued by all-too-human failings. After this scattered team—Rorschach Nite
Owl Silk Spectre Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandias—comes together to mourn a friend they
discover that the murder is part of a larger plot to upend the fragile geo-political balance
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