Watchmen (graphic novel)

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graphic novel limited comic series superhero deconstruction

Watchmen (graphic novel) is a critically acclaimed 1986–1987 limited series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons that deconstructs the superhero genre through a dark, politically charged alternate history narrative.

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Watchmen 15
Watchmen (graphic novel) canonical 5
Watchmen universe 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf graphic novel ⓘ
limited comic series ⓘ
superhero deconstruction ⓘ
artist Dave Gibbons ⓘ
author Alan Moore ⓘ
awarded Hugo Award for Best Related Work ⓘ
surface form: Hugo Award for Other Forms
collectedIn Watchmen (graphic novel) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Watchmen (hardcover)

Watchmen (graphic novel) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Watchmen (trade paperback)
colorist John Higgins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
finalIssuePublicationDate October 1987 ⓘ
firstIssuePublicationDate September 1986 ⓘ
format limited series ⓘ
genre alternate history ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
superhero ⓘ
hasAdaptation Watchmen ⓘ
surface form: Watchmen (2009 film)

Watchmen (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: Watchmen (2019 TV series)
influenced superhero comics of the late 20th century ⓘ
isbn 9780930289232 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
letterer Dave Gibbons ⓘ
mainCharacter Dr. Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: Doctor Manhattan

Nite Owl II ⓘ
Ozymandias ⓘ
Rorschach ⓘ
Silk Spectre II ⓘ
The Comedian ⓘ
notableFor formal experimentation in comics ⓘ
interweaving of text and image ⓘ
meta-textual pirate comic Tales of the Black Freighter ⓘ
use of nine-panel grid layout ⓘ
numberOfIssues 12 ⓘ
originalPublisherImprint DC Comics ⓘ
publicationEndYear 1987 ⓘ
publicationStartYear 1986 ⓘ
publisher DC Comics ⓘ
recognizedBy Time 100 best English-language novels list ⓘ
surface form: Time magazine list of 100 best English-language novels since 1923
settingPeriod 1985 ⓘ
settingPlace alternate history United States ⓘ
theme Cold War tension ⓘ
deconstruction of superheroes ⓘ
determinism and free will ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
nuclear anxiety ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ
power and responsibility ⓘ
vigilantism ⓘ
writer Alan Moore ⓘ

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