Watchmen #1

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comic book issue

Watchmen #1 is the debut issue of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ acclaimed 1986–87 DC Comics limited series that deconstructs the superhero genre in a gritty, alternate-history Cold War setting.

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Surface form Occurrences
Watchmen #1 (1986) 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comic book issue ⓘ
artist Dave Gibbons NERFINISHED ⓘ
artStyle realistic ⓘ
colorist John Higgins NERFINISHED ⓘ
continuity Watchmen universe NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtist Dave Gibbons NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy Alan Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dave Gibbons NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter Dr. Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nite Owl II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ozymandias NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rorschach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Silk Spectre II NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Comedian NERFINISHED ⓘ
format single issue comic ⓘ
genre alternate history ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
superhero ⓘ
influencedBy Cold War tensions ⓘ
inker Dave Gibbons NERFINISHED ⓘ
isFirstIssueOf Watchmen NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
letterer Dave Gibbons NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativeFocus deconstruction of the superhero genre ⓘ
notableFor complex narrative structure ⓘ
mature themes ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
originalPublisher DC Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Watchmen NERFINISHED ⓘ
penciller Dave Gibbons NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotElement investigation of The Comedian's death ⓘ
publicationStatus published ⓘ
publisher DC Comics ⓘ
publisherImprint DC Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
seriesLength 12 issues ⓘ
setting alternate history United States ⓘ
settingEra Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience mature readers ⓘ
tone gritty ⓘ
writer Alan Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Silk Spectre II → firstAppearance → Watchmen #1 ⓘ
The Comedian → firstAppearance → Watchmen #1 ⓘ
Ozymandias → firstAppearance → Watchmen #1 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Watchmen #1 (1986)
Sally Jupiter in Watchmen → firstAppearance → Watchmen #1 ⓘ
subject surface form: Sally Jupiter