The book starts in 1985 with the murder of “The Comedian” who isn’t exactly a typical comedian (an assassin of sorts). After a failed police investigation, Rorschach (a costumed hero) does his own investigation in The Comedians apartment. It appears to Rorschach that there is a masked killer going after retired costumed heroes. Rorschach continues his investigation to find out who killed The Comedian while many other small side stories happen to reveal characters and an impending nuclear doom. When it all comes down to it, it turns out that it’s one of their own with a plot to prevent a war that could end the world but also kill millions of people. He had killed The Comedian because he figured it out. His plan was to use teleportation technology and a mutated creature to make it appear as in an alien tried to attack the world but failed. When other countries hear about this happening to the U.S.A. they stop fighting and offer help. In the long run the plan saved many lives but it also took many as well. It brings the ongoing question of what is right and what is wrong.
For every chapter there is a quote and some dense background info. The quotes always reflect on the events of the chapter. Some of them are from very famous people or places, such as Bob Dylan. The background info between each chapter contains information about character’s pasts, or other relavent information. Watchmen does contain adult...stuff, so reader discretion is advised for those who want to read it. All in all because of some very philosophical things, Watchmen is one of the best comic books ever made.
~Tristan J.R.M.~
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