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A violent, noir detective/anti-hero and the chief protagonist of the "Watchmen" series. With a black-and-white worldview and an uncompromising moral code, Rorschach is well-known among criminals as the terror of the underworld.
A crime-fighter who took up the identity of Nite Owl following the original's retirement, who himself retired in 1977 following the passage of the Keene Act
Hollis Mason was a young police officer who (sickened by the rampant crime in 1920's New York) created another identity for himself as the masked vigilante Nite Owl. He has long since retired and has passed down his title to Dan Dreiberg.
A vice-queen operating in the late 1960's ; a love interest of Nite Owl II.
Laurie Juspeczyk was chosen by her mother to succeed her as Silk Spectre. Resentful of her mother and her duties as a superheroine, she retired in 1977.
The mother of Walter Kovacs (Rorschach).
Dr. Jon Osterman was a lowly lab technician, before he was caught in a radioactive particle test. He returned as a god-like superhuman. He is powerful and highly intelligent, yet he grew to become emotionally distant towards people. He is the only superhero with powers in the Watchmen storyline.
A former costumed hero and considered the smartest man alive, he left heroics shortly before the Keene Act came into effect and became involved in business.
The gleefully amoral and borderline sociopathic government vigilante, The Comedian had a history of terrible deeds. His murder causes the chain of events in the Watchmen. He is known for his twisted sense of humor, his nihilistic worldview and his smiley-faced badge.
Captain Metropolis is a superhero in the Watchmen universe.
Jon Osterman's first girlfriend, before he met Laurie Jupiter.
From the WATCHMEN Universe. Created by Len Wein and John Higgins.
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