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    Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins. The grouping of heroes and villains contained in the work are not, in fact, named "The Watchmen", though they were at one point referred to as "Crimebusters". Rorschach, Nite Owl and Dr. Manhattan were the team's primary heroes.

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    #1  Edited By Dr. Maxwell

    o wow never got the Martian Manhunter thing, but yeah it makes sense.

    From what I understand all the characters were based off Charlton or DC Comics, Nite Owl is like Batman with a Clark Kent persona.

    Great Video Babs

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    #2  Edited By Supreme_being

    Yes, i must read this...

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    #3  Edited By Media_Master

    I heard of this similiarties before.

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    #4  Edited By wolverinefan

    sooooooooo, weird!

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    #5  Edited By JBwood

    Oh my. I definitely can't be trusted to say anything here.

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    #6  Edited By Chuck_st_chuck

    I saw Doctor Manhattan as a real life superman then manhunter
    He has all these powers and doesn't age that will disconnect him more from humanity then anything
    used as a tool for government powers and all his admires he's still alone. thats just how I see it

    The Comedian I see as mixture of Dead pool and Joker with out the powers
    He sees life as just a joke, No happy endings no matter how you look at it.
    People kill each other for everything
    So why not join the fun.
    A merc with no morals and speaks his mind
    along with the twisted view on life.

    but again thats just me

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    #7  Edited By sythspawn

    From what I understand they were meant to be the old Charlton characters, but DC didn't want him to for whatever reasons.

    Dr. Manhattan = Captain Atom
    Nite Owl = Blue Beetle
    Rorschach = The Question
    Silk Spectre = Phantom Lady

    At least this is how I've heard it broken down. I'll have to look into the Charlton connection more.

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    #8  Edited By Bergquist

    how did you make the catwomen costume

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    #9  Edited By cbishop
    @sythspawn said:
    "From what I understand they were meant to be the old Charlton characters... 
    Dr. Manhattan = Captain Atom 
    Nite Owl = Blue Beetle 
    Rorschach = The Question 
    Silk Spectre = Phantom Lady..."

    Sythspawn is correct.  DC had just aquired the Charlton characters, Alan Moore wanted to use them in this superhero deconstruction story, and DC said no.  So he created a parallel to each character and went from there.  In addition: 
    Comedian = Peacemaker. 
    Ozymandias = Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt 
     
    I've read elsewhere that Silk Spectre is compared to Nightshade and Black Canary, as well as Phantom Lady, but the gist of most critiques is that the Watchmen were based primarily on the Charlton characters, with a dash of other characters thrown in here and there. 
     
    I can't even tell you how big a deal this was when it came out.  The trade paperback was one of the firsts to make it into bookstores, and it (obviously) paved the way for a lot of things.  Today, it's impact is a given, but when it was new, it's impact was incredible to behold.
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    #10  Edited By D-minor

    Rorschach is also based on Mr. A...there's a really good documentary on YouTube that was shown over here, called "In Search of Steve Ditko"--Alan Moore talks about it in Parts 4 + 5

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    #11  Edited By X-23_2513

    i LOVE Watch Men
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