Watchmen By Alan Moore

Good quality hard cover, glossy pages. Very awesome, everyone is so jelly lol

Watchmen is, in my opinion, the greatest literary achievement of the greatest comic writer ever. In the mid 1980’s DC Comics reached its absolute artistic peak. From 1984 to 1986 DC handed Swamp Thing over to Alan Moore, released Crisis on Infinite Earths, published Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns and in one final magnificent achievement gave to the world Alan Moore’s Watchmen. I was 15 years old when Watchmen was published and it was an absolutely mind blowing series. This is a REALLY dark story and I mean that in the sense that it can be downright depressing particularly for someone raised on superhero comics.

There are currently three different versions of Watchmen books currently available. There is the Absolute Edition which I own but have never actually unwrapped. It’s more of a collectible for me and the giant size of the Absolute Editions make them unwieldy for a little bedtime reading. There is the paperback version which is easily the least expensive and there is the Deluxe Edition. The Deluxe Edition hits the sweet spot. With a hardbound cover it’s more durable, the quality of the paper is much higher than in the paperback and the colors are more vibrant. The Absolute Edition may be the pièce de résistance of Watchmen books but I’d rather curl up with the second best looking book if it means holding 2.2 pounds rather than 5.9. The Deluxe Edition contains 32 pages of extra material not present in the paperback edition including sketches and notes on Watchmen. It’s not super thrilling but it’s nice to have some extras.

Watchmen is the greatest usage of the comic medium I have ever seen. Creating a 12 issue mini-series is a difficult task in trying to pace out the story but Alan Moore’s nails it. The story perfectly fits, never drags and never feels rushed. It’s like every panel and every sentence is crucial to the story. Perhaps Alan Moore’s crowning achievement is the creation of Adrian Veidt who is in my opinion the greatest adversary in the history of comics. Comics are rife with hyper intelligent super villains and heroes, the problem is they are written by non-hyper intelligent writers. Adrian Veidt is the first comic character that legitimately seemed to be on an intelligence level beyond the rest. I never felt that way reading Lex Luthor or Doctor Doom or Brainiac. I encourage people to read all the extra material that appear between issues to get an even greater sense of Veidt.

Veidt may be the crowning achievement of Alan Moore but it’s hard to argue that the Comedian, Dr. Manhattan and Rorschach aren’t his near equal in amazingness. Some may find one or more of them to be superior to Veidt. Rorschach in particular shows the strength of Moore in that he was capable of creating a compelling and sympathetic character despite having the polar opposite political views. Right leaning writers like Frank Miller and Steve Ditko would never EVER be capable of giving a left leaning hero such honest treatment. Not in a million years. Dr. Manhattan is as close as any writer has come to creating a character who exists beyond space and time. Grant Morrison did a pretty good job with Captain Atom in Multiversity but Dr. Manhattan remains the king.

Any comic fan who has never read Watchmen is missing out on the greatest graphic novel ever. This is a book I could read every year for the rest of my life and I have no doubt I would be amazed with each reading. It’s nearly 30 years since its publication and nothing has even approached it. I always search for the next Alan Moore and I never find one. Even the recent works of Moore have moved further and further away from the quality of Watchmen. Maybe we have seen the best there will ever be and maybe this is the most reasonable version given price and portability. If so go buy it. NOW!!!

Amazing amazing comic book by Alan Moore and the Deluxe Edition is worth EVERY penny

Capolavoro. Decisamente una storia scritta benissimo; scritta e diretta, aggiungerei: perché sì, si tratta di un’opera registica prima ancora che di una grafic novel!
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“Watchmen” no solo es un cómic favorito para muchos, sino que esta edición eleva la experiencia a otro nivel. La tapa dura le da una presencia digna de cualquier colección distinguida, y el hecho de que esté en su idioma original es un plus para los puristas y entusiastas del cómic. La calidad del material y la impresión es notable, y aunque ya contaba con una versión en pasta blanda, esta edición ha justificado cada centavo invertido. Es más que un cómic; es una pieza de arte que merece ser destacada en cualquier colección de novelas gráficas. Definitivamente, le doy cinco estrellas.

Watchmen is a Classic, and this Gives you the Full Story of it Plus Pretty Neat Bonus Contents. The Print Quality is Great, and the Hard Back really Makes this Feel like a Premium Product. This is at a Great Price, and is 100% Worth it. Though, if you Don’t Care for the Extra Content and just Want the Story on it’s Own get the 2019 Edition, as it’s the Same thing Minus the Bonus Content and Hardback. Also, if you Don’t wanna Pay, or Cant Pay, you can Find PDF’s Online!