Widely regarded as the finest comic yet created, Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. Exceptional graphic artwork brings to life the complex & dark story of the Watchmen as they race against time to find a killer, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

Who watches the Watchmen. Someone does. Someone who's trying to kill them all, one by one. Time's running out for the Watchmen…

It all begins with the paranoid delusions of a half-insane hero called Rorschach. But is Rorschach really insane or has he in fact uncovered a plot to murder super-heroes and, even worse, millions of innocent civilians? On the run from the law, Rorschach reunites with his former teammates in a desperate attempt to save the world and their lives, but what they uncover will shock them to their very core and change the face of the planet! Following two generations of masked superheroes from the close of World War II to the icy shadow of the Cold War comes this groundbreaking comic story - the story of The Watchmen.

Reviews

"A work of ruthless psychological realism, it’s a landmark in the graphic novel medium. It would be a masterpiece in any." -TIME, TIME MAGAZINE’s 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.

"Watchmen is peerless." - Rolling Stone

"His sci-fi detective masterpiece Watchmen made [Alan Moore] the comic industry's de facto leader back in 1986." - The Guardian

"A masterwork representing the apex of artistry in its respective medium . . . Trailblazing." - Entertainment Weekly

"A brilliant piece of fiction." - Richard Gehr, The Village Voice

"When first serialized in 1986-7, this extraordinary story took the comics world by storm, and its fresh approach, more mature and realistic than most other mainstream comics of the time, became a template for much of what came later…This remains a pinnacle of comics achievement, and no collection should be without it.." Library Journal