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'''''Watchmen''''' is a [[Hugo Award]]-winning [[graphic novel]]. It was [[writer|written]] by [[Alan Moore]], [[illustration|illustrated]] by [[Dave Gibbons]], and [[publishing|published]] by [[DC Comics]] from 1986–1987. In 2005, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' [[magazine]] listed ''Watchmen'' as one "the 100 best [[English language|English-language]] [[novel]]s from 1923 to the present".<ref>{{cite web|author=Arnold, Andrew D|url=http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/0,24459,graphic_novels,00.html|title=All-TIME Graphic Novels|publisher=Time.com|accessdate=2008-09-24|archive-date=2011-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712065406/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C1951793_1952069%2C00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''''Watchmen''''' is a [[Hugo Award]]-winning [[graphic novel]]. It was [[writer|written]] by [[Alan Moore]], [[illustration|illustrated]] by [[Dave Gibbons]], and [[publishing|published]] by [[DC Comics]] from 1986–1987. In 2005, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' [[magazine]] listed ''Watchmen'' as one "the 100 best [[English language|English-language]] [[novel]]s from 1923 to the present".<ref>{{cite web|author=Arnold, Andrew D|url=http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/0,24459,graphic_novels,00.html|title=All-TIME Graphic Novels|publisher=Time.com|accessdate=2008-09-24|archive-date=2011-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712065406/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C1951793_1952069%2C00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

 

== Story ==

==Story==

Watchmen is set in an alternate history during the [[1980s]]. The [[United States]] is about to enter a [[nuclear war]] with the [[Soviet Union]]. Earlier, superheroes helped the United States win the [[Vietnam War]]. Now, superheroes work for the government (Doctor Manhattan, The Comedian), are retired (Nite Owl, Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias, Silk Spectre), or work illegally (Rorschach).

Watchmen is set in an alternate history during the [[1980s]]. The [[United States]] is about to enter a [[nuclear war]] with the [[Soviet Union]]. Earlier, superheroes helped the United States win the [[Vietnam War]]. Now, superheroes work for the government (Doctor Manhattan, The Comedian), are retired (Nite Owl, Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias, Silk Spectre), or work illegally (Rorschach).

By this time, Veidt's plan has already occurred. Many [[New York City]] residents have been killed. Doctor Manhattan kills Rorschach, the only superhero who wanted to reveal Veidt's secret. All living superheroes have now retired. The world is unified.

By this time, Veidt's plan has already occurred. Many [[New York City]] residents have been killed. Doctor Manhattan kills Rorschach, the only superhero who wanted to reveal Veidt's secret. All living superheroes have now retired. The world is unified.

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