About this title: In an alternate 1985, superheroes have existed for more than 30 years and have endured the gamut of public opinion--from acceptance to polite disdain to outright hostility. Now someone is killing the second generation of superheroes, and, as the threat of nuclear holocaust looms over a dystopic world, the killer must be found before it's too late. Originally published in 12 separate comic books, which are collected here along with some additional material, this book is perhaps the seminal graphic novel.
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: DC Comics
Date Published: 1995-04-01
ISBN-13:9780930289232ISBN:0930289234
Description: Good. Cover has lite rubbing, marking, and mild corner/edge wear. Pages are clean and neat. Nice reading copy.2005 Edition, Softcover. (L) read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: DC Comics, New York, NY
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780930289232ISBN:0930289234
Description: As New. Originally published in single magazine form in Watchmen #1-12. Book is in fine condition with no marks, tears or spine creases. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Warner Books
Date Published: 1987-11-01
ISBN-13:9780446386890ISBN:0446386898
Description: Very Good. ISBN matches, but has cover with yellow smiley and bloodstain, not purple background and cityscape. Excellent binding, light wear to covers and corners, no highlighting, no underlining. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Warner Books
Date Published: 1987-11-01
ISBN-13:9780446386890ISBN:0446386898
Description: Good. Paperback. Unmarked. Page ends yellowed. Spine slightly tilted. Corners have a little wear but are crisp. General light shelf wear. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9781852860240ISBN:1852860243
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Softcover: Graphic Novel
Publisher: Dc Comics
Date Published: 1987-06-01
ISBN-13:9780930289232ISBN:0930289234
Description: NEW. Softcover: Graphic Novel. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780930289232. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: DC Comics, N.y.
Date Published: 1987
Description: Good. Hardcover with pages that are clean and unmarked. Pages are beginning to tan. Covers show wear with some bumping and fading. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: DC Comics
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780930289232ISBN:0930289234
Description: Gibbons, Dave. New. No dust jacket as issued. Brand New! Support Radical Independent Pacific Northwest Booksellers! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 416 p. Audience: General/trade. Amazon Review Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: TITAN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9781852860240ISBN:1852860243
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 424 pages. (424 pages) rorschach, a half-psychotic vigilante must convince his ex team-mates, now middle-aged and retired, that he has uncovered a plot to murder the remaining superheroes-along with millions of innocent civilians. even reunited, will the remnants of the 'watchmen' be enough to avert a global apocalypse? colour illustrations (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dc Comics
Date Published: 2008-11-12
ISBN-13:9781401219260ISBN:1401219268
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781401219260. read more
"I’m sort of a low to mid-level geek. I love science fiction but I’ve never played an RPG or been to a comic book convention. I grew up reading a comic series and it was my one and only for a while, but I’ve always been interested in this genre and I’ve been delving into it more lately.
I have to say all that because to some people this is a holy book, so if you’re not madly in love with it you need to tread softly and explain yourself.
I like “Watchmen.” It’s a very good book. I may have even loved it while I was reading it, but I have only read it once; it hasn’t made it onto my “again and again” list. I keep trying to describe it and I come up with words like “heavy,” “meaty,” and “dark.” They call it a graphic novel for a reason: it’s a grown-up person’s book presented with pictures. The themes are dark. The heroes are mostly human, with all of the vices, short-comings, and problems that implies.
It isn’t an uplifting or particularly moving tale, but it’s not exactly depressing either. I don’t quite know what to say about it. It’s not clear what Moore wanted me to take away after reading his work, which is part of why it’s compelling, I guess. The plot wraps up neatly but you’re left puzzling over what to do about it. It’s a good sort of thing if you like that sort of thing - which I do, I just don’t love it. Maybe it’s because I didn’t fall in love with any of the characters. It didn't change my life, but it was a nice way to spend some time."
"I never thought I'd be into graphic novels because I never read any comic books, boy was I wrong. I bought it for my husband for his birthday and he loved it. He couldn't stop reading it. I decided to see what he liked so much and once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down."
"I was told and told and told again that I must read this as my introduction to the graphic novel genre. There were a few dissident voices for Sandman, but they were largely drowned out by the chorus for this piece. (Piece? Book doesn't feel right.)
It did take me a little bit to adjust myself to the storytelling method, but once I got into it, I was absolutely enthralled with it. I really loved about the first 3/4 of the plot- I loved the psychology of it all, and the nuanced, beautiful presentation of such, and just how visceral it was at times. It was everything it should have been and more. I think I would have been even more blown away by its ideas had I read this many years ago before I knew anything about the fantasy genre. But I know that this came first, and for that reason, I bow before its innovations. I still bow before its insightful method of presentation of the minds of these non-hero heroes and why they do the things that they do.
The only part I didn't like? Oddly, the part where the real action actually happens, the actual traditional comic book plot, the last 1/4. Maybe it was because I was much more fascinated by the character studies and the weaving of history into the stories of the characters. By the time I got to the last part, it felt like a let down for it to just fall back into genre. I also wrestled a bunch with at least part of the ending, but I'm sure that's what Alan Moore intended me to do.
I just feel like everything about this book has been said before, long before, and by people better qualified to talk about it than me, so really all I've got left to say is:
Everybody, you were right, and thank you. I'm very glad I read this."
"Hmm, what to say. I read this AFTER I saw the movie, which was sacrilege according to some fellow geeks on Twitter, but my definition of "Geek" is someone who doesn't do what people PRESSURE them to do :P They love what they love. So anyhoo I read this and I can summarize this way:
The Movie did a great summary of the plot while formulating a story that missed the subtext of the graphic novel entirely.
I enjoyed both, but after reading the graphic novel, it's almost sad how the impression you take away from the movie is nothing of what Alan Moore was trying to say about the world, society or these characters. So interesting."
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