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I agree with various other people on this : Watchmen is a magnificent piece of work, and may well be the greatest comic story of all time. So far.
I was lucky enough to read it at the time, and the month’s gap between issues was hard to bear – in fact, I think issue 12 was about a month later than it should have been, and I honestly don’t think that I’ve ever been as keen to read a comic before or since. And I’ve been reading comics for quite a while.
Count Adam’ Part 2s quite right : the original outline used the Charlton comic heroes (Question, Blue Beetle et al – the characters recently seen in Bob Layton’s L.A.W. miniseries for DC), but the story was that DC weren’t so keen to have the characters used in a way that would have made them – ahem – hard to use after the series was over. So new characters were developed. Don’t have my copy to hand right now, but the hardback lists the details … maybe Locustscrushthorax could remind us.
And the hardback edition was, IIRC, a limited edition item done by Graphitti Designs at around the same time as the TPB came out from DC. It’s a good-looking item, and the format should ensure the book survives the re-reads the story invites, and so richly deserves. Interestingly, the DC edition of the TPB I have features a window shattering, with a view of buildings beyond, and a blood-stained smiley badge falling, and it’s by Dave Gibbons. However, I seem to recall that the Titan edition at the time (and maybe still being sold ?) had a close-up on the blood-stain of the badge, which I believe that I heard Dave say was done not by him, but by John Higgins. Anyone know if that was the case ? I can see why it might be, as it was essentially a colour painting…
DBC
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