WATCHMEN

A|New York Times|best-seller!In an alternate world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history, the US won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the cold war is in full effect!|Watchmen|begins as a murder-mystery, but soon unfolds into a planet-altering conspiracy. As the resolution comes to a head, the unlikely group of reunited heroes--Rorschach, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandias--have to test the limits of their convictions and ask themselves where the true line is between good and evil. In the mid-eighties, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons created|Watchmen|, changing the course of comics' history and essentially remaking how popular culture perceived the genre. Popularly cited as the point where comics came of age,|Watchmen|'s sophisticated take on superheroes has been universally acclaimed for its psychological depth and realism.|Watchmen|is collected here in deluxe hardcover, with sketches, extra bonus material and a new introduction by series artist Dave Gibbons.