Watchmen (1986)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:comic_book_series
gptkbp:adaptedInto gptkb:Watchmen_(2009_film)
gptkb:Watchmen_(TV_series)
gptkbp:artist gptkb:Dave_Gibbons
gptkbp:author gptkb:Alan_Moore
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkbp:category gptkb:comic_book_series
gptkb:television_series
gptkbp:colorist gptkb:John_Higgins
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticalReception acclaimed
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Len_Wein
gptkbp:finalDate October 1987
gptkbp:firstIssueDate September 1986
gptkbp:genre gptkb:superhero
dystopian
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Watchmen (1986)
gptkbp:influenced superhero comics
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:Charlton_Comics_characters
gptkbp:inUniverseEvent gptkb:Doomsday_Clock
murder of The Comedian
Keene Act
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Ozymandias
gptkb:Nite_Owl
gptkb:Rorschach
gptkb:Silk_Spectre
gptkb:The_Comedian
gptkb:Dr._Manhattan
gptkbp:notableCollection gptkb:Watchmen_(graphic_novel)
gptkbp:notableFor complex narrative structure
metafictional elements
deconstruction of superheroes
use of nine-panel grid
Tales of the Black Freighter (comic within comic)
intertwined subplots
supplementary prose material
gptkbp:numberOfIssues 12
gptkbp:publicationYear 1986
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:DC_Comics
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Time's_100_best_novels_(since_1923)
gptkbp:setting alternate history United States
gptkbp:spinOff gptkb:Doomsday_Clock_(comic)
gptkb:Before_Watchmen
gptkbp:theme gptkb:identity
gptkb:politics
existentialism
morality
power
nuclear war
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Silk_Spectre_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6