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Originally Posted by noisereductions
Omg. That whole book. Amazing, tragic, profound.
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There's some interesting backstory from a publishing perspective as well. The Watchmen were inspired by characters from Charlton Comics (Captain Atom = Doctor Manhatten; Nightshade = Silk Soectre; Thunderbolt = Ozymandias, etc), which DC purchased the rights to in the '80s.
The original plan for the book was to make a kind of farewell story to the Charlton universe's big heroes, but Moore and Gibbons decided to do something different, even though many of those Charlton guys were assimilated versions of the DC multiverse. The parallels between the two sets of character is interesting. Captain Atom is TOTALLY Doc Manhatten, only silver and less of a ... well, dick.
