Lot Details
| Series Title | Watchmen |
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| Story Title | At Midnight, All the Agents... |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Cover Date | Sep 1986 |
| Cover Price | 1.50 USD; 2.10 CAD |
| Printing | First Print |
| Page Count | 36.00 |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Age Era | Copper Age |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Writer | Alan Moore |
| Artist | Dave Gibbons |
| Cover Artist | Dave Gibbons |
| Inker | Dave Gibbons |
| Letterer | Dave Gibbons |
| Editor | Len Wein |
| Character Appearances | Comedian, Doctor Manhattan, Nite Owl (Dreiberg), Nite Owl (Mason), Ozymandias, Rorschach (Kovacs), Silk Spectre |
Watchmen (Complete #1-12)
This lot comprises a complete set of the 12 issue Watchmen limited series, published by DC Comics between September 1986 and October 1987. As a comprehensive collection of the seminal work by Alan Moore and Gibbons, this set represents the entire initial run of the deconstructionist narrative that transitioned the comic medium toward more mature, literary themes.
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Lot Details
| Series Title | Watchmen |
|---|---|
| Story Title | At Midnight, All the Agents... |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Cover Date | Sep 1986 |
| Cover Price | 1.50 USD; 2.10 CAD |
| Printing | First Print |
| Page Count | 36.00 |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Age Era | Copper Age |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Writer | Alan Moore |
| Artist | Dave Gibbons |
| Cover Artist | Dave Gibbons |
| Inker | Dave Gibbons |
| Letterer | Dave Gibbons |
| Editor | Len Wein |
| Character Appearances | Comedian, Doctor Manhattan, Nite Owl (Dreiberg), Nite Owl (Mason), Ozymandias, Rorschach (Kovacs), Silk Spectre |
Watchmen
Published by DC Comics as a twelve issue limited series between September 1986 and October 1987, Watchmen was written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons with colors by John Higgins. The project was originally conceived to feature characters DC had recently acquired from Charlton Comics, such as Blue Beetle and Question, but editor Dick Giordano required Moore to create original characters to preserve the Charlton properties for future use. The resulting narrative is a deconstruction of the superhero genre set in an alternate 1985 where the presence of costumed adventurers and a godlike being, Doctor Manhattan, has radically altered global politics and the outcome of the Vietnam War.
The series introduced several formal and technical innovations that deviated from contemporary comic book production. Moore and Gibbons utilized a rigid nine panel grid for the majority of the page layouts, a structural choice that provided a rhythmic, cinematic pace to the storytelling. Each issue included supplemental "back matter," such as excerpts from fictional memoirs, police reports, and technical manuals, which served to build the world's history without relying on traditional exposition. This was also one of the earliest high profile projects to use a more sophisticated color palette, with Higgins eschewing primary colors in favor of secondary hues like purple, orange, and olive green to reflect the story's mature and somber tone.
The cultural impact of Watchmen is centered on its role in the "deconstructionist" movement of the mid 1980s, which transitioned the medium toward more complex, adult oriented themes. Along with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, it is credited with popularizing the term "graphic novel" and proving the commercial viability of self contained, sophisticated narratives. The series remains the only graphic novel to appear on Time's list of the 100 best English language novels published since 1923 and was a Hugo Award winner in 1988. Its legacy persists through its influence on subsequent generations of creators and its frequent citation as a benchmark for literary achievement within the comic book medium.
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