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Reading Watchmen

It is hard to describe how good Watchmen is. It is important not to ignore Watchmen because it is a comic. Watchmen is a great mystery thriller, analytical read, political commentator, and comic satire all in one. And it shocks the reader from beginning to end. Starting with the words: ‘Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face.' The reader is dragged into the demented world of Rorschach, the introductory vigilante hero. Watchmen is character driven and has an intense, complex plot, the entire story relating back to one, insignificant seeming scene. The use of the graphic novel as a medium helps to express the multi-layered story. The main characters have to deal with the tense political situation of somewhere between the Cuban missile crisis and the......

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