Rorschach, a half-psychotic vigilante, must convince his ex team-mates, now middle-aged and retired, that he has uncovered a plot to murder the remaining superheroes - along with millions of innocent civilians. This oversized hardcover collection, packaged inside a beautifully designed slipcase, will be the cornerstone of any serious comic book collection. As with the Absolute Crisis On Infinite Earths Watchmen is presented here in a gorgeous single, but large, volume.

His current work includes Tom Strong, Promethea and the smash-hit The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. AT MIDNIGHT, ALL THE AGENTS AND SUPERHUMAN CREW GO OUT AND ROUND UP EVERYONE WHO KNOWS MORE THAN THEY DO" - BOB DYLAN "Watchmen is peerless. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Rolling Stone "His sci-fi detective masterpiece Watchmen made [Alan Moore] the comic industry's de facto leader back in 1986. Considered by many to be the finest achievement in sequential storytelling, Alan Moore’s Watchmen is a literary and visual masterpiece that redefined what superhero comics could be.

Alan Moore's seminal work "Watchmen" finally gets the treatment it deserves in this, the Absolute Edition. Celebrate the 20th anniversary of WATCHMEN — the classic 12-issue miniseries by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons — with WATCHMEN: THE ABSOLUTE EDITION, the first hardcover of this classic work in more than a decade! Celebrate the 20th anniversary of WATCHMEN, the classic 12-issue miniseries by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, with Watchmen: The Absolute Edition, the first hardcover of this classic work in more than a decade! You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Each panel has now been enlarged so the obsessive fan can now pick out every single embedded smiley face in the book, and see every speck of filth and street detritus on Rorschach's trenchcoat. DC are treating their best stories with complete and utter respect and this is a must have volume for any self respecting comic fan.

hardcover collection, packaged inside a beautifully designed slipcase, will be the cornerstone of any serious comic book collection. Considered by many to be the finest achievement in sequential storytelling, Alan Moore's Watchmen is a literary and visual masterpiece that redefined what superhero comics could be.So, you've read Watchmen, you loved it, you obsessed over it, you've been kicked out of civilized gatherings when you refused to stop waving it in front of people's faces, telling them it was "The Most Important Comic Ever Written EVER! There is quite a bit of supplemental material thrown in at the back of the book (interviews, original script / concept drawing highlights etc. This Absolute edition features remastered line art and coloring overseen by artists Dave Gibbons and John Higgins, script pages, the original series proposal, character designs, promotional art, and tons of other extras. However, a graphic novel is a work that is created for that format and was never individual issues, Watchmen was 12 individual issues of a maxi series and therefore this collection is a trade paperback.

The sheer quality of this edition absolutely shines out, and here we have a story and artwork that deserve this sort of treatment.

Note this is not a graphic novel, I know that's the phrase being bandied about to distance it from what most see as childish beginnings. With a powerful storyline masterfully told by comics supremo Alan Moore and beautifully rendered artwork by the talented Dave Gibbons - this is the one that started it all and is definitely not one to miss! This book is what comics are all about and show how the product has grown in maturity with its readers.