Watchmen
Title | Watchmen |
Year for Search | 1986 |
Authors | Moore, Alan [Oswald](b. 1953), and Gibbons, Dave [David Chester](b. 1949) |
Volume / Edition | nos. 1-12 |
Date Published | September 1986 - October 1987 |
Publisher | DC Comics |
Place Published | New York |
Keywords | English author, Male author |
Annotation | Dystopia based around the actual events of the period but with superheroes being suppressed by the government but also used by the it. A film, Watchmen: The End Is Nigh, directed by Zach Snyder, was released in 2009. An HBO series created by Damon Lindelof (b. 1973) was broadcast in nine episodes beginning October 20, 2019. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. in one vol. New York: DC Comics, 1987; and as Watchman. The Deluxe Edition. New York: DC Comics, 2013. |
Info Notes | A film, Watchmen: The End Is Nigh, directed by Zach Snyder, was released in 2009. An HBO series created by Damon Lindelof (b. 1973) was broadcast in nine episodes beginning October 20, 2019. |
Illustration | Dave [David Chester] Gibbons (b. 1949), illustrator. |
Holding Institutions | PSt |
Author Note | Moore (b. 1953) and Gibbons (b. 1949) are both from England. |
Full Text | 1986-87 Moore, Alan [Oswald] (b. 1953), author, and Dave [David Chester] Gibbons (b. 1949), illustrator. Watchmen, nos. 1 -12 (September 1986 - October 1987). Rpt. in one vol. New York: DC Comics, 1987; and as Watchman. The Deluxe Edition. New York: DC Comics, 2013. PSt Dystopia based around the actual events of the period but with superheroes being suppressed by the government but also used by the it. A film, Watchmen: The End Is Nigh, directed by Zach Snyder, was released in 2009. An HBO series created by Damon Lindelof (b. 1973) was broadcast in nine episodes beginning October 20, 2019. |