Watchmen
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
DC Comics, $19.95, ISBN: 9780930289232
reviewed by Barry Hunter

This is the earth-shattering graphic novel that set the comics world on its ear when it first appeared. It was one of the few comics I kept up with back then. THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS was the other one that surprised readers when it first came out.

Whether you have seen the movie or not, this fills in the back story and other items like excerpts from The Owl’s autobiography and a faux history of the pirate comics that were popular after superheroes were banned.

This was a Hugo winner and was one of Time’s 100 best novels. It’s the story of an alternate world of 1985, but is still relevant today. This is one of the books that need to be in your library, and not in a pristine state but a well read one. Highly recommended.