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[-] piyuv@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Fair enough, but watchmen is cool

[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

It's cool because it deconstructs the whole thing, down to having a quasi god as one of the heroes

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

And having Captain America be The Comedian, because American exceptionalism is a joke.

[-] tmyakal@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

The Comedian was based on Peacemaker. The initial pitch was that all of the Watchmen would be DC's (at the time) recently-acquired Charlton characters. DC nixed the idea, so Moore just tweaked them and renamed them.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

Just like how Nite Owl is based on a Blue Beetle with absolutely no other influences.

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