Order Of Battle: Watchmen Comic Books

 

Due to the increasing size of my comic book collection, I have found it necessary to not only break them up by title, but for some of the larger series, by groups. This will be an ongoing post of my DC published Watchmen series, as I obtain them. All photos are actual scans.

Watchmen 1

Watchmen 2

Watchmen 3

Watchmen 4

Watchmen 5

Watchmen 6

 

Watchmen 7

Watchmen 8

Watchmen 9

Watchmen 10

Watchmen 11

Watchmen 12

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Comics Corner: Watchmen 3

Title: Watchmen

Issue Number: 3

Release Date: November 1986

Highlights

• Dr. Manhattan exiles himself to Mars
• First appearance of Janey Slater
• Laurie and Dr. Manhattan break up
• Laurie and Dan beat up a gang in an alley

Low Points

• Intertwined pirate story is boring and detracts

Oddities

• None

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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Comics Corner: Watchmen 2

Title: Watchmen

Issue Number: 2

Release Date: October 1986

Highlights

• First appearance of the original Minute Men
• Flashback sequences during Blake's funeral give us more insight to him as a characters
• First appearance of Moloch

Low Points

• The Comedian tries to rape Sally Jupiter

Oddities

• Having seen the movie first, it's difficult to accept the original source material as the way the story was intended vs. what I saw on the big screen

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)

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Comics Corner: Watchmen

Title: Watchmen

Issue Number: 1

Release Date: September 1986

Highlights

• First appearance of several key characters; Rorschach, Nite-Owl (both Dan Drieberg and Hollis Mason), Dr. Manhattan, Laurie Juspeczyk (Silk Spectre), Adrian Veidt (Ozymandias) and The Comedian
• Rorschach is brutal! Has zero mercy as he snaps a mans fingers one by one
• Fantastic introduction to a disbanded team - Leaves you wanting to learn more about these characters and how they came to be where they are at this point in time

Low Points

• Laurie doesn't come off as likeable when we first meet her

Oddities

• Never going to get used to seeing Dr. Manhattan's large blue butt

Rating (based on a 1 through 5 bat symbols grading system)

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