The 1980s were comics’ greatest decade by a wide margin. The ’40s defined the superhero and the ’60s redefined the superhero ...

DC Comics owns the rights to Alan Moore's Watchmen, and over the past few years, the publisher has made several stop-start ...

"Watchmen," for those who have never read it or seen the previous movie, takes place in an alternate version of 1985 where superheroes really existed, but were neither "super" nor "heroic." ...

But if “Watchmen’s” written history was going to be reworked for television to say that its first superhero in the 1930s was a black man in secret, there would have to be an explanation for ...

HBO's Watchmen is a TV show based on a comic. And it also kind of isn't. The new nine-episode Watchmen TV show is inspired by the 1986 series from comic legends Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. It ...

Since “Watchmen,” superhero comics have become more complex and darker, and multiple writers have attempted similar deconstructions. Sign Up to Breaking News.

The superhero series, which premiered five years ago this month on HBO, is essentially a sequel to Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins’ original, seminal Watchmen comic book that picks up ...

Last week, comicbook giant Marvel said it was forming an international advisory board to boost the profile of its superheroes overseas. Marvel’s announcement came on the heels of the day-and ...

SAN DIEGO – Zack Snyder is standing inside a 9,000-pound, tanklike metal pod in the center of the crowded Comic-Con floor. He nonchalantly points out the features of the Owl Ship, a real-life ...

“Watchmen,” for those who have never read it or seen the previous movie, takes place in an alternate version of 1985 where superheroes really existed, but were neither “super” nor ...