1986's Watchmen produced some of the most complex characters in the medium, including Ozymandias who remains one of DC's greatest villains. The film seemed embarrassed by this idea and took an ...

"Watchmen" began with a simple question of: What would superheroes be like in a credible, real world? He took the superheroes inspired by the campy heroes of Charlton Comics that DC had acquired ...

Moreover, Watchmen takes the way readers and in-universe people revere DC’s gallery of heroes and the relatability of Marvel characters to take that hero worship and taint it with that familiarity.