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WATCHMEN #2
Cover Date: October 1986
Cover Price: $1.50
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Cover Credits:
Art: Dave Gibbons
Colors: John Higgins
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Credits:
| Story | Alan Moore |
| Art | Dave Gibbons |
| Lettering | Dave Gibbons |
| Colors | John Higgins |
| Assistant editing | Barbara Kesel |
| Editing | Len Wein |
Feature Character(s):
- Rorschach (also in flashback to 1966 in between Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1, pages 21 and 24)
- Adrian Veidt (also in flashback to 1966 in between flashbacks in Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #4 and #5)
- Doctor Manhattan (also in flashback to 1966 in between flashback in in issue #4, page 16 and flashback in Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #1, page 13, and in flashback to 1971 in between flashback in issue #4, pages 19 and 20)
- Daniel Dreiberg (also as Nite Owl II in flashback to 1966 in between Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1, pages 21 and 24, and in flashback to 1977 in between flashback in Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #4 and flashback in issue #4, page 23)
- Edward Morgan Blake (deceased; buried in this story; also as the Comedian in flashback to October 2,1940 in between flashbacks in Before Watchmen: Minutemen #2 and #3, and in flashback to 1966 in between Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #3 and flashback in issue #9, and in flashback to 1971 and 1977 in between flashbacks in issue #4, pages 19 and 23 and in flashback in between flashback in Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #6 and issue #1)
- Laurel Juspeczyk (also as Silk Spectre II in flashback to 1966 in between Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1, page 21 and flashback in issue #9)
Supporting Character(s):
- Sally Jupiter (also as Silk Spectre along with the Minutemen in flashback to October 2,1940 in between flashbacks in Before Watchmen: Minutemen #2 and #3)
- Minutemen:
- Captain Metropolis (Nelson Gardner; first actual appearance; in flashbacks to October 2, 1940 in between flashbacks in Before Watchmen: Minutemen #2 and #3, and 1966)
- Dollar Bill (William Brady; first actual appearance; in flashback to October 2, 1940 in between flashbacks in Before Watchmen: Minutemen #2 and #3)
- Hooded Justice (first actual appearance; in flashback to October 2, 1940 in between flashbacks in Before Watchmen: Minutemen #2 and #3)
- Mothman (Byron Lewis; first actual appearance; in flashback to October 2, 1940 in between flashbacks in Before Watchmen: Minutemen #2 and #3)
- Nite Owl (Hollis Mason; in flashback to October 2, 1940 in between flashbacks in Before Watchmen: Minutemen #2 and #3)
- Silhouette (Ursula Zandt; first actual appearance; in flashback to October 2, 1940 in between flashbacks in Before Watchmen: Minutemen #2 and #3)
- Janey Slater (first appearance; in flashback to 1966 in between flashback in issue #4, page 16 and flashback in Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #1, page 13)
- Moloch (Edgar William Jacobi; first appearance; last in Before Watchmen: Moloch #2, page 18; also in flashback in between Before Watchmen: Moloch #2, pages 17 and 18)
Other Character(s):
- Richard Nixon (in flashback to 1971)
Location(s):
- United States of America
- New York City, NY
- California
- Nepenthe Gardens
- Vietnam
- Saigon
Comment(s):
- Story continues from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.
- This story takes place on October 16th, 1985.
Solicitation:
- The Comedian's funeral brings the buried past back to the surface! Learn the truth of the first meeting of the Minutemen, the fate of the Crimebusters, Dr. Manhattan's experiences in Vietnam, and more! Plus, Rorschach learns of the ultimate joke.
Credits:
- Alan Moore (script)
- Dave Gibbons (art)
- Dave Gibbons (letters)
- John Higgins (colors)
- Barbara Kesel (assistant edits)
- Len Wein (edits)
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
Comment(s):
- This feature contains excerpts from Hollis Mason's autobiography, Under the Hood. Presented here are chapters III and IV covering a period from 1939 to 1949.
- Characters listed in this story are characters that interact directly with Hollis Mason in his narrative. Characters listed as behind the scenes are characters that do not come into direct contact with Hollis Mason, but whose actions influence the narrative.