Danny Gottlieb

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‘Watchmen’ does disservice to graphic novel

Adapted from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's ground-breaking comic book series, ""Watchmen"" is set in an alternate 1985 in which Nixon is serving his fifth term as President, nuclear holocaust with the Russians seems imminent and superheroes helped America win the Vietnam War before being outlawed. After the murder of an ex-superhero called the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a vigilante named Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) begins investigating, which leads to an explosive discovery.