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[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It's cool because it deconstructs the whole thing, down to having a quasi god as one of the heroes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

And having Captain America be The Comedian, because American exceptionalism is a joke.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The Comedian was based on Peacemaker. The initial pitch was that all of the Watchmen would be DC's (at the time) recently-acquired Charlton characters. DC nixed the idea, so Moore just tweaked them and renamed them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Just like how Nite Owl is based on a Blue Beetle with absolutely no other influences.