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When was a better future ever promised?
The epic maxiseries by legendary comic creator Alan Moore and acclaimed artist Dave Gibbons comes to its stunning conclusion! What is the final fate of Rorschach, Nite Owl, Dr. Manhattan, Silk Spectre and the world itself? Find out here as the Doomsday Clock finally strikes midnight!
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There is so much I could say and so many thoughts upon finishing this masterpiece, and it is one of the best comics of the series, probably of all time as well. But I will just say this:
So much of the comic book medium punches well below its weight class, and trust me I'm a fan of the classic superhero stuff. But Alan Moore here shows us what the medium can look like at its absolute best. Combining written word with the visual medium has the ability to tell and show stories that books and art alone simply cannot, even the movie version of this work, despite being almost panel for panel, doesn't capture the weight of what Moore presents and the density of it all as well. I could read this over and over again and still uncover som more
personally top 3 best comic book series of all time. The finale is still haunting
this is comics's greatest series and graphic novel of all time and i don't think it will ever be topped.
A nice enough ending that kinda brings about the conspiracy of A New World Order. I don’t fully buy it but ok as with all things it built on a house of cards and The journal is about to possibly be published.
Listen, I love this issue, and not gonna lie as an ending, its a perfect conclusion to the story that is Watchmen. Seriously, many series want a conclusion so tied up yet so open ended and so satisfying, I wish I could write half as good as Moore did for this ending, especially with allat symbolism too man this is too elite. Sadly, this still achieves a score of 8/10, but not mainly for anything doing with the writing, and I have multiple critiques for this issue. First off, the art this issue was seriously inconsistent, there were some bad panels beforehand, but seriously, this looked like they had 2 weeks to complete this issue instead of 4, some of the art is extremely awesome and other parts of it just sadly fall flat. Either way though more
This series starts off well enough but by the end gets bogged down with its multiple minor storylines and excessive dialogue. The Black Freighter story was tedious to read and just a distraction from the main story.
ironic that the storyline averts a potential nuclear war by promising a better future while also taking every interesting character and making them so dull that you don't care what happens next to them.
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