Watchmen #5
| Writer | Alan Moore |
| Artist | Dave Gibbons |
While Dr. Manhattan continues his seclusion on Mars, back on Earth, Dan offers Laurie a place to stay while Rorschach continues his investigation of Blake's murder. Plus, a mugger attacks Ozymandias and Moloch offers to come clean.
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I'm blown away by one segment every time I read it. Format elements are iconic, for crying out loud. It is my second favorite issue in the entire series. It's a 10.
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Every issue in this series is a goddamn classic, adding to the larger framework as well as telling a contained and artistically beautiful story. With Fearful Symmetry Moore has fleshed out the allegories he wants to present the reader, allowing them to reflect against each other in full. As far as we may feel we are from Cold War sentiment, this series shows us how close the possibility of nuclear holocaust will always be.
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I feel bad for rating this issue this low. But honestly, that's just how I feel about it. Maybe its because it comes after SUCH a great issue, but this one was rather slow to get through, a slog...Just the pessimism too, it just gets so overwhelming, although this is probably the first issue to were they try and break this constant stream of just overwhelming despair with some happy moments, which bumped it up a little IMO. The pirate sections this issue were underwhelming to say the least, while they weren't my favorite part of the story, its clear then and even now they are tryna tell something through its plot to us readers, and also I just love the Bernie and the Bernard, they rarely interact but man they jus chill with one another. Thi more
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Though the story being told is good only the ending drive's anything forward for plot purposes. The rest of the book has not aged well for this issue. Though this is a fictional world the 1985 as told here mirrors 1985 sentiment among a faction of adults that were highly anti Reagen. If read back then the pessimism in this would have maybe hit home more but with time and actual history it has made this part seem rather pointless. It's trying to say something but in hindsight was completely off base and wrong about everything. It doesn't ruin the story it just dates it, which cuts the impact.
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