Watchmen Reading Order

Watchmen explores power, morality, and human frailty through a gritty alternate history where costumed heroes uncover a conspiracy that threatens the fate of the world.

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Collects: Watchmen (1986) #1-12

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1 -12EssentialMAY 1986-JUL 1987

Watchmen #1-12

#1: At Midnight, All the Agents...

#2: Absent Friends

#3: The Judge of All the Earth

#4: Watchmaker

#5: Fearful Symmetry

#6: The Abyss Gazes Also

#7: A Brother to Dragons

#8: Old Ghosts

#9: The Darkness of Mere Being

#10: Two Riders Were Approaching...

#11: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty...

#12: A Stronger Loving World

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Watchmen #1-12

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