Price: 75.00 USD; 92.00 CAD
Pages: 472
On-sale Date: 2005-10-05
Editing: Len Wein (editor - original series); Barbara Kesel (editor - original series); Scott Dunbier (editor - Absolute edition); Kristy Quinn (assistant editor - Absolute edition)
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  • Color: color
  • Dimensions: 8.5 in. x 13 in.
  • Binding: hardcover with dustjacket and slipcase
  • Publishing Format: collected edition
  • Publication Type: book

Indexer Notes

Additional coloring & digital finishing by John Higgins. Art reconstruction by: Hank Manfra, Aaron Tappen, Emily Ryan Lerner, Corey Breen. Color reconstruction by WildStorm FX: Carrie Strachan, Randy Mayor, Darlene Royer, David Rodriguez.

New printings: December 12, 2007 and November 5, 2008. Seventh printing available December 24, 2013 (per comiclist.com).

Indexed from a third printing.

Chapter I
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At Midnight, All the Agents...
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Under the Hood I-II
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Chapter II
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Absent Friends
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Under the Hood III-IV
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Chapter III
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The Judge of All the Earth
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Under the Hood V
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Chapter IV
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Watchmaker
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Dr. Manhattan: Super-Powers and the Super-Powers
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Chapter V
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Fearful Symmetry
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Treasury Island Treasury of Comics, Chapter 5: A Man on Fifteen Dead Men's Chests
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Includes photograph of Joe Orlando (circa 1953) in front of the EC offices.

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Chapter VI
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The Abyss Gazes Also
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[Walter J. Kovacs Police File]
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Chapter VII
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A Brother to Dragons
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Blood from the Shoulder of Pallas
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"Reprinted from the Journal of the American Ornithological Society, Fall 1983"

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Chapter VIII
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Old Ghosts
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New Frontiersman
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Chapter IX
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The Darkness of Mere Being
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[Sal's Scrapbook]
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Chapter X
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Two Riders Were Approaching...
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Veidt
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Chapter XI
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Look on My Works, Ye Mighty...
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After the Masquerade: Superstyle and the Art of Humanoid Watching
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Chapter XII
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A Stronger Loving World
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Alan Moore
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The World
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Rorschach
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The Comedian
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Includes illustration of the Minutemen from Who's Who: Update '87 (DC, 1987 series) #4.

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Assorted images with quotes from a book of quotations. Early test piece for Watchmen's art design.

Clocking On
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Seconds
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  2. Chapter I
    Watchmen
  3. At Midnight, All the Agents...
    Watchmen
  4. Under the Hood I-II
    Watchmen
  5. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  6. Chapter II
    Watchmen
  7. Absent Friends
    Watchmen
  8. Under the Hood III-IV
    Watchmen
  9. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  10. Chapter III
    Watchmen
  11. The Judge of All the Earth
    Watchmen
  12. Under the Hood V
    Watchmen
  13. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  14. Chapter IV
    Watchmen
  15. Watchmaker
    Watchmen
  16. Dr. Manhattan: Super-Powers and the Super-Powers
    Watchmen
  17. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  18. Chapter V
    Watchmen
  19. Fearful Symmetry
    Watchmen
  20. Treasury Island Treasury of Comics, Chapter 5: A Man on Fifteen Dead Men's Chests
    Watchmen
  21. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  22. Chapter VI
    Watchmen
  23. The Abyss Gazes Also
    Watchmen
  24. [Walter J. Kovacs Police File]
    Watchmen
  25. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  26. Chapter VII
    Watchmen
  27. A Brother to Dragons
    Watchmen
  28. Blood from the Shoulder of Pallas
    Watchmen
  29. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  30. Chapter VIII
    Watchmen
  31. Old Ghosts
    Watchmen
  32. New Frontiersman
    Watchmen
  33. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  34. Chapter IX
    Watchmen
  35. The Darkness of Mere Being
    Watchmen
  36. [Sal's Scrapbook]
    Watchmen
  37. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  38. Chapter X
    Watchmen
  39. Two Riders Were Approaching...
    Watchmen
  40. Veidt
    Watchmen
  41. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  42. Chapter XI
    Watchmen
  43. Look on My Works, Ye Mighty...
    Watchmen
  44. After the Masquerade: Superstyle and the Art of Humanoid Watching
    Watchmen
  45. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  46. Chapter XII
    Watchmen
  47. A Stronger Loving World
    Watchmen
  48. [no title indexed]
    Watchmen
  49. Alan Moore
  50. The World
  51. Dr. Manhattan
  52. Ozymandias
  53. Nite-Owl
  54. Rorschach
  55. The Comedian
  56. Silk Spectre
  57. Minutemen
  58. [no title indexed]
  59. Clocking On
  60. [Continuity Sample]
    Watchmen
  61. [Script Pages and Thumbnails]
  62. [Promotional Artwork & Cover Sketches]
    Watchmen
  63. Seconds
    Watchmen
  64. Dave Gibbons
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