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Characters In Watchmen
''Watchmen'' is a twelve-issue comic book Limited series (comics), limited series created by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins (comics), John Higgins, published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987. ''Watchmen'' focuses on six main characters: the Comedian (character), Comedian, Doctor Manhattan, the Nite Owl, Ozymandias (Watchmen), Ozymandias, Rorschach (character), Rorschach, and the Silk Spectre. These characters were originally based on the Mighty Crusaders and then reworked in an unsolicited proposal to fit superhero properties DC had acquired from Charlton Comics in the early 1980s. Moore later based the team’s predecessors, the Minutemen, off of the Mighty Crusaders. Since the publisher planned to integrate Charlton's superheroes into the main DC Universe and the script would have made many of them unusable for future stories, series writer Alan Moore eventually agreed to create original characters. Moore wished the main characters to present six "radically opposing way ...
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Before Watchmen
''Before Watchmen'' is a series of comic books published by DC Comics in 2012. Acting as a prequel to the 1986 12-issue ''Watchmen'' limited series by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, the project consists of eight limited series and one one-shot (though two were initially planned) for a total of 37 issues. Publication history Moore stated in 1985 that if the ''Watchmen'' limited series was well-received, he and Gibbons would possibly create a 12-issue prequel series called ''Minutemen'' featuring the 1940s superhero group from the story.Heintjes, Tom (March 1986). "Alan Moore On (Just About) Everything". ''The Comics Journal''. DC offered Moore and Gibbons chances to publish prequels to the series, such as ''Rorschach's Journal'' or ''The Comedian's Vietnam War Diary'', as well as hinting at the possibility of other authors using the same universe. Tales of the Comedian's Vietnam War experiences were floated because ''The 'Nam'' was popular at the time, while another su ...
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (; born July 15, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Black Manta in the superhero films ''Aquaman'' (2018) and ''Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'' (2023), Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama ''The Trial of the Chicago 7'' (2020), and Morpheus / Agent Smith in ''The Matrix Resurrections'' (2021). For his portrayal of Cal Abar / Doctor Manhattan in the HBO limited series ''Watchmen'' (2019), he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He also starred in episodes of ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (2018) and ''Black Mirror'' (2019). Early life and education Abdul-Mateen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a Muslim father, Yahya Abdul-Mateen I (1945–2007), and a Christian mother, Mary. He is the youngest of six children. He spent his childhood in the Magnolia Projects of New Orleans, and then moved to Oakland, California, where he attended McClymonds High School. At McClymonds, he was ...
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Billy Crudup
William Gaither Crudup (; born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He is a four-time Tony Award nominee, winning once for his performance in Tom Stoppard's play ''The Coast of Utopia'' in 2007. He has starred in numerous high-profile films, including ''Without Limits'' (1998), ''Almost Famous'' (2000), ''Big Fish'' (2003), '' Mission: Impossible III'' (2006), ''Watchmen'' (2009), '' Public Enemies'' (2009), '' The Stanford Prison Experiment'' (2015), '' Jackie'' (2016), and '' Alien: Covenant'' (2017), in both lead and supporting roles. He has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in ''Jesus' Son'', and received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations as part of an ensemble cast for ''Almost Famous'' and ''Spotlight'', winning for the latter. Crudup starred in the streaming television series ''Gypsy'' (2017) and '' The Morning Show'' (2019), the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television ...
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Crispin Freeman
Crispin Freeman is an American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter who is best known for voicing characters in English-language dubs of Japanese anime, animation, and video games. Some of his prominent anime roles include Zelgadis Graywords in ''Slayers'', Kyon in ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Togusa in the ''Ghost in the Shell'' franchise, Alucard in ''Hellsing'', Kirei Kotomine in '' Fate/Zero'' and '' Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works'', Itachi Uchiha in ''Naruto'', Gyomei Himejima in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Hagi in ''Blood+'' and Shizuo Heiwajima in '' Durarara!!'' Early life Freeman was born in Chicago His father is Jewish. He is the oldest of three children. His sister, Cassidy Freeman is an actress, while his brother Clark is an actor and musician. Freeman graduated from the Latin School of Chicago in 1990 and earned a BA from Williams College, where he majored in theater and minored in computer science. He then earned an MFA in a ...
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Tom Stechschulte
Thomas Andrew Stechschulte (November 1948 – June 7, 2021) was an American film and television actor. His most prominent role may have been that of the Presidential candidate Robert Arthur in ''The Manchurian Candidate''. He has also had guest appearances on the television series '' Law & Order'', ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', and '' Mrs. Columbo''. Stechschulte was a prolific audiobook narrator, having performed, among others: Ken Kesey's, "Sometimes A Great Notion"; Cormac McCarthy's ''No Country for Old Men'' and ''The Road'', James Ellroy's ''The Black Dahlia'', Tim O'Brien's ''The Things They Carried'', Philipp Meyer's American Rust, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's The Yearling, H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights, Larry McMurtry's The Last Kind Words Saloon, and Dennis Lehane's ''Shutter Island''. He gave voice to several members of the Holland Family in various James Lee Burke novels, alternating with Will Patton William Rankin Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an Ame ...
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List Of Watchmen Characters
'' Watchmen'' is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins, published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987. '' Watchmen'' focuses on six main characters: the Comedian, Doctor Manhattan, the Nite Owl, Ozymandias, Rorschach, and the Silk Spectre. These characters were originally based on the Mighty Crusaders and then reworked in an unsolicited proposal to fit superhero properties DC had acquired from Charlton Comics in the early 1980s. Moore later based the team’s predecessors, the Minutemen, off of the Mighty Crusaders. Since the publisher planned to integrate Charlton's superheroes into the main DC Universe and the script would have made many of them unusable for future stories, series writer Alan Moore eventually agreed to create original characters. Moore wished the main characters to present six "radically opposing ways" to perceive the world, and to give readers of the story the privilege of determining which one was ...
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