The Comedian (Edward Morgan Blake) is a
fictional character
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who debuted in the
graphic novel
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''
Watchmen
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'', published by
DC Comics
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. The Comedian was created by writer
Alan Moore
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with artist
Dave Gibbons
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. As with most of the main characters in the series, he was an analogue for a
Charlton Comics
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character, in this case the
Peacemaker
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. Moore imagined the Comedian as a mix between the Peacemaker with "a little bit of
Nick Fury
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" and "probably a bit of the standard
Captain America
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patriotic hero-type".
Character background
Events of ''Watchmen''
The story of ''Watchmen'' starts with the aftermath of Edward Blake's murder in 1985. Fellow crimefighter
Rorschach Rorschach may refer to:
* Hermann Rorschach, a Swiss psychiatrist
** Rorschach test, his psychological evaluation method involving inkblots
* Rorschach (character), a character from the comics ''Watchmen''
* Rorschach (comic book), a 2020 comic
* ...
, independently investigating the murder, discovers that Blake was in fact the Comedian. The main plot of ''Watchmen'' initially involves Rorschach's suspicion of a plot to kill costumed heroes ("masks"); his continuing investigation into Blake's murder leads to a much larger, more horrifying secret. The Comedian's appearances in ''Watchmen'' consist of
flashbacks of the other characters. He is also mentioned in ''Under the Hood'', the fictional
autobiography
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It is a form of biography.
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of Hollis Mason (Nite Owl I) that appears in ''Watchmen'' issues 1–3.
The Comedian was a
cigar
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-chomping, gun-toting
vigilante
Vigilantism () is the act of preventing, investigating and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without Right, legal authority.
A vigilante (from Spanish, Italian and Portuguese “vigilante”, which means "sentinel" or "watcher") is a pers ...
-turned-
paramilitary
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agent. When he first became a costumed adventurer in 1939, he dressed in a
clown
A clown is a person who performs comedy and arts in a state of open-mindedness using physical comedy, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms.
History
The most ancient clowns have been found in ...
-like costume with a simple
domino mask
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. A brutal
vigilante
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A vigilante (from Spanish, Italian and Portuguese “vigilante”, which means "sentinel" or "watcher") is a pers ...
, Blake manages to expunge most
organized crime
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from the
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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* '' ...
harbor. He became the youngest member of The Minutemen, a prominent group of heroes. After a photography shoot, he attempts to rape fellow Minuteman
Silk Spectre
Silk Spectre is the name of two fictional superheroines in the graphic novel limited series ''Watchmen'', published by DC Comics. Created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the original Silk Spectre, Sally "Jupiter" Juspeczyk, was a member of the cr ...
; she escapes only when another Minuteman,
Hooded Justice, interrupted the assault and beat Blake, breaking his nose. The Comedian was expelled from the group—but Silk Spectre's agent persuaded her not to press charges against him for fear of what it would do to the group's image. Blake impregnated Silk Spectre with her daughter and successor, Laurie, during a secret, consensual encounter years later. In the 1940s, Blake updated his Comedian uniform, after being stabbed by a small-time hood. He adopted a leather outfit that served as light
body armor
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, adorned with short star-and-stripe-themed sleeves and a small
happy face button. He retained the small domino mask and began carrying a pistol. He fought in
World War II
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, becoming a war hero in the
Pacific theater
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. It is also implied, but not directly stated, that he murdered Hooded Justice in revenge for the beating he suffered.
By the late 1960s, Blake had begun working as a covert government operative. Hollis Mason, the original
Nite Owl
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, had published his autobiography ''Under the Hood'' by this point and in it disclosed the Comedian's sexual assault on Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre. In 1966, he was invited to join the Crimebusters by Captain Metropolis, but he quickly ruined the older hero's hopes of a new team by mocking him, and pointing out that old fashioned crime fighting methods would not save the world from nuclear war.
Alongside
Doctor Manhattan
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, the Comedian played a major role in the United States'
war with Vietnam
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. Shortly after Manhattan's godlike powers forced the
North Vietnam
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ese to surrender, Blake was confronted by his lover, a pregnant Vietnamese woman. He told her bluntly that he planned to leave the country immediately without her, and in a rage she slashed his face with a broken bottle. Blake shot and killed her, but the attack left his face permanently disfigured with a scar running from his right eye to the corner of his mouth. After this incident, he began wearing a leather
gimp
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-style mask when dressed as the Comedian.
The costumed adventurers faced massive backlash and rioting in 1977; in response, Congress passed the Keene Act, requiring all heroes to register with the government if they wished to remain active. The majority of them "retired" in anonymity; while others, such as Rorschach, continued their activities in open defiance of the law. Doctor Manhattan and the Comedian were two of the few who registered and were employed by the government. Blake enjoyed his new role in the government and the protection it offered, even going so far as to suggest to members of President Nixon's staff that he had killed
Bob Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He started working for ''The Washington Post'' as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the title of associate editor.
While a young reporter for ''The Washingto ...
and
Carl Bernstein
Carl Milton Bernstein ( ; born February 14, 1944) is an American investigative journalist and author. While a young reporter for ''The Washington Post'' in 1972, Bernstein was teamed up with Bob Woodward, and the two did much of the original new ...
before they could reveal the details of the
Watergate scandal
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, as well as being behind the assassination of
John F. Kennedy
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(on Nixon's orders). The
Iran hostage crisis
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in 1980 was resolved when Blake freed the captives after an assault.
It was during his return from a government mission in 1984 that Blake discovered the island where Adrian Veidt (
Ozymandias
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The poem was included the following year in Shelley's co ...
) was conducting his experiments that would ultimately destroy New York City. Shocked and appalled by what he finds, Blake realizes that no one will believe him if he reveals Veidt's plan. He drunkenly breaks into
Edgar Jacobi's house and cryptically describes the plan, knowing Jacobi will not understand but not realizing Veidt has the bedroom bugged. Veidt, to ensure that Blake does not compromise his operation, confronts Blake in his high-rise apartment and throws Blake out of the window, killing him.
''Before Watchmen''
In ''Before Watchmen: The Minutemen'' #1, additional details are revealed about the Comedian while material from the main story is somewhat
retcon
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ned. It is revealed that the Comedian got his start as a costumed adventurer at the young age of sixteen and had a prior criminal record for assault. Unlike the rest of the costumed heroes of the Minutemen, he is shown to be driven by
greed
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and an inherent love for violence. In particular, he assaults a
bartender
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after breaking up a bar fight and steals liquor and money from the cash register. The issue also implies Blake may have been a victim of severe
child abuse
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as he claims that a "caseworker" told him what he suffered was the cause of his violent outbursts, though Blake's status as an
unreliable narrator
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makes the claim uncertain.
''Before Watchmen: Comedian'' #1 rewrites the character's back-story further. It is revealed that Blake was close personal friends with
Robert F. Kennedy
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and
John F. Kennedy
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as well as
Jackie Kennedy
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. This contradicts the main ''Watchmen'' series, which cast Edward Blake as a close personal friend of
Richard Nixon
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(for whom he had worked as an assassin). The mini-series reveals that Blake was responsible for the murder of
Marilyn Monroe
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(ordered by Jackie Kennedy, behind her husband's back) as well as revealing that, despite strong innuendo from both Blake and Ozymandias, that he did not kill John Kennedy and was attempting to confront
Moloch
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when he found the villain watching the live coverage of the assassination, including Kennedy's death, which caused the two foes to commiserate in their grief. It is implied that a former FBI agent with a resemblance to Blake may have been behind it.
Events of ''Doomsday Clock''
In the sequel comic book ''
Doomsday Clock
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'', the Comedian seemingly turns up alive when he confronts Ozymandias at the time when he was in the DC Universe meeting with
Lex Luthor
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. It is revealed that Doctor Manhattan has captured the Comedian from moments before his death, causing him to wash ashore outside the city of Metropolis and greeting him. The Comedian continues on the trail of Mime and Marionette. He catches up to
Joker, Mime, and Marionette when they attend an underground villain meeting held by
Riddler
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to discuss the Superman Theory. He makes himself known by shooting
Typhoon
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in the face. While pursuing them, he evades
Giganta
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's attacks, shoots Riddler in the leg, and uses a grenade to defeat the other villains present. When Mime and Marionette are in bed together the next morning, the Comedian catches up to them, planning to use them to find Ozymandias. Before the Comedian can do anything, Joker comes to Mime and Marionette's rescue where he uses a joy buzzer on the Comedian. As Batman gets free and fights Joker, Mime and Marionette escape with the Comedian and the Lantern Battery. Upon catching up with Ozymandias and shooting him, Lex Luthor shoots the Comedian with a device which returns him to the moment he was taken from, leaving him to die which horrified him and feeling denied of his revenge.
Character inspiration and origin of name
Alan Moore has stated that the Comedian, besides his comic book inspirations, was also based on
G. Gordon Liddy
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, a former FBI agent and a figure in the
Watergate scandal
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as the chief operative in the
White House Plumbers
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unit during the
Nixon Administration
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. Liddy was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in the scandal.
Moore imagined the Comedian as Liddy with "comic book muscles".
In the comic,
Rorschach Rorschach may refer to:
* Hermann Rorschach, a Swiss psychiatrist
** Rorschach test, his psychological evaluation method involving inkblots
* Rorschach (character), a character from the comics ''Watchmen''
* Rorschach (comic book), a 2020 comic
* ...
explains that Blake's moniker of "The Comedian" stems from his cynical and arguably selfish world perspective that "in an insane world", one can only laugh, as if everything is "a joke". Moore took the idea of the name from
Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ...
's novel ''
The Comedians''.
Powers and abilities
The Comedian was a skilled hand-to-hand combatant in excellent physical condition, even at the time of his death at the age of 61. Blake was proficient with his
M1911
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.45 caliber
This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the to caliber range.
*''Length'' refers to the cartridge case
Case or CASE may refer to:
Containers
* Case (goods)
A case of some merchandise
Merchandising is any practic ...
pistol
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,
MAC-10
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submachine gun
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and
pump-action
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Cartridge may refe ...
shotgun
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small p ...
, and was shown using a variety of conventional weaponry in his adventures (
flamethrower
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s,
grenade launcher
A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially-designed large-caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke or gas warhead. Today, the term generally refers to a class of dedicated firearms firing unitary grenade cartridges. The mos ...
s, etc.). His government-sanctioned activities suggest that he received training in covert operations and unconventional warfare.
The smiley face badge
Throughout the work, the Comedian is typically seen wearing or in close proximity to the "
smiley face
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" button which is closely associated with him, and has become the iconic symbol of the ''Watchmen'' series as a whole. At the beginning of the series, the button is smeared with a single drop of blood which, if the button is viewed as a clock face, is at the position of the minute hand of the
Doomsday Clock
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at the time of the series, five minutes to midnight.
In other media
Television
*The Comedian appears in ''
Watchmen: Motion Comic'', where he, along with every other character in the series, is voiced by
Tom Stechschulte
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.
Film
*The Comedian appears in ''
Watchmen
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'', portrayed by
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
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Video games
*The Comedian appears in a cutscene in ''Watchmen: The End Is Nigh'', voiced by Mark Silverman.
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