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In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Mar 3, 2025 - 32 comments

1986! (Again!) Against the looming shadow of nuclear conflict, retired superheroes Nite Owl and Silk Spectre alone try to figure out how to save the world, their one-time compatriots all dead, exiled, or otherwise occupied with chasing glory.
posted by kittens for breakfast on Mar 2, 2025 - 7 comments

In an alternate universe New York 1985, a CIA-sponsored former superhero is murdered by an unknown assassin, setting in motion an investigation into his death that unfolds against the spectre of looming global nuclear annihilation.
posted by kittens for breakfast on Nov 20, 2024 - 5 comments

[TRAILER] A team of extraordinary figures culled from great adventure literature (including Alan Quatermain, vampiress Mina Harker from Dracula, the Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, an American secret service agent named Sawyer, Captain Nemo, and Dorian Gray), are called to stop a villain intent on turning the nations of the world against one another. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 5, 2024 - 24 comments

Everything ends. For real this time. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Dec 15, 2019 - 146 comments

With the new Watchmen HBO series airing, would this be a good time for a post about the original book? [more inside]
posted by dnash on Nov 7, 2019 - 3 comments

Will is joined by legendary author Alan Moore to discuss evil architecture, magic & political power, fate & free will, and the enduring appeal of Lovecraft. [more inside]
posted by Space Coyote on Jun 10, 2019 - 2 comments

Alan Moore's ten-years-in-the-making novel of Northampton and the spirits that inhabit it, mortal and otherwise.
posted by Ipsifendus on Sep 23, 2016 - 6 comments