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Alan Moore’s Watchmen is among the most profound and subversive works of literature in the 20th century. Published under DC Comics from 1986 to 1987, Watchmen is a scathing critique of the superhero genre, morality, and politics. The comic follows an original cast of “heroes” set in an alternate 1985 when the world is on…

Back in 2008, when Zack Snyder’s 2009 “Watchmen” film adaptation was still in production, comic book impresario Alan Moore clarified to Entertainment Weekly that, no, he didn’t approve of the movie. Moore, of course, wrote the highly celebrated comic book on which “Watchmen” was based and felt that “Watchmen” was perfectly suited to its original medium. As…