In 1985, the murder of a government-sponsored superhero draws his outlawed colleagues out of retirement and into a mystery that threatens to upend their personal lives and the world itself.
Direction
Vietti recreates Gibbons' panels with obsessive, beautiful precision.
Cinematography
Every frame looks lifted straight from the graphic novel — color theory on steroids.
Director
Brandon Vietti
Troy Baker
Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias / Minister / Benny Anger (voice)
Adrienne Barbeau
Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre / TV Broadcaster (voice)
Corey Burton
Captain Metropolis / Forbes / American Newscaster (voice)
Michael Cerveris
Jonathan Osterman / Dr. Manhattan / Father (voice)
Jeffrey Combs
Edgar Jacobi / Moloch / British Newscaster / Photographer #1 (voice)
Grey DeLisle
Female Citizen #2 / Spanish Newscaster (voice)
Kelly Hu
Vietnamese Woman / Yvonne (voice)
John Marshall Jones
Hooded Justice / General #1 / Criminal #2 (voice)
Max Koch
Detective Joe Bourquin / Bernard / President Nixon (voice)
Phil LaMarr
Comic Book Narrator / Bernie / Security Guard (voice)
Yuri Lowenthal
Wally Weaver / Criminal #1 / Knot Top #2 (voice)
Geoff Pierson
Hollis Mason / Nite Owl (voice)
Matthew Rhys
Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl / Photographer #3 (voice)
Katee Sackhoff
Laurie Juspeczyk / Silk Spectre (voice)
Dwight Schultz
Detective Steve Fine / Happy Harry (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the first of two planned chapters, covering roughly the first half of the 12-issue series — the 'squid' remains for Part II.
Moore and Gibbons originally created Watchmen to use Charlton Comics heroes DC had just acquired; when DC said no, they invented new ones that were even better.
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