Unofficial Watchmen Index

WATCHMEN #1

Cover Date: September 1986
Cover Price: $1.50
Publication Date: 1986-06-05

Cover Credits:
Art: Dave Gibbons
Colors: John Higgins

Story: "At Midnight, All the Agents..." (26 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Alan Moore
Art	Dave Gibbons
Lettering	Dave Gibbons
Colors	John Higgins
Assistant editing	Barbara Kesel
Editing	Len Wein

Feature Character(s):

Rorschach (Walter Joseph Kovacs; first appearance; last in Before Watchmen: Rorschach #4)

Adrian Veidt (first appearance; revealed to have been Ozymandias; also in flashback in between flashback in flashback in Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #6 and main story)

Doctor Manhattan (Jonathan Osterman; first appearance; last in flashback in issue #4)

Daniel Dreiberg (first appearance; revealed to have been second Nite Owl; last in flashback in issue #4)

Edward Morgan Blake (first appearance; revealed as the Comedian; dies in flashback following flashback in issue #2)

Laurel Juspeczyk (first appearance; revealed to have been the second Silk Spectre; last in flashback in issue #4)

Supporting Character(s):

Hollis Mason (first appearance; revealed to have been the first Nite Owl; last in Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #4; next in issue #3)

Joe Bourquin (first appearance; a police detective; next in issue #5)

Steve Fine (first appearance; a police detective; next in issue #5)

Other Character(s):

Knot Tops (first appearance; a street gang)

Happy Harry (first appearance; a bar owner)

Steve (first appearance; a criminal)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Gerald Ford (in photograph)

Minutemen (in photograph)

Captain Metropolis (in photograph)

Dollar Bill (in photograph)

Hooded Justice (in photograph)

Mothman (in photograph)

Silhouette (in photograph)

Silk Spectre (in photograph)

Location(s):

New York City

Daniel Dreiberg's house

Daniel Dreiberg's workshop

Edward Blake's appartment

Gunga Diner

Happy Harry's

Mason's Auto Repair

Rafael's

Rockefeller Military Research Center

Veidt Enterprises

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.

This story begins on October 12th, 1985 and ends on October 13th, 1985.

Solicitation:

What happens in a world where super-heroes really do exist? The conceptual America that Moore and Gibbons have created is on the brink of nuclear destruction and only one man has the solution to the catastrophic nightmare. Meanwhile, a super-hero is murdered...

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Feature: "Under the Hood" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Alan Moore (script)

Dave Gibbons (art)

Dave Gibbons (letters)

John Higgins (colors)

Barbara Kesel (assistant edits)

Len Wein (edits)

Feature Character(s):

Hollis Mason (chronologically earliest appearance; also in photograph; see Comments)

Supporting Character(s):

Mr. Mason (first appearance; Hollis' father; see Comments)

Hollis Woodsworth Mason (first appearance; Hollis' grandfather; see Comments)

Moe Vernon (first appearance; owner of Vernon's Auto Repair and Mr. Mason's employer; also in photograph; see Comments)

Fred Motz (first appearance; a mechanic; also in photograph; see Comments)

Other Characters(s):

Hooded Justice (behind the scenes; also in photograph; see Comments)

Beatrice Vernon (behind the scenes; mentioned only)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superman (mentioned)

Lois Lane (mentioned)

The Shadow (mentioned)

Margo Lane (mentioned)

Comment(s):

This feature contains excerpts from Hollis Mason's autobiography, Under the Hood. Presented here are chapters I and II.

Characters listed in this story are characters that interact directly with Hollis Mason in his narrative. Characters listed as behind the scenes are characters that do not come into direct contact with Hollis Mason, but whose actions influence the narrative.