List of Watchmen characters
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Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins, published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987. Watchmen focuses on six main characters: the Comedian, Doctor Manhattan, Nite Owl II, Ozymandias, Rorschach, and the Silk Spectre II. These characters were originally based on the Mighty Crusaders and then reworked in an unsolicited proposal to fit superhero properties DC had acquired from Charlton Comics in the early 1980s. Moore later based the team's predecessors, the Minutemen, on the Mighty Crusaders. Since the publisher planned to integrate Charlton's superheroes into the main DC Universe and the script would have made many of them unusable for future stories, series writer Alan Moore eventually agreed to create original characters. Moore wished the main characters to present six "radically opposing ways" to perceive the world, and to give readers of the story the privilege of determining which one was most morally comprehensible. The protagonists of Watchmen were reused in the prequel series Before Watchmen, which also gave backstories to several minor characters from the original graphic novel, and introduced new characters. Later on, several Watchmen characters reappeared in the limited series Doomsday Clock, bringing them into the main DC Universe. The television series Watchmen is set in the same canon as the limited series, taking place in 2019 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Tables
| Character | Motion comic | Video game | Film | Mockumentary | Short film | Television series |
| Watchmen: The Motion Comic | Watchmen: The End Is Nigh | Watchmen | Under the Hood | Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter | Watchmen | |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2019 | ||||
| Twilight Lady Elizabeth "Liz" Lane | Tom Stechschulte | Courtney Taylor | ||||
| Doctor Manhattan Dr. Jonathan "Jon" Osterman Calvin "Cal" Abar (né Jelani) | Crispin Freeman | Billy CrudupJaryd HeidrickY | Yahya Abdul-Mateen IIDarrell SnedegerZak Rothera-OxleyYTom MisonA | |||
| Rorschach I Walter Kovacs | Jackie Earle Haley | Jackie Earle HaleyEli SnyderY | ||||
| Nite Owl II Daniel "Dan" Dreiberg | Patrick Wilson | |||||
| The Comedian Edward "Eddie" Blake | Mark Silverman | Jeffrey Dean Morgan | ||||
| Hooded Justice | Glenn Ennis | Louis Gossett Jr AdepoYDanny Boyd Jr JacksonA | ||||
| Captain Metropolis Nelson Gardner | Darryl Scheelar | Jake McDormanChris WhitleyA | ||||
| Silk Spectre I Sally Jupiter (née Juspeczyk) | Carla Gugino | TBA | ||||
| Dollar Bill William "Bill" Brady | Dan Payne | |||||
| Mothman Byron Lewis | Niall Matter | Brennan Kerr | ||||
| The Silhouette Ursula Zandt | Apollonia Vanova | TBA | ||||
| Nite Owl I Hollis Mason | Stephen McHattieClint CarletonY | Stephen McHattie | ||||
| William Taylor | William S. Taylor | |||||
| Bernard | Jay Brazeau | |||||
| Wally Weaver | Rob LaBelle | |||||
| Laurence "Larry" Shexnayder | Frank Cassini | |||||
| Larry Culpeper | Ted Friend | |||||
| Bartender | John Destry | |||||
| Woman on Street | Jennefer Jenei | |||||
| Big Figure Tom Ryan | Danny Woodburn | |||||
| Moloch The Mystic Edgar "Eddie" Jacobi | Matt FrewerMike Carpenter | Matt Frewer | ||||
| The Sea Captain | Gerard Butler | Gerard Butler | ||||
| Money Lender | Cam Clarke | Cam Clarke | ||||
| Sea Captain's Daughter | Siobhan Flynn | Siobhan FlynnSalli Saffioti | ||||
| Ridley | Jared Harris | Jared Harris | ||||
| Sea Captain's Wife | Lori Tritel | Lori TritelBridget Hoffman | ||||
| Ozymandias Adrian Veidt | Matthew Goode | Jeremy Irons | ||||
| Silk Spectre II Laurel "Laurie" Jupiter (née Juspeczyk) | Malin ÅkermanHaley GuielY | Jean Smart | ||||
| Janey Slater | Laura Mennell | Sara VickersA | ||||
| Richard Nixon | Robert Wisden | HimselfP | ||||
| Wade Tillman Looking Glass | Tim Blake Nelson Philip LabesY | |||||
| Angela Abar Sister Night Sister Manhattan | Regina KingFaithe HermanY | |||||
| Lady Trieu Lady Manhattan | Hong Chau | |||||
| Bian Trieu | Jolie Hoang-RappaportYElyse Dinh | |||||
| Mime Marcos Maez | Tom MisonA | |||||
| Marionette Erika Manson | Sara VickersA | |||||
| Agent Petey Lube Man | Dustin Ingram | |||||
| Robert Redford | HimselfP | |||||
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