From: [d--u--a] at [yang.earlham.edu] (Doug Atkinson) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc Subject: Watchmen Annotations: Supplement Date: 4 Apr 93 21:45:03 GMT CHARACTER GUIDE Costumed types are listed under their aliases. ALINE (?-1985): Joey's ex, she dies in the "alien attack." #'s 11-12. ANGER, BENNY (?- ): Talk-show host, he interviews Dr. Manhattan just before he leaves for Mars. #'s 3, 7. BERNARD (?-1985): The newsvendor who owns the newsstand in front of the Institute for Extraspatial Studies. He took on the job after his wife Rosa died. He was killed during the "alien attack." #'s 3, 5, 6, 8, 11-12. BERNIE (?-1985): The kid who sat by the newsstand reading the "Tales of the Black Freighter," because his mother and sister worked. He was killed during the "alien attack." #'s 3, 5, 11-12. BIG FIGURE (?-1985): A crimelord who Rorschach put away. He tries to kill Rorschach in prison and winds up dead himself. #8. BOURQUIN, JOE (?-1985): Steve Fine's partner. He investigates the Blake murder, helps arrest Rorschach, and is killed by the creature in New York. #'s 1, 5, 8, 11, 12. BUBASTIS (?-1985): Ozymandias's genetically engineered lynx. Killed when used as bait for Dr. Manhattan. #'s 4, 10-12. CAPTAIN METROPOLIS (?-1974): Nelson Gardner. Gardner was a former Marine lieutenant. He became an adventurer in 1939, and proposed the formation of the Minutemen; he stayed with them until the end. In 1966 he tried to organize the Crimebusters. In 1974 he was killed in a car crash. #'s 2, 4, 6, 9, 11. CHESS, ROY (?-): Go-between in hits on Moloch and somebody else (Ozymandias?); interrogated by Rorschach and Nite Owl in Happy Harry's. #10. COMEDIAN, THE (1924-1985): Edward Morgan Blake. Began his career in 1939, cleaning up waterfronts in New York. He joined the Minutemen, and was expelled in 1940 for attempting to rape Sally Jupiter. He changed his yellow costume for heavier leather in 1941, and became a war hero in the Pacific. In 1949 he met Sally Jupiter again, sleeping with her and becoming Laurie's father. He was one of those at the meeting of the Crimebusters in 1966. He became a government operative at some point, working in Vietnam (where he was scarred on VVN Night in 1971), and remaining active after the Keene Act in 1977. In 1985, he discovered the island Veidt's creature project was based on, and was killed by Veidt. #'s 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11. DERF (?-1985): The knot-topped Katie addict who kills Nite Owl I. He's presumed killed at the Madison Square Garden Pale Horse concert. #'s 1, 8, 12? DOCTOR MANHATTAN (1929- ): Jon Osterman. His father was a watchmaker, and he was going to follow him until his father sent him into physics following Hiroshima. In 1948 he entered Princeton, and in 1958 he obtained his Ph.D. In 1959 he went to work at Gila Flats, where he met and fell in love with Janey Slater. In August 1959, he was caught in an accident in an intrinsic field remover, causing him to disintegrate. By November, he had obtained sufficient control over matter to reassemble himself. He worked for the government, becoming their nuclear war prevention (since he could destroy incoming missiles with a thought). He was publicly revealed in 1960. In 1963, he failed to prevent Kennedy's assassination. He was at the meeting of the Crimebusters in 1966, following which he fell in love with Laurie Juspeczyk. His father died in 1969. In 1971 he intervened in Vietnam, leading to victory over the Viet Cong. He and Laurie eventually moved to Rockefeller military base. In 1985, following allegations he'd given cancer to people he was associated with, he left Earth and went to Mars, returning to get Laurie at one point. He returned following the "alien attack" in New York and went to Antarctica to confront Veidt, following which he decided to leave Earth altogether. #'s 1-4, 6, 9, 11-12. DOLLAR BILL (?-1946): Real name unknown. The best description of him comes from _Under the Hood_: "...originally a star college athlete from Kansas who was actually employed as an in-house super-hero by one of the major national banks, when they realized that the masked man fad made being able to brag about having a hero of your own to protect your customer's money a very interesting publicity project...While attempting to stop a raid at one of his employer's banks, he cloak became entangled in the bank's revolving door and he was shot dead at point-blank range before he could free it." #2. FINE, DETECTIVE STEVE (?-1985): Investigates the Blake murder. Helps arrest Rorschach, and tries to arrest Dreiberg. He's suspended just before being killed with his partner Joe Bourquin in New York. #'s 1, 5, 8, 11, 12. GLASS, MILTON (?-?): Director of Gila Flats, and author of "Dr. Manhattan: Super-powers and the Superpowers." #4. GODFREY, HECTOR (?- ): Editor of the _New Frontiersman_. #'s 8, 11-12. GORDIAN KNOT MAN, THE (?-1985): Milo's brother, he fixes Dan's lock. #'s 3, 11-12. "HAPPY HARRY" (?- ): Runs a sleazy bar and grill named Happy Harry's. #'s 1, 10. HOODED JUSTICE (?-?): Real name unknown; possibly Rolf Muller, circus strongman. He was the first costumed vigilante, making his debut October 13, 1938. He joined the Minutemen in 1939, remaining with the group until its demise ten years later. Until she left the group, Sally Jupiter posed as his girlfriend, covering his preference for boys. When the costumed adventurers were investigated by HUAC, he refused to testify and vanished. It has been speculated that he was killed by the Comedian in the mid-50's as revenge for stopping his rape of Sally. #2. JOEY (?-1985): A cab driver for the Promethean. She and her ex-girlfriend Aline were killed in the "alien attack." #'s 3, 5, 11-12. LONG, GLORIA (?-1985): Mal's wife, who leaves him. She's killed in the "alien attack." #'s 6, 11-12. LONG, DR. MALCOLM (?-1985): Rorschach's prison psychiatrist. He dies in the "alien attack." #'s 6, 11-12. MILO (?-1985): Manager of the Promethean, brother of the Gordian Knot man, dies in "alien attack." #'s 11-12. MOLOCH (?-1985): Edgar William Jacobi, alias Edgar William Vaughn, alias William Edgar Bright. A stage magician-turned-crimelord. He fought most of the costumed adventurers up through the 1970's, which he spent in jail. At some point during that time, he worked for Dimensional Developments, where he was given cancer. In 1985 he was killed by Veidt to frame Rorschach. #'s 2, 4-5. MOTHMAN (?- ): Byron Lewis. He became a costumed hero in 1939, and joined the Minutemen, remaining with them until they split up in '49. He was investigated by HUAC in the early '50's, and had trouble before he was cleared; this marked the start of his drinking problem, which he never got over. He eventually wound up in a sanitarium in Maine. #'s 2, 9. NITE OWL I (1916-1985): Hollis Mason. His father worked at an auto repair shop. In 1938 he became a police officer. After reading about Hooded Justice, he decided to become a costumed vigilante. He became Nite Owl in 1939, and joined the Minutemen, remaining with them until they disbanded in 1949. He testified before HUAC in the early '50's, and was cleared quickly because of his police force background. In 1962, he retired from superheroics to run an auto shop, and write his autobiography, _Under the Hood._ Dan Dreiberg got permission from him to continue his name, and they became friends. In 1985 he was murdered by a gang, who confused him with the second Nite Owl after the Rorschach jailbreak. #'s 1, 4, 8-9. NITE OWL II (?- ): Daniel Dreiberg. His father was a banker and left him a good deal of money, but he was interested in "birds and airplanes and mythology." He got degrees in aeronautics and zoology at Harvard. In the early '60's, he took on the identity of Nite Owl from Hollis Mason, who he became friends with. In 1965 he teamed with Rorschach to fight the Underboss, and in 1966 he was at the meeting of the Crimebusters. He retired in 1977 at the time of the Keene Act, devoting his time to writing papers for ornithology journals. In 1985 he was drawn back in after the Comedian's death, working with Silk Spectre (whom he fell in love with) to break Rorschach from prison, and eventually confronting Veidt with the truth about his plans. Following that, he took on the identity of Sam Hollis. #'s 1-12. NIXON, RICHARD (1913- ): 38th president of the U.S., from 1968 on. He was the first president to involve Dr. Manhattan in domestic and foreign affairs, leading to a nation-wide prosperity and victory in Vietnam. This led to an amendment repealing the 22nd Amendment, allowing him to serve unlimited terms. His use of Dr. Manhattan in Vietnam led to the anti-mask movement. #'s 3, 10. OZYMANDIAS (1939- ): Adrian Veidt. Born to immigrant parents, he was a genius at an early age. At the age of 17, following in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, he went to Turkey, following his route throughout Europe and Asia. In Alexandria, he had a revelation, taking on the identity of Ozymandias to fight crime. Following the meeting of the Crimebusters in 1966, he realized that dangers far worse than crime faced mankind, and he embarked upon a plan to save the world. His corporation, Veidt, produces virtually everything, from cosmetics to tennis shoes. He developed the patent for the spark hydrant to fund Dimensional Developments. His plan eventually led to the plot of the series, the death of the Comedian and Moloch (among others), the departure of Dr. Manhattan, and eventual harmony among the superpowers (in theory). #'s 1-2, 4-5, 7, 10-12. PHANTOM (?-1985?): Nite Owl I's dog. #'s 1, 8. RORSCHACH (1940-1985): Walter Joseph Kovacs. His mother was a prostitute, and his father is unknown. He was taken from his mother in 1951 after viciously attacking two bullies, and stayed in a home until 1956, when he became a garment worker. In 1964, after reading about the death of Kitty Genovese, he took up the identity of Rorschach, later partnering with Nite Owl II in 1965. He was at the meeting of the Crimebusters in 1966. In 1975, he experienced a change of philosophy after investigating the Roche kidnapping. In 1977, he was the only non-government sponsored vigilante not to retire after the Keene Act. In 1985, he worked to investigate the events following the Blake murder, and was framed by Veidt for murdering Moloch and arrested, being broken out of prison by Nite Owl and Silk Spectre. Eventually, with Nite Owl, he worked out the truth and confronting Veidt. He was killed by Dr. Manhattan to prevent his spreading the truth about the "alien invasion." #'s 1-12. ROTH, DOUG (?- ): Writer for _Nova Express._ He interviewed Ozymandias in 1975, and was sent the Dr. Manhattan "cancer list" by Veidt to set up Dr. Manhattan to leave Earth. #3. SEYMOUR (?- ): Hector Godfrey's assistant. #'s 8, 11-12. SHEA, MAX (?-1985): A writer, originally writing comic books such as "Tales of the Black Freighter," who went to fiction and wrote _Fogdancing_. He wound up on the island for the alien project, and was killed when the boat blew up. #'s 8, 10. SHEXNAYDER, LAURENCE (?-?): Sally Jupiter's agent. He married her in 1947 and divorced her in 1956 after finding out she'd slept with the Comedian. #9. SILHOUETTE (?-1946): Ursula Zandt. She became a crimefighter in 1939, and joined the Minutemen. In 1946 she was expelled from the group when it was publicly revealed that she was a lesbian; two weeks later she and her lover were killed by an adversary seeking revenge. #2. SILK SPECTRE I (1921- ): Sally Jupiter, nee Juspeczyk. She changed her name to hide her Polish heritage. A former waitress and burlesque dancer, she became a crimefighter in early 1939 on the advice of her agent, Laurence Shexnayder. She was a member of the Minutemen; the Comedian was expelled from the group after attempting to rape her. She left the team and retired in 1947 to marry Shexnayder. At some point, probably in 1948, _Silk Swingers of Suburbia,_ a bad film about her career, was released. She slept with the Comedian in 1948 or 1949, and their daughter, Laurie, was born in 1949. She groomed Laurie to carry on in her footsteps. At some point she moved to the Nepenthe Gardens retirement village in California. #'s 2, 8-9, 11-12. SILK SPECTRE II (1949- ): Laurie Juspeczyk. Her mother was Sally Jupiter, the original Silk Spectre; her father was the Comedian (although her mother was married to Laurence Shexnayder until 1956). All her life she was brought up to be a superhero, and she began in 1966 around the time of the first meeting of the Crimebusters. Shortly thereafter she fell in love with Dr. Manhattan and moved in with him. In 1977 she retired following the Keene Act. In 1985 Dr. Manhattan left Earth, and she moved in with Dan Dreiberg, eventually falling in love with him. She and Dreiberg broke Rorschach from prison, following which Dr. Manhattan took her to Mars, where she realized the truth about her father. They returned to Earth shortly after the "alien attack," going to Antarctica to confront Veidt. After that, she took up the identity of Sandra Hollis. #'s 1-9, 11-12. SLATER, JANEY (?- ): She worked at Gila Flats, where she met and fell in love with Dr. Manhattan; she left him in 1966 when he fell for Laurie Juspeczyk. She worked at some point for Dimensional Developments, where she was given cancer. #'s 3-4. WEAVER, WALLY (?-1974): "Dr. Manhattan's buddy," who worked with him at Gila Flats, later worked at Dimensional Developments, and died of cancer in 1971. #4. TIMELINE 1916: Hollis Mason is born. 1929: Jon Osterman is born. 10/13/38: Hooded Justice makes his public debut. 1939: Silk Spectre, Nite Owl, Captain Metropolis, the Comedian, Silhouette, Dollar Bill, and Mothman all debut. The Minutemen are formed. Adrian Veidt is born. 3/21/40: Walter Kovacs is born. 10/?2/40: The Minutemen group photo is taken. The Comedian attempts to rape Sally Jupiter. 1941: The US enters World War II. 1945: World War II ends. 1946: Silhouette is expelled from the Minutemen, and killed. 1947: Sally Jupiter resigns and marries Laurence Schexnayder. 1948: Jon Osterman enters Princeton. 1949: Laurel Jane Juspeczyk is born. The Minutemen disband. 1951: Walter Kovacs attacks and partially blinds a bully, and is taken from his mother and put into the Lillian Charlton home. 1956: Sally and Laurence are divorced. Sylvia Kovacs is murdered. Both his parents dead, Veidt decides to follow the footsteps of Alexander the Great. 1958: Jon receives his Ph.D. in atomic physics from Princeton. Ozymandias becomes active. 5/12/59: Jon's first day at Gila Flats. 7/59: The photograph of Janey and Jon is taken. 8/59: Jon Osterman is seemingly killed in an accident at Gila Flats. 9/59: Jon's funeral is held. 11/10/59: "There is a circulatory system walking through the kitchen..." 11/14/59: "A partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing..." 11/22/59: Jon first appears fully reassembled. 2/60: The government devises the Dr. Manhattan identity for Jon. 3/60: Dr. Manhattan is announced to the world. 6/60: Nite Owl, Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandias meet for the first time at a charity function. 11/60: Dr. Manhattan invades Moloch's "underground vice-den." 9/61: Dr. Manhattan meets President Kennedy. 5/62: Hollis Mason retires. 1962: Dan Dreiberg debuts as the second Nite Owl. _Under the Hood_ is published. 11/22/63: President Kennedy is assassinated; Dr. Manhattan does not prevent it. 3/64: Inspired by the rape and murder of Kitty Genovese, Walter Kovacs becomes Rorschach. 1965: Nite Owl and Rorschach, working together, bring down Big Figure and the Underboss. 1966: Laurie debuts as Silk Spectre. The abortive first meeting of the Crimebusters is held. Janey leaves Dr. Manhattan. 1968: Nite Owl arrests Twilight Lady. Richard Nixon is elected President for the first time. 1969: Jon's father dies. 1970: Gila Flats closes. Jon and Laurie move to Washington. 1/71: Nixon asks Dr. Manhattan to intervene in Vietnam. 3/71: Dr. Manhattan meets the Comedian in Vietnam. 5/71: The Viet Cong surrender. 6/71: VVN day. 11/71: Wally Weaver dies. 1973: Woodward and Bernstein turn up dead while investigating the Watergate breakin. 1975: Nixon proposes a constitutional amendment allowing him to run for more than 2 terms. Ozymandias retires and announces his identity publicly. 8/3/77: The Keene Act is passed. Silk Spectre and Nite Owl retire. 1981: Laurie and Jon move to Rockefeller. 1985: The Comedian runs across Ozymandias' secret island. 10/85: Blake tells Moloch about the island. 10/12/85: The Comedian is murdered. Rorschach visits Dreiberg. 10/13/85: Rorschach visits Ozymandias, Silk Spectre, and Dr. Manhattan. Laurie and Dan go to dinner. 10/16/85: The Comedian's funeral. Rorschach visits Moloch. 10/19/85: Laurie leaves Jon. Dr. Manhattan appears on TV, goes to Arizona, and leaves Earth. Laurie goes to Dan. 10/20/85: Rorschach visits Dan again. The Soviets invade Afghanistan. 10/21/85: Rorschach visits Moloch again. A failed attempt is made to assassinate Veidt. Laurie moves to Dan's apartment. Rorschach is framed for Moloch's murder, and apprehended by the police. 10/25/85: Mal has his first session with Rorschach. Dan and Laurie rescue several people from a tenement fire. 10/26/85: Mal and Rorschach's second session. Rorschach attacks another inmate with hot fat, and is put in solitary confinement. 10/27/85: Mal and Rorschach's third session. Dan and Laurie plan to spring Rorschach. 10/28/85: Mal and Rorschach's fourth session; Rorschach relates the story of the Roche kidnapping. 10/30/85: Steve Fine visits Dreiberg. 10/31/85: The prisoner Rorschach attacked dies, and Sing Sing erupts in a riot. Dan and Laurie bust Rorschach from prison. Dr. Manhattan takes Laurie to Mars. 11/1/85: Hollis Mason is murdered. Rorschach and Nite Owl find Roy Chess at Happy Harry's. The participants in the alien project are killed by a bomb. 11/2/85: Rorschach and Nite Owl break into Veidt's office, and go to Karnak. Veidt activates the transmission. The "alien" appears in New York. Laurie and Jon arrive in Karnak. Bubastis is killed. Dr. Manhattan kills Rorschach. 12/25/85: Laurie and Dan visit Sally in their new identities. SUMMARY OF NON-SERIES INFORMATION: Mayfair Games, publishers of the DC Heroes role-playing game, have written two modules and a sourcebook for the Watchmen universe. The module "Taking Out the Trash" by Ray Winninger includes a section co-written by Moore giving a capsule history of the characters and world, including information not given in the series. The Watchmen Sourcebook expands on this information considerably. Because this information is a) partially written by Moore and b) not in disagreement with anything in the series, it can be considered partially canonical. Noteworthy information about the characters not given in the series is summarized here. Wherever there is disagreement, the module will be held as the higher authority (with the comic as the highest authority, of course). (Unfortunately, its timeline contains several minor errors. It lists Mason's year of birth as 1906, when it should be 1916. Laurie was born in 1949, not 1950. It also gives Hooded Justice as being born in 1905, which is theoretically possible but difficult to believe. Several of the dates for the events of the series itself are also wrong.) A NOTE ON THE ORIGINS OF THE CHARACTERS: Many of the super-heroes in this series are based on the original versions of Charlton's characters. They are: Comedian: Based on Peacemaker. Violent government operative. Dr. Manhattan: Based on Captain Atom. Government employee gains godlike molecular powers in nuclear accident. Nite Owl I & II: Based on the first and third Blue Beetle. Original: policeman, fights crime in spare time in chainmail costume. (Published by Fox.) Third: Fights crime using science, has flying vehicle. Ozymandias: Based on Thunderbolt. Trained in the East, honed his mind & body to perfection. Rorschach: Based on the Question. Tough, violent crimefighters with featureless masks. Silk Spectre: Based on Nightshade. Female crimefighter, influenced by her mother, associates with ultra-powerful hero. (It is theoretically possible that the rest of the Minutemen were based on Golden Age superheroes; but if so, I have been unable to trace any specific sources. They seem to be more archetypes than specific tributes.) CAPTAIN METROPOLIS: As a child, CM was asthmatic, but built himself up and played football in college. He was unhappy with the way that many of the Minutemen were more concerned with the social potential of the team than crimefighting. When WWII was on he was brought back into the USMC. COMEDIAN: He definitely murdered Hooded Justice, and was able to use his government connections to prevent any investigation into the disappearance. In 1978 he rescued American hostages held in Iran. He also killed Woodward and Bernstein, and was involved in Kennedy's assassination. HOODED JUSTICE: Rolf Muller was indeed a name he used, but it was only an alias and his true identity was never discovered. He was not a communist, however, but an anti-Communist, as confirmed by his KKK connections. He was the last person to agree to join the Minutemen. He spoke publicly in favor of Hitler in an interview in 1940. MOTHMAN: Byron was a bored playboy who fought crime to add spice to his life. He was a conscientious objector during WWII and served as a medical aide. SILHOUETTE: Ursula was an Austrian aristocrat who fled to avoid the Nazis. As a Jew she was greatly bothered by Hooded Justice's pro-Hitler stance, but Larry managed to sweep the incident under the rug. The villain who killed her and her lover was named the Liquidator. SILK SPECTRE I: Sally Jupiter was a teen-aged runaway. HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGES IN THE WORLD OF THE WATCHMEN This section summarizes the differences between our world and theirs. I am ignoring certain obvious changes, such as the super-heroes, major differences in technology, and the different consumer products and magazines. (Mmeltdowns don't exist in our world, but that's not really worthy of mention.) 1. HEINZ: In 1892 the founder of the Heinz corporation decided on the slogan "57 varieties" in our world. In their world, it's "58 varieties" (1:10:8) 2. VIETNAM: In our world and theirs, US attempts to oust the Viet Cong led to US troops being sent there. In our world, these attempts were unsuccessful, and troops were eventually withdrawn. In their world, Nixon promised in 1968 (to ensure re-election) to send in Dr. Manhattan, and did so in 1971. He brought about Viet Cong surrender in just two months. In 1985, Vietnam became the 51st state (1:4:3). 3. SPACE: In our world, treaties prohibit nuclear weaponry in space. This is not true in their world, apparently, because the US Congress approved the building of nuclear silos on the moon (1:14:5; "Congress Approves Lunar Silos," a Gazette headline). 4. GENETIC ENGINEERING: Besides the obvious (Bubastis) it's apparently produced four legged, wingless poultry (1:25:4). 5. SOCIAL ATTITUDES: Whether this is signifcant or not, we see two men embracing in public in 1:25:4. Also, the accepted term for homosexual females is "gay women," not "lesbians." This change came about in the mid-'70s (9:32). 6. WORLD WAR II: In their world, the Nazis had costumed saboteurs in the US (Screaming Skull and Captain Axis). There is no evidence that the second nuclear bomb was used on Japan in Nagasaki in their world, but there's no evidence against it either. 7. COMIC BOOKS: In our world, the most prominent comics were super-hero comics in the '40s. They diminished after WWII ended, and crime and horror comics rose to prominence in the '50s, led by EC Comics; a public outcry led by Dr. Fredric Wertham led to the founding of the Comics Code Authority, which put the kibosh on most horror books. Superheroes came to prominence again in the very late '50s and early '60s, with DC's revitalization of their old characters (Flash, Green Lantern, etc.) and the rise of Marvel, beginning with the Fantastic Four in 1961. Superhero comics continue to dominate the industry. In their world, ACTION COMICS #1 (with the first appearance of Superman) helped touch off the masked hero craze. Superhero comics continued for a while (the Flash existed, possible as "Flash-Man") but dwindled in popularity due to the existence of real "superheroes." The '50s led to pirate titles dominating the market, led by EC. The anti-comic sentiment came to nothing; the government came down on the side of comics to "protect the image of certain comic book-inspired agents in their employ." In 1960, DC premiered TALES OF THE BLACK FREIGHTER by Max Shea and Joe Orlando [who exists in our world], which proved to be groundbreaking. Pirate books continue to dominate into the mid-'80s, until the "alien" comes to New York; horror comics become more popular after that. 8. NIXON: In our world, Nixon was Eisenhower's vice president from 1953-1961, and was defeated in the 1960 presidential election by John Kennedy. In 1962 he lost in a bid for the governorship of California. In 1968, he was elected President, and was re-elected in 1972 with the widest victory margin to date. However, a series of scandals (beginning with the revelation of a break-in to Democratic campaign headquarters in the Washington, DC Watergate Hotel on 6/17/72) led to his resignation on 8/9/74. In their world, Nixon involved Dr. Manhattan in domestic and foreign affairs, enlisting his aid in winning the Vietnam War and bringing about economic prosperity. This led to great popularity on Nixon's part; in 1975 his administration passed a repeal of the 22nd amendment that would have limited him to 2 terms in office. He was re-elected in 1976, 1980, and 1984. 9. MILK: Milk is still available in glass bottles in their world; it's more commonly found in cardboard cartons or plastic jugs in ours. (2:20:7). 10. DRUGS: A popular street drug is KT-28, which doesn't exist in our world (at least as such). 11. THE NEW YORK TIMES/GAZETTE: Between 1945 and 1966, the major New York newspaper, the _Times_, has changed its name to the _Gazette_. (There can be no doubt that it's the same paper, though; the name is in the same typeface, and the first page header layout is similar.) 12. AIRSHIPS: Blimps/dirigibles are not a common form of transport in our world, but they are in theirs. [d--u--a] at [yang.earlham.edu] Doug Atkinson Watchmen is copyright 1993, DC Comics Inc. These annotations are copyright 1993 by Doug Atkinson, and may be freely distributed provided they are not altered in any way.