In this episode, we temporarily set aside our "clean" rating to wind up our four-part series on Watchmen with a discussion issues #10-12 of the landmark comic-book series written by Alan Moore, drawn by Dave Gibbons, and published by DC Comics!

As President Richard Nixon prepares to launch nuclear missiles, Nite Owl and Rorschach discover that the person behind the Comedian's death and Dr. Manhattan's self-imposed exile is their former colleague, Adrian Veidt! When they track him to his Antarctic retreat, the "world's smartest man" shares with them his plan to avert a nuclear apocalypse—presenting them with a horrific moral dilemma!

Can these hopelessly outmatched heroes, along with Laurie Juspeczyk and Dr. Manhattan, look on Ozymandias' works without despairing? Can they prevent Veidt from killing millions of innocent people? And will Curt and Kevin judge this paradigm-shifting 12-issue series worthy of admission into that stronger, loving world known as ... The Comics Canon?

Things Discussed in This Episode:

• "Two riders were approaching ..."
• Alexander the Great's dick move
• The trolley problem
• The ending of the Watchmen movie
• Tales of the Black Freighter
• Kyle Cooper and the opening credits of Se7en
• Len Wein and The Architects of Fear
• The lasting influence of Watchmen
• Before Watchmen and Doomsday Clock
• Watchmen the TV show
• Mark Gruenwald's Squadron Supreme
• Mary Renault's Alexander trilogy
• The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield
• Our Dark Phoenix Saga episode

Join us in two weeks as we observe the recent release of Dark Phoenix with a discussion of (what else?) Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past!

Until then, why not peruse our new spring line of Comics Canon merchandise? We also invite you to check out King Krackle from our friends at Category 4!

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