Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei rārangi - Ko Tākuta Jonathan "Jon" Osterman he kaitiaki, ko ia anake hoki te pūāhua whai mana nui. He kairangahau ia i te tīmatanga, i hurihia hei kikorangi, he mea kaha, i muri i tana whakakorenga i roto i te Kaitiaki ā-Roto i te tau 1959. I hoki mai ia ki te ruuma ki te tiki i te karaka a tana hoa wahine (kua oti i a ia te whakatika), ana i mauheretia i roto i te wa i tiimata ai te Subtractor. I pupuhi a Osterman ki ngā ngota, kāore he mea i toe i tōna tinana. I roto i ngā marama torutoru, ka taea e tōna hinengaro kore tinana te hanga anō i tētahi tinana ā-tinana mō ia anō, i muri i ētahi hanganga ā-wāhanga whakamataku. Whai muri i tana whakaoranga, ka akiakihia ia ki te mahi e te kawanatanga o te United States, e whakawhiwhia ana ki a ia te ingoa Doctor Manhattan, i muri i te Kaupapa Manhattan. Ahakoa he poto tana mahi ki te whawhai i te hara, ko tana mana nui ko te tuku i te U.S. he painga rautaki ki runga i te Soviet Union i te Pakanga Makariri, me tana mahi tino nui i muri i tana tono a te Perehitini Richard Nixon kia uru atu ki te Pakanga o Vietnam, e arahi ana ki te wikitoria koreutu mo te U.S. me te hinga o Vietnam ki te Raki me te Vietcong, e aukati ana i te hinganga o te kawanatanga o Saigon
He aha? I a ia e mahi ana mō te kāwanatanga o Amerika, kāore ia i te whai i ngā whakaritenga o te Ture Keene, engari he nui te wā e noho ana ia ki te rangahau hangarau matatau me te whanaketanga, me te rangahau ahupūngao. Ko ia anake te kawenga mo te neke ki nga waka hiko-hiko (ma te whakahiato i nga waahanga me nga matū e hiahiatia ana e ia ano) ana ko Veidt te mea nui ki a ia i puta ai he peke nui ki mua i nga waahanga maha o te putaiao me te hangarau. Ko te hua, he nui ake te hangarau o te 1985 kē o te ao "Watchmen". Whai muri i te matenga o tona papa i te 1969, kaore ia e huna i tona ingoa whanau ka kiia ko "Jon" ko "Dr. Osterman".