Moore ya ce an tsara Watchmen don a karanta "sau hudu ko biyar", tare da wasu hanyoyin haɗi da kuma alamomi kawai sun zama bayyane ga mai karatu bayan da aka karanta da yawa. Dave Gibbons ya lura cewa, "[a] ya ci gaba, Watchmen ya zama mafi yawan game da labarin da ya fada fiye da labarin kanta. Babban mahimmancin labarin ya dogara ne akan abin da ake kira macguffin, gimmick... don haka ba ainihin ma'anar ma'anar ma'anar ba... ba kawai abin da ya fi dacewa da mu ba. Kamar yadda muka zo game da kowane kafofin watsa labaru ba zai iya aiki ba, "kuma ya jaddada wannan ta hanyar jaddada bambance-bambance tsakanin comics da fim. Moore ya ce an tsara Watchmen don a karanta" sau hudu ko sau biyar, "tare da wasu alaƙa da alamomi kawai sun zama bayyane ga mai karatu bayan karatun da yawa.
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