Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Moore da Gibbons sun tsara Watchmen don nuna halaye na musamman na matsakaiciyar wasan kwaikwayo da kuma nuna ƙarfinta na musamman. A cikin wata hira ta 1986, Moore ya ce, "Abin da zan so in bincika shi ne wuraren da wasan kwaikwayo ke cin nasara inda babu sauran kafofin watsa labarai da za su iya aiki", kuma ya jaddada wannan ta hanyar jaddada bambance-bambance tsakanin wasan kwaikwayo da fim. Moore ya ce an tsara Watchmen don a karanta "sau huɗu ko biyar", tare da wasu hanyoyin haɗi da kuma ambato kawai ya zama bayyane ga mai karatu bayan karantawa da yawa. Dave Gibbons ya lura cewa, "kamar yadda ya ci gaba, Masu tsaro ya zama mafi yawan game da labarin fiye da labarin kanta. Babban jigon labarin ya dogara ne akan abin da ake kira Macguffin, gimmick... Don haka da gaske makircin kanta ba shi da babban sakamako... kawai ba shine ainihin abin da ya fi ban sha'awa game da Masu tsaro ba. Kamar yadda muka zo da gaske don gaya labarin, wannan shine inda ainihin kerawa ya shigo. "Gibbons ya ce da gangan ya gina bayyanar gani na Masu tsaro don kowane shafi zai iya ganewa a matsayin wani ɓangare na wannan jerin musamman kuma" ba wani littafin wasan kwaikwayo ba ". Ya yi ƙoƙari sosai don zana haruffa a cikin wata hanya daban da wacce aka saba gani a cikin wasan kwaikwayo. Mai zane ya yi ƙoƙari ya zana jerin tare da "wani nau'i na layi, ta yin amfani da takarda mai wuya, mai wuya wanda ba shi da yawa a cikin yanayin kauri da bakin ciki" wanda yake fatan "zai bambanta shi daga al'ada mai ban sha'awa, irin layi na layi. A cikin wata hira ta 2009, Moore ya tuna cewa ya yi amfani da horarwar Gibbons a matsayin tsohon mai binciken don "ciki har da cikakkun bayanai a cikin kowane ƙaramin panel, don haka za mu iya tsara kowane ƙaramin abu". Gibbons ya bayyana jerin a matsayin "wasan kwaikwayo game da wasan kwaikwayo". Gibbons ya ji cewa "Alan ya fi damuwa da abubuwan da ke tattare da zamantakewar [kasancewar super-heroes] kuma na shiga cikin abubuwan da ke tattare da fasaha". Halin da aka yi a cikin labarin ya ba Gibbons damar canza bayanai game da yanayin Amurka, kamar ƙara motocin lantarki, gine-gine daban-daban, da kuma walƙiya...  Tambaya: A wace shekara ne Moore ya yi hira?
Shekarar 1986