Passage: Daya daga cikin jarumai biyu da gwamnati ta amince da su (tare da Doctor Manhattan) wanda ke ci gaba da aiki bayan an zartar da Dokar Keene a 1977 don hana superheroes. Kashewarsa, wanda ya faru jim kaɗan kafin babi na farko ya fara, ya saita makircin Watchmen a cikin motsi. Halin ya bayyana a cikin labarin a cikin flashbacks kuma wasu fannoni na halayensa sun bayyana ta wasu haruffa. Comedian ya dogara ne akan Charlton Comics hali Peacemaker, tare da abubuwan da ke cikin Marvel Comics ɗan leƙen asiri Nick Fury ya kara. Moore da Gibbons sun ga Comedian a matsayin "wani nau'i na Gordon Liddy hali, kawai ya fi girma, mai tauri guy". Richard Reynolds ya bayyana Comedian a matsayin "ruthless, cynical, and nihilistic, and yet capable of deeper insights than the others into the role of the hero costumed". Ya yi ƙoƙari ya yi wa Silk fyade a farkon babi na farko a cikin 1940s. Tambayar ita ce abin da marubucin ya bayyana a matsayin wani ɓangare na dangantakar jima'i na mahaifinta a
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