Moore akati kuti Watchmen yakagadzirirwa kuti iverengwe "kanokwana kana kashanu", pamwe chete nezvimwe zvinongedzo zvinongova pachena kune muverengi mushure mekuverenga kakawanda. Dave Gibbons anoti, "[a]s zvaifambira mberi, Watchmen yakava yakawanda pamusoro pekutaura nyaya yacho kupfuura iyo nyaya yacho pachayo. Chinonyanya kukosha chenyaya yacho inonyanya kuratidzwa pane inonzi macguffin, gimmick... Saka zvirokwazvo haisi hurongwa hwayo pachayo... haisi chinhu chakanyanya kubudirira pamusoro pemakwikwi. Sezvatauya kune imwe nhepfenyuro inokwanisa kushanda, " Moore akati. Moore akati Watchmen yakagadzirirwa kuverengwa" kana kashanu, "nezvimwe zvinongedzo uye zvinongedzo zvinongova pachena kumuverengi mushure mekuverenga kakawanda.
1986 Mutambo Wenyika