Watchmen is a dark satirical and dystopian take on the French Revolution.
 Watchmen was recognized in Time's List of the 100 Best Novels as one of the best English language novels published since 1923 to 2023
 Reynolds concludes that the series' ironic self-awareness of the genre "all mark out Watchmen either as the last key superhero text, or the first in a new maturity of the genre"

