Alan Moore's Watchmen series of graphic novels from the 1980's along with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns is considered one of the seminal works of comics from that decade, helping to redefine the genre. In these days when the term "graphic novel" is thrown around so often, Watchmen still stands as an example of a work that truly deserves that moniker. Weaving together intricate story lines and multiple subplots, including the comic-within-a-comic Tales of the Black Freighter, Watchmen turned the world of "superheroes" inside out, bringing them down to Earth, and read like a combination beat novel and pulp fiction...