Watchmen is a comic book created by writer Alan Moore Dave Gibbons and John Higgins The series was published by DC Comics in single issue during 1986 and 1987 and has been subsequently reprinted in collected form On Examining the Theme of the Watchmen the main Theme was to examine what superheroes would be like in a credible real world Characters of Watchmen were Moores admonition to those who trusted in heroes and leaders to guard the worlds fate To place faith in such icons was to give up per