

Manhattan's assistant and lover, as much as they can be in Dr. In her human persona of Laurie Jupiter, Silk Spectre II is Dr. Regardless, the Cold War is at its height with recent Soviet posturing regarding nuclear bomb buildup. Manhattan's powers in particular have kept a watch over nuclear proliferation, as he is able to stop any nuclear attack. Manhattan - former physicist Jon Osterman who obtained his superhero powers through a scientific accident which almost killed him - now work for the government. However, the Comedian, in his human persona of Eddie Blake, and Dr. Despite the activities of the Watchmen leading to the west winning the Vietnam War which in turn has kept Richard Nixon in the White House, Nixon has now outlawed masks, resulting in the Watchmen disbanding and going into retirement, most hiding their Watchmen past under their human identities.

Manhattan, Nite Owl II, Ozymandias, Rorschach and Silk Spectre II - are a disparate band of masked superheroes, modeled after the Minutemen, who were masked superheroes of a generation earlier, most of who are dead or afflicted by the ravages of life. The Watchmen - comprised of the Comedian, Dr.
