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* [[SequelGap Prequel Gap]]: Around 25 years after the last issue of Watchmen was initially published.
* ScheduleSlip: Several of the series have been delayed for unspecified reasons.


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* [[SequelGap Prequel Gap]]: Around 25 years after the last issue of Watchmen was initially published.
* ScheduleSlip: Several of the series have been delayed for unspecified reasons.
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AlanMoore has expressed distaste with the existence of the series [[note]] he's been pretty bitter about anything ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' related that he wasn't involved in.[[/note]] Dave Gibbons, however, is more supportive, if not slightly ambivalent since he stated that he considers the prequel "subsidiary but not really Watchmen" and does not consider it canon.

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* CreatorBacklash: DisownedAdaptation: Creator/AlanMoore has expressed distaste with the existence of the series [[note]] he's been pretty bitter about anything ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' related that he wasn't involved in.[[/note]] Dave Gibbons, however, is more supportive, if not slightly ambivalent since he stated that he considers the prequel "subsidiary but not really Watchmen" and does not consider it canon.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The basic idea of a ''Watchmen'' prequel dates as far back as Alan Moore himself coming up with ideas for one during the Minutemen days, and said had he not been stiffed by DC, he would have actually worked on ''Minutemen''. The story we got about them here wound up being vastly different from what Alan Moore originally planned.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The basic idea of a ''Watchmen'' prequel dates as far back as Alan Moore himself coming up with ideas for one during the Minutemen days, and said had he not been stiffed by DC, he would have actually worked on ''Minutemen''. The story we got about them here wound up being vastly different from what Alan Moore originally planned. In an interview around the time of Watchmen being published and before DC stiffed him (i.e the honeymoon period), Moore suggested that Minuteman would have been a huge stylistic shift, recapturing the innocent and childlike attitude of the Golden Age. Dave Gibbons confirmed this, "In fact, the next thing we would’ve done after Watchmen would’ve been something like Captain Marvel, you know, something really light and mythical."
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The basic idea of a ''Watchmen'' prequel dates as far back as Alan Moore himself coming up with ideas for one during the Minutemen days, and said had he not been stiffed by DC, he would have actually worked on ''Minutemen''. The story we got about them here wound up being vastly different from what Alan Moore originally planned.
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AlanMoore has expressed distaste with the existence of the series (but then again, he's been pretty bitter about anything ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''-related that he wasn't involved in). Dave Gibbons, however, is more supportive, if not slightly ambivalent since he stated that he considers the prequel "subsidiary but not really Watchmen" and does not consider it canon.

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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AlanMoore has expressed distaste with the existence of the series (but then again, [[note]] he's been pretty bitter about anything ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''-related ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' related that he wasn't involved in). in.[[/note]] Dave Gibbons, however, is more supportive, if not slightly ambivalent since he stated that he considers the prequel "subsidiary but not really Watchmen" and does not consider it canon.
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AlanMoore has expressed distaste with the existence of the series (but then again, he's been pretty bitter about anything ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''-related that he wasn't involved in). Dave Gibbons, however, is more supportive, if not slightly ambivalent.

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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AlanMoore has expressed distaste with the existence of the series (but then again, he's been pretty bitter about anything ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''-related that he wasn't involved in). Dave Gibbons, however, is more supportive, if not slightly ambivalent.ambivalent since he stated that he considers the prequel "subsidiary but not really Watchmen" and does not consider it canon.

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* MoneyDearBoy: Widely assumed to be the reason for this series' existence.
* RecycledScript: The Crimebusters scene in particular.

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* MoneyDearBoy: Widely assumed to be the reason for this series' existence.
* RecycledScript: The Crimebusters scene and the death of the Comedian in particular.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Eduardo Risso was given the task of providing the art for the ''Moloch'' series. Imagine if he'd been brought in earlier and been allowed to work with Brian Azzarello [[ComicBook/OneHundredBullets again]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Eduardo Risso was given the task of providing the art for the ''Moloch'' series. Imagine if he'd been brought in earlier and been allowed to work with Brian Azzarello [[ComicBook/OneHundredBullets again]].

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