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Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.

-- Nite Owl II and The Comedian

Contents 1 HistoryEdit 2 Powers and AbilitiesEdit 2.1 Powers 2.2 Abilities 3 ParaphernaliaEdit 3.1 Weapons 4 TriviaEdit 5 Appearances in Other MediaEdit 6 Related 7 LinksEdit 7.1 Discover and Discuss 7.2 Footnotes

HistoryEdit

Edward Morgan Blake had the longest crime fighting career out of all the costumed vigilantes. Edward Blake first started out as a crime fighter in the 1940's, under the alias, The Comedian. He was part of a group called the Minutemen, a team of eight masked crime fighting vigilantes. The group consisted of Captain Metropolis, Silk Spectre (Sally Jupiter) , The Comedian, Nite Owl (Hollis Mason), Hooded Justice, Dollar Bill, Mothman, and Silhouette. After a photo shoot for the Minutemen, The Comedian walked into a room to find Silk Spectre changing. He then attempted to rape her but was then stopped by Hooded Justice, who then proceeded beat Blake in a rage. The Minutemen then banned him from the group, and after being stabbed in the chest in 1941 he changed his green and purple costume to tough leather armor. Soon after the Minutemen disbanded in the 1950's, Blake was called to testify for the disappearance and killing of Hooded Justice, but he refused to testify. Nothing was ever proved against him.

In the late 60's Blake joined a group called the Crimebusters (Captain Metropolis, Silk Spectre II, Doctor Manhattan, Nite Owl II, Rorschach, The Comedian, and Ozymandias) led by Captain Metropolis, but the meeting did not last long after the Comedian set fire to one of Metropolis's display, and told everybody that the group was a joke. After the the Keene Act in the 70's, the Comedian joined the fight in Vietnam with Dr. Manhattan, receiving a disfiguring scar on the left side of his face at war's end by an enraged Vietnamese woman he'd impregnated wielding a broken beer bottle. He shot her in retaliation, telling Doctor Manhattan (who had watched the ordeal) that, despite the numerous chances at preventing the entire discretion, he did not, proving he had no sympathy for humanity. Returning home, he assisted Nite Owl in attempting to quell a riot, only to become enraged after someone hits him in the head with a piece of debris, opening fire on the crowd with rubber bullets. After the riot disperses, Nite Owl questions his choice of action after killing several people.

In October of 1985, he visited Edgar Jacobi a.k.a. Moloch, his former arch-enemy, while he was drunk. Sobbing, he tells him that everything in life is a joke before departing in an inebriated stupor. A few days later, he is attacked in his apartment, being tossed around and beaten throughout his living room before being thrown from the window, plummeting to his death below.

Edward Blake's death is the beginning of the story of Watchmen, and the Watchmen symbol is his smiley face button, with a blood stain on it from being attacked. A funeral was held for him in October of 1985. It is later revealed that Adrian Veidt (Ozymandias) was his murderer as a part of a plan to end the threat of World War III.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

None

Abilities

Tactical Expert, highly trained in the use of firearms.

ParaphernaliaEdit

Weapons

Guns, Grenades, etc.

TriviaEdit

• Born in 1924.
• The Comedian is based on the Charlton Comics character The Peacemaker, with elements of Marvel Comic's Nick Fury.^[1]
  

Appearances in Other MediaEdit

• In the 2009 Watchmen film, he is portrayed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Related

• 8 Appearances of Edward Blake (Watchmen)
• 2 Images featuring Edward Blake (Watchmen)
• Quotations by or about Edward Blake (Watchmen)
• Character Gallery: Edward Blake (Watchmen)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Edward Blake (Watchmen)

LinksEdit

 

• Edward Blake (Watchmen) at Wikipedia.org 
• Comedian at the Watchmen Wiki

Discover and Discuss

• Search this site for: The Comedian · Edward Morgan Blake · Edward Blake (Watchmen)
• Search the Forums for: The Comedian · Edward Morgan Blake · Edward Blake (Watchmen)
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Footnotes

1. ↑ | Alan Moore interview in Comic Book Artist #9

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