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"At Midnight, All the Agents..."

Watchmen Vol 1 #1
September, 1986

Len Wein, Barbara Kesel

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The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll look down and whisper "No."

-- Rorschach

Appearing in "At Midnight, All the Agents..."

Featured Characters:

Rorschach

Supporting Characters:

Adrian Veidt
Doctor Manhattan
Daniel Dreiberg
Edward Blake (Final appearance; Dies)
Hollis Mason
Laurel Juspeczyk

Villains:

Unidentified killer

Other Characters:

A Doomsayer
Minutemen (Cameo)
Harry
Steve

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis:

At midnight, all the agents and superhuman crew, go out and round up everyone who knows more than they do. - Bob Dylan

Notes

This issue is reprinted in the Watchmen trade paperback and Absolute hardcover edition.

Includes an excerpt from the fictional biography of Hollis Mason titled Under the Hood.

The Doomsayer holding the "The End is Nigh" sign on page 4 makes sporadic appearances throughout the course of the series.

Trivia

The phrase "Who Watches the Watchmen?" is first seen spray-painted on the bay door of Hollis Mason's auto-garage (pp. 9). The phrase appears sporadically throughout the title and is popularly recognized as a tagline for the series as a whole.