Reading order
Watchmen — reading order
- Watchmen (1986)
- Watchmen #2: Absent Friends (1986)
- Watchmen #3: The Judge of All the Earth (1985)
- Watchmen #6: The Abyss Gazes Also (1986)
- Watchmen #7: A Brother to Dragons (1987)
- Watchmen #9: The Darkness of Mere Being (1987)
- Watchmen #10: Two Souls Apart (1987)
- Watchmen #12: A Stronger Loving World (1987)
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- Volumes
- 1985–1987
- Published
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
Publication order
8 volumes1985–1987Completed
- One graphic novel, first published as twelve monthly issues in 1986–87 and collected in a single volume ever since.
- Read the collected edition; the issues listed here are its chapters.
- It is the only graphic novel on Time’s list of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923.
Every volume in order
Read: 0 of 8
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Frequently asked questions
What should I read after Watchmen?
Other series by Alan Moore: Promethea.
