The Long Halloween, And Watchmen: A Comparative Analysis

Batman: The Long Halloween, and Watchmen, are very similar in some areas, and very different in some areas. Both books describe the hardships with being a super heroes, such as dealing with death of innocents, betrayed, misconceptions on some people. The Long Halloween still kept the superhero tradition of solving a mystery, beating the bad guy in a unique way, but at the same time, still following the typical tradition. Watchmen has a hero(es) that is trying to solve a mystery of the killings of mask heroes, betrayal of a hero, destruction of half of New York, death of the heroes, ‘Villain’ has good intentions but gets away with it in the end. Comparing the two graphic novels, mass murdering spree (killing of mask villiantes/ corrupted individuals), a lone uncorrupt hero starts investigating (Rorschach/Batman), main villain betrayed those who they trust (Ozymandias to the Watchmen; Gilda …show more content…
The tone for both books try to make us think about being a superhero, because of how flawed these fictional characters really are if they really existed. The approach that The Long Halloween takes was, here is a superhero book with a realistic dark take on characters owned by D.C. comics. While still keeping up with a super tradition. But Alan Moore's approach was more of a deconstruction of the superhero genre by making heroes with obvious flaws and a certain twist to their characters that makes them obviously relatable or not at all. While in other comic books, the characters in those books, be it heroes or villains, can make the reader feel like they can relate with them in some aspects. But in Watchmen, the characters seemed to reflect their upbringing. Like how The Comedian went to war multiple times, disregards the lives of others, because in the end they all die. He seems to be the one move with the