Watchmen Noir

Script Alan Moore, art by Dave Gibbons, all material is ©DC Comics. For a complete list of all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

cover from interior art

This volume (ISBN: 978-1-4012-6529-8, 12 x 8 inches or 30 x 20 cm, 410 pages, cover price $39.99) was published by DC Comics in October 2016. A picture below is for size comparison with book #1 of the latest Collector's Edition, and the Absolute edition inner book. There is another picture of the sewn binding.

The book features the same plain black second and third of cover. Below are the opening pages and full credit pages. Notice that there is no introduction or foreword in this edition.

This edition reprints the 12 issues of Watchmen in clean B&W (no shades of grey), including the covers, and back covers.

Below is a comparison with an original art scan from the IDW Artifact Edition.

back cover of issue #1

The book finishes with a one page authors' bio.