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Nothing’s Funny About Edward Blake’s Sense Of HumorHe’s rough, he’s tough, he’s ready to go get the job done! From the comic books, to the big screen, to your adult costume party or Halloween party, here comes the Watchman’s the Comedian! There’s nothing funny about the way this cynical superhero solves problems with violence! He’s got a million dollar smile and blood that’s cold as ice. Our Comedian Costumes include jumpsuit with attached molded armor, attached boot tops and eyemask. |
The Comedian is Edward Blake. The Comedian was based on the Charlton Comics character Peacemaker, with elements of the Marvel Comics spy character Nick Fury added. Moore and Gibbons saw The Comedian as “a kind of Gordon Liddy character, only a much bigger, tougher guy”. Moore has observed elsewhere that the character’s pseudonym was inspired by Graham Greene’s novel ‘The Comedians’. Gibbons went with a Groucho Marx-style appearance (moustache and cigar) for the Comedian in his design, deciding that the “clown” look had already been appropriated by DC Comics’ Joker.
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His costume itself was noted by Gibbons as being particularly problematic, he was initially designed with a more militaristic costume which was later dropped for a black leather outfit with a “rapist mask”. He believes that humans are savage in nature, and that civilization can never be more than an idea. He therefore chooses to become a mockery of society, fighting and killing without reservation.
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Blake’s murder, which takes place shortly before the story begins in 1985, sets the plot of Watchmen in motion. The character appears throughout the story in flashbacks and aspects of his personality are revealed by other characters. Richard Reynolds described The Comedian as “ruthless, cynical, and nihilistic, and yet capable of deeper insights than the others into the role of the costumed hero”. Nicholas Michael Grant said the Comedian is “the only character in the Watchmen universe who is almost totally unlikeable.”
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