Who are the Main Watchmen Characters?

Watchmen is worth watching because of its lead characters. Watchmen characters of the film adaptation not only dress up in awesome, eye-catching costumes, but also possess mysterious and complex personalities. That’s why a lot of Watchmen fans are drawn to them.

Rorschach

Leading the roster of Watchmen characters is the inkblot-masked man in trench coat named Rorschach. Also known as Walter Kovacs, Rorschach is a superhero with a mysterious identity. Just like the well-known psychological test that uses perception of inkblots to determine a person’s mental state, Rorschach sees everything in black and white—meaning, the good and the evil can be clearly differentiated. The inkblots on his mask morph every time his mood changes, making this Watchmen character all the more enigmatic.

Silk Spectre II

In the movie, one cannot forget the female lead role of Silk Spectre II (Laurie Juspeczyk), the daughter of the original Silk Spectre. Dressed in yellow and black sexy suit, Laurie has been trained by her mother as a crime fighter.

Nite Owl

Daniel Dreiberg, better known as the second Nite Owl, is following the footsteps of the first Nite Owl Hollis Mason, even if the former has already retired as a crime fighter. He keeps a hiding place that contains his ship (the Archimedes), costume, and gadgets. Daniel develops a romantic affair with Silk Spectre II.

Doctor Manhattan

Doctor Manhattan, also known as Dr. Jon Osterman, turned into a blue-skinned guy after he was trapped in an intrinsic field subtractor. Of all the Watchmen characters, Dr. Manhattan is the only one who has real superhero powers.

The Comedian

The Comedian is Edward Morgan Blake, who began his vigilante career in the late 1930s as a teenager. Over the years, he became a patriotic hero for the United States. 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”.

Ozymandias

Adrian Veidt was formerly the superhero Ozymandias, drawing inspiration from his hero Alexander the Great and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, for whom he is named. At the start of Watchmen he has retired to devote his attention to the running of his own enterprises.