This book is what comics are all about and show how the product has grown in maturity with its readers. However, in the run-up to the movie coming out I was interested to see what the new digital colouring and over-sized format does to the end-product and I can confirm that this is not the Absolute edition, it is the Definitive version. Rolling Stone "His sci-fi detective masterpiece Watchmen made [Alan Moore] the comic industry's de facto leader back in 1986.

There is quite a bit of supplemental material thrown in at the back of the book (interviews, original script / concept drawing highlights etc. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This edition, not only comes in an imposing hardback cover, but is also packed with extras, including samples of promotional art for the comic, preliminary character design sketches by Dave Gibbons, and excerpts from Alan Moore's insanely detailed scripts.Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all-too-human failings.

Along the way, the concept of the superhero is dissected as an unknown assassin stalks the former heroes. Additionally, this grand tome will include 48 pages of supplemental material produced exclusively for the Graphitti Designs Watchmen hardcover edition and not seen since their original publication.This oversized hardcover collection, packaged inside a beautifully designed slipcase, will be the cornerstone of any serious comic book collection.