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October 12 in Fiction

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Watchmen
Movie Watchmen (2009)

10/12/1985

On October 12, 1985, the body of Edward Blake — The Comedian — is thrown through the window of his high-rise apartment. Only Rorschach suspects a conspiracy against former costumed heroes, and his journal entry that night opens Alan Moore's graphic novel: 'Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists.'