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Occulted Watchmen: The True Fate of 'Hooded Justice' & 'Captain Metropolis' is a paper by James Gifford, originally published in 1999. The paper presents a theory that both Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis did not die (as is alluded to in the supplementary material presented with Watchmen), but are alive and well in 1985, and further that they appear together in a panel in Chapter I: At Midnight, All the Agents.... This theory was disproved with the release of Before Watchmen, where Hooded Justice was shown being killed by Nite Owl 1 (Hollis Mason).

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  • Occulted Watchmen: The True Fate of 'Hooded Justice' & 'Captain Metropolis' is a paper by James Gifford, originally published in 1999. The paper presents a theory that both Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis did not die (as is alluded to in the supplementary material presented with Watchmen), but are alive and well in 1985, and further that they appear together in a panel in Chapter I: At Midnight, All the Agents.... This theory was disproved with the release of Before Watchmen, where Hooded Justice was shown being killed by Nite Owl 1 (Hollis Mason).
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  • Occulted Watchmen: The True Fate of 'Hooded Justice' & 'Captain Metropolis' is a paper by James Gifford, originally published in 1999. The paper presents a theory that both Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis did not die (as is alluded to in the supplementary material presented with Watchmen), but are alive and well in 1985, and further that they appear together in a panel in Chapter I: At Midnight, All the Agents.... The article presents evidence (much of it conjectural) that two men depicted in the foreground of panel I:25:4 (that is, Chapter I, page 25, panel 4) are Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis, then suggests a theory concerning how they have survived despite widespread belief that they are dead. In particular, it suggests that the pair faked their own deaths in order to retire. Hooded Justice's identity as Rolf Müller is assumed. The paper makes repeated suggestions that, due to the many details that lend credence to the theory, that it must have been an intentional reference by Dave Gibbons (and possibly Alan Moore as well). However, as reported in Rich Johnston's column Lying in the Gutters, when Dave Gibbons was asked about this theory he replied "That wasn't our intention, but it's such an interesting and plausible theory that I'm reluctant to deny it!" Johnston suggested it was fate conspiring against the creators. This theory was disproved with the release of Before Watchmen, where Hooded Justice was shown being killed by Nite Owl 1 (Hollis Mason). The remainder of this article is adapted from excerpts of the original paper. A link to an updated version of the paper is included at the bottom of this article.
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