Alan Moore′s Watchmen is set in 1985 and chronicles the alternative history of the United States where the US edges dangerously closer to nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Within this world exists a group of crime busters, who don elaborate costumes to conceal their identity and fight crime, and an intricate plot to kill and discredit these "superheroes." * Paperback: 240 pages * Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (16 Jan 2009) * Language English * ISBN-10: 0470396857 * ISBN-13: 978-0470396858 * Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm