It's Film Noir. It's Raygun Gothic. It's a Golden Age superhero story. It's a Silver Age superhero story. It's a Dark Age superhero story. It's Sci Fi. It's Cyberpunk. It's The Pirate Jenny. It's Alternate History. It's Political. It's a Deconstruction of superheroes. It's a lot of things. It's Watchmen, and it's one of the most influential pieces of literature ever. Watchmen isn't just considered to be one of the greatest comic books ever created, but also one of the greatest novels. It made Time Magazine's list of the 100 greatest novels since the magazine's first publication in 1923.