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ManofTheAtom said:Let me guess, you're one of those that thinks that Watchmen is the end all and be all of comics and Moore is a God, right?



No. I just think it's the best comic ever. And Moore is probably the best comic writer ever.

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You do know that it is possible to come up with better concepts and stories than Watchmen, right?



Quite possible. I'd aim for that if I was a writer. Hasn't happened yet, though. Besides, Watchmen's genius isn't so much about the concept, it's more about how it's told and how the story is constructed.

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Watchmen was the first word on modern comics, not the last.



It was one of the first words in dark comics, and it should have been the last. Everything grim that came out afterwards was an attempt to recreate Watchmen and DKR. Like all imitations, they were inferior.

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So yes, Darkness and Witchblade can be better than Watchmen.



They could potentially be. Are they? From what I've seen, they're not even close. Not the concepts, not the stories.

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And no, it wouldn't have been the same story with the old characters.

It would have been similar but not exactly the same.



Right. Different names and costumes, as I said.

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There were things Moore did with the new characters he couldn't have done with the original ones.



That's the whole point. He had to change them because he wasn't allowed to do certain things with the original characters.