Watchmen: where to start reading

After Season 1, in the books you are

at Watchmen (the complete graphic novel).

the show is a sequel set decades after the book; the graphic novel comes first.

Show and books diverge hereBeyond the published novels

The single season is an original continuation set long after the graphic novel's events, treating the book as canon rather than adapting it. Read the graphic novel first.

📖 Start reading at the original graphic novel

🔒Spoiler-safe, only what the show already showed you.

Get the book

Season 1 draws on this book. Read the full story:

Watchmen (the complete graphic novel)

Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

Bookshop.org →Amazon →

or borrow it: your library

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1. S1Past the published booksbeyond

the showthe books

The HBO series is a sequel to the graphic novel, not an adaptation of it. It treats the original twelve issues as canon and sets its own story decades later, so the book is where to begin reading, and the show never retells it.