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HBO’s Watchmen changed comic canon without changing anything
HBO’s Watchmen bills itself as a continuation of the formative 1986 graphic novel, not a remake, and it has followed through. With a story set 34 years after the events of the book, the show has explored the fallout from Watchmen, but not interacted with its story directly.
But that all changes in the series’ sixth episode, “This Exceptional Being,” in which Watchmen the TV show makes a big change to Watchmen the comic — and does it without actually changing a thing.
[Ed. note: This piece contains major spoilers for episode 6 of Watchmen.]
“This Exceptional Being” reveals something that the original Watchmen comic stubbornly left a mystery: the identity of Hooded Justice. America’s first costumed crime fighter, who inspired the other Minutemen to take up the being, was William Reeves, the childhood survivor of the destruction of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Black Wall Street, and a queer black man.
This is a big spread on the original cause material. But what’s fascinating about it isn’t just the change itself, but how expertly the folks behind HBO’s Watchmen knitted it into the canon of the Watchmen book.
Who By Patricia Willenborg
I expect my writing this was inevitable. When I first picked up the Watchmengraphic novel shortly before the film was released, people had been urging me to read it for over a decade. “
“You contain to read it,” they said, independent of one another, always with the stress in the same place. That night, I told myself that I would read the first few pages and if it didn’t grab me, I would depart it at the bookstore; no impair, no foul. But the first pages felt like fate, and I saw my reflection in its bloody smiley face. I went on to disseminate the book and film with my friends, and soon enough, they began to associate me with it. When I realized that I was capable to teach Watchmen in one of my courses years later, I jumped at the chance. When the Watchmen series began on HBO, I knew people would be asking me about it.
So yes, I have been watching the Watchmen, and yes, people possess been engaging with me about the show, the first graphic novel, and its legendary composer, Alan Moore. Reactions to each episode explode onto my feed with a vengeance.
And perhaps it was also inevitable that I would be asked if “This Extraordinary Being,” the sixth episode
Watchmen Reveals Hooded Justice’s Individuality (& Breaks From The Comic)
HBO's Watchmen revealed the shocking true identity and source of Hooded Justice in a way that breaks from the graphic novel yet still adheres to what's actually known about the masked vigilante, while also perfectly fitting the TV story by designer Damon Lindelof. Hooded Justice's presence was felt throughout Watchmen and was continually referenced thanks to the show-within-a-show, American Hero Story: Minutemen. But Watchmen episode 6, "This Extraordinary Being", pulls off the noosed crimefighter's hood once and for all: Hooded Justice is Will Reeves (Louis Gossett, Jr.), the grandfather of Detective Angela Abar (Regina King), and his disturbing life story set the stage for everything in Watchmen that followed.
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen comics introduced Hooded Justice as the first costumed vigilante who debuted in 1938 by saving a couple from a mugging in Queens, New York. Known for his excessive violence against criminals, Hooded Justice inspired others, fancy Hollis Mason AKA the first Nite Owl, to don masks and battle crime. Soon, there were enough costumed heroes to form a team phone
by Avery Ware
I sat up in his bed and glared at him through squinted eyes, “What do you intend you only slumber with Black guys? Are you a fetish queen?” Boldly he responded, “Yeah, I probably am.”
I’ll spare you the curse words that followed that expression. I was more angry with myself than him for putting myself in the predicament as I got dressed, still cursing him out, and left. Of course, this isn’t my first encounter with racist white gays and their manner of race-based fetishization. It was, however, the first time one of them so boldly professed his sexual racism while I lay unclothed in his bed.
RELATED: Watchmen, an homage to Black memory (loss)
In contemporary tradition, sexual racism is primarily discussed in relation to virtual encounters. The shared “no Blacks, no Asians” discourse on dating apps enjoy Grindr and Adam4Adam that has, rightfully, inspired essays, consider pieces, and academic studies. In other words, contemporary discourse primarily focuses on markers of exclusion based on race. Rarely, do we discuss, and even fewer times to see it portrayed in our media, of sexual racism in an intimate setting.
Much like my aforementioned encounter, episode six o 
'Watchmen' introduces black queer superhero, Hooded Justice
Editor's note: This article contains spoilers for episode 6 of Watchmen.
Fans of HBO's Watchmen series have taken to social media to applaud the show's clever introduction of Hooded Justice - a vigilante character who only appeared in one scene of the original 12-issue comic book series, written by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons in 1986.
In the comics, Hooded Justice is presented as the original superhero - never identified, but inspiring a whole trove of other masked crime-fighters after appearing on the news.
However, the writers of HBO's Watchmen have managed to blow out new life into the mysterious character, expanding upon - but not altogether altering - the show's source material.
In episode 6, titled 'This Extraordinary Being', detective Angela Abar a.k.a. Sister Night takes some magic memory pills, allowing her an unprecedented glimpse into the life and experiences of her grandfather, William Reeves. Through these flashbacks, it's revealed to Abar not only that Reeves - her grandfather - is the Hooded Justice, but that the reason he was unable to r
By Patricia Willenborg
I expect my writing this was inevitable. When I first picked up the Watchmengraphic novel shortly before the film was released, people had been urging me to read it for over a decade. “
“You contain to read it,” they said, independent of one another, always with the stress in the same place. That night, I told myself that I would read the first few pages and if it didn’t grab me, I would depart it at the bookstore; no impair, no foul. But the first pages felt like fate, and I saw my reflection in its bloody smiley face. I went on to disseminate the book and film with my friends, and soon enough, they began to associate me with it. When I realized that I was capable to teach Watchmen in one of my courses years later, I jumped at the chance. When the Watchmen series began on HBO, I knew people would be asking me about it.
So yes, I have been watching the Watchmen, and yes, people possess been engaging with me about the show, the first graphic novel, and its legendary composer, Alan Moore. Reactions to each episode explode onto my feed with a vengeance.
And perhaps it was also inevitable that I would be asked if “This Extraordinary Being,” the sixth episode
Watchmen Reveals Hooded Justice’s Individuality (& Breaks From The Comic)
HBO's Watchmen revealed the shocking true identity and source of Hooded Justice in a way that breaks from the graphic novel yet still adheres to what's actually known about the masked vigilante, while also perfectly fitting the TV story by designer Damon Lindelof. Hooded Justice's presence was felt throughout Watchmen and was continually referenced thanks to the show-within-a-show, American Hero Story: Minutemen. But Watchmen episode 6, "This Extraordinary Being", pulls off the noosed crimefighter's hood once and for all: Hooded Justice is Will Reeves (Louis Gossett, Jr.), the grandfather of Detective Angela Abar (Regina King), and his disturbing life story set the stage for everything in Watchmen that followed.
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen comics introduced Hooded Justice as the first costumed vigilante who debuted in 1938 by saving a couple from a mugging in Queens, New York. Known for his excessive violence against criminals, Hooded Justice inspired others, fancy Hollis Mason AKA the first Nite Owl, to don masks and battle crime. Soon, there were enough costumed heroes to form a team phone
by Avery Ware
I sat up in his bed and glared at him through squinted eyes, “What do you intend you only slumber with Black guys? Are you a fetish queen?” Boldly he responded, “Yeah, I probably am.”
I’ll spare you the curse words that followed that expression. I was more angry with myself than him for putting myself in the predicament as I got dressed, still cursing him out, and left. Of course, this isn’t my first encounter with racist white gays and their manner of race-based fetishization. It was, however, the first time one of them so boldly professed his sexual racism while I lay unclothed in his bed.
RELATED: Watchmen, an homage to Black memory (loss)
In contemporary tradition, sexual racism is primarily discussed in relation to virtual encounters. The shared “no Blacks, no Asians” discourse on dating apps enjoy Grindr and Adam4Adam that has, rightfully, inspired essays, consider pieces, and academic studies. In other words, contemporary discourse primarily focuses on markers of exclusion based on race. Rarely, do we discuss, and even fewer times to see it portrayed in our media, of sexual racism in an intimate setting.
Much like my aforementioned encounter, episode six o
'Watchmen' introduces black queer superhero, Hooded Justice
Editor's note: This article contains spoilers for episode 6 of Watchmen.
Fans of HBO's Watchmen series have taken to social media to applaud the show's clever introduction of Hooded Justice - a vigilante character who only appeared in one scene of the original 12-issue comic book series, written by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons in 1986.
In the comics, Hooded Justice is presented as the original superhero - never identified, but inspiring a whole trove of other masked crime-fighters after appearing on the news.
However, the writers of HBO's Watchmen have managed to blow out new life into the mysterious character, expanding upon - but not altogether altering - the show's source material.
In episode 6, titled 'This Extraordinary Being', detective Angela Abar a.k.a. Sister Night takes some magic memory pills, allowing her an unprecedented glimpse into the life and experiences of her grandfather, William Reeves. Through these flashbacks, it's revealed to Abar not only that Reeves - her grandfather - is the Hooded Justice, but that the reason he was unable to r