Watchmen. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

In Portuguese, 432 pages, carton cover, in color. 17 x 26 cm. DC Comics, Levoir. Price EUR 39,90
This is possibly the most celebrated superhero book ever and was one of the turning points in 1986, in the United States, that would start a transformation of the perception of comics, perhaps in the world. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons posed a simple question, already tried, but answered here with greater seriousness and consequence: what would the "real" world be like if these superhero figures existed, that is, people with extraordinary and masked abilities in search of justice outside the laws of society? Goodwill and coexistence with the political powers would lead to the debacle.
Employing original characters that mirror versions of several famous heroes, this work would pave the way for many imitations, but none as completely and intrinsically comic book (and the film adaptation does not bode well for the formal and "literary" complexity of the book). Although it is necessary to have some knowledge of the imagery that populates this genre, Watchmen is a masterpiece of the medium.