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Watchmen is concerned with levels of authenticity and the contrast between objective and subjective perspectives. Is [[Rorschach]] the 'hero', because of his intense personal conviction, or is he merely an emotionally-damaged liability, overshadowed by the superficially less complex [[Nite Owl]], who dedicates equivalent levels of capital to more and more elaborate toys and masks?

The book is also concerned with props, masks and a general investigation of the "realness" and "perfection" of costumed crimefighters, all but one of which are ordinary human beings encased in physical, spiritual, and mental masks. It inspects the depth and literality of [[Übermensch]]en in a [[naturalist]]ic setting. The evolution of superheroes is presented as an [[arms race]] of authenticity, starting with a masked wrestler, then a masked cop, then techno-dilettantes and madmen and vigilantes, finally culminating in the genuinely superhuman [[Doctor Manhattan]]—the hero that is so "real" that he not only makes superheroesthe costumed crimefighters obsolete, he makes all of mankind irrelevant.

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