The Secret Origin of The Crimebusters
Step 1: Sean Cook has a request. (1967)
Step 2: DC's Paul Levitz arranges the purchase of Captain Atom, Peacemaker, Nightshade, Thunderbolt, Blue Beetle, the Question, and Sarge Steel from Charlton, for $5000 each. It's a gift of sorts for Dick Giordano, the former Charlton editor who's recently been promoted to Vice President/Executive Editor at DC. (1983)
Step 3: Alan Moore pitches a dark 12-part story, "Who Killed the Peacemaker?", which incorporates the Charlton characters. DC rejects it on the ground that the story's outcome will render the properties useless. (1985)
Step 4: Dr. Manhattan, The Comedian, the Silk Spectre, Ozymandias, Night Owl, and Rorschach replace Captain Atom, Peacemaker, Nightshade, Thunderbolt, Blue Beetle, and the Question in Moore's story, which is retitled Watchmen. (1986)
And in Watchmen #2, Sean Cook finally gets his wish:
Step 2: DC's Paul Levitz arranges the purchase of Captain Atom, Peacemaker, Nightshade, Thunderbolt, Blue Beetle, the Question, and Sarge Steel from Charlton, for $5000 each. It's a gift of sorts for Dick Giordano, the former Charlton editor who's recently been promoted to Vice President/Executive Editor at DC. (1983)
Step 3: Alan Moore pitches a dark 12-part story, "Who Killed the Peacemaker?", which incorporates the Charlton characters. DC rejects it on the ground that the story's outcome will render the properties useless. (1985)
Step 4: Dr. Manhattan, The Comedian, the Silk Spectre, Ozymandias, Night Owl, and Rorschach replace Captain Atom, Peacemaker, Nightshade, Thunderbolt, Blue Beetle, and the Question in Moore's story, which is retitled Watchmen. (1986)
And in Watchmen #2, Sean Cook finally gets his wish:
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