The New York in the world of Watchmen is a pretty awful place to live in, and that's something Brian Azzarello's Rorschach reflects better than any of the Before Watchmen books. The city is practically a character unto itself in these pages. It's dank, squalid, and festering under neon lights. As Rorschach says, "Light of day makes its darkness worse. More brazen, arrogant." In many ways, that examination of Walter Kovacs' stomping grounds is the central draw in this series.
There's very little left to say about Kovacs himself that hasn't already been said. Though Azzarello seemed willing to try anyway in issue #1, the narrative here is more directly focused on Rorschach's feud with Rawhead's gang. Even the serial killer known as The Bard is nothing more than a background figure. With a few modifications, the script could just as easily be re-purposed for a character like the Punisher. And if anything, Rorschach seems a little more quick to resort to lethal violence here than he was in the original series. This is a comic where the mood and atmosphere are what set it apart, not the characters or plot twists.
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