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Watching Time: The Unauthorized Watchmen Chronology

Across the Marquee readers are no strangers to some of our past reviews of the amazing and incredibly detailed books written and produced past author Rich Handley. From Planet of the Apes, Doctor Who and Back to the Future, his meticulous publications are always packed full of juicy trivia, nostalgia, amazing facts, intricate time-lines and more. Rich'south latest is at present bachelor and we're certain will not disappoint!

Watching Time: The Unauthorized Watchmen Chronology breaks down every event of DC Comics' iconic comic book serial and theatrical film, besides every bit every spinoff story to appointment.

Click ahead to read more from the official Press Release about the latest from Hasslein Books!

Who watches the Watchmen?

In 1986, the comic-book earth experienced a profound image shift, thank you to author Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. Gone were the long-held notions that crime-fighters always did the morally right affair for the intellectually right reason, that heroes and villains were rigidly defined constants, that proficient always prevailed over evil, and that happy endings were a foregone conclusion. In their place, there was Watchmen.

Since the release of Moore's seminal deconstruction of the superhero genre, others have revisited Watchmen's dystopian
setting in the form of a motion-picture show adaptation, part-playing books, prequel comics, and multiple video games, all built upon the foundation that Moore and Gibbons laid downward xxx years agone. With DC Comics soon to bring Watchmen's characters into its mainstream continuity, and with a Watchmen Television receiver prove reportedly in the works, it's time to reexamine all that has come before.

Rich Handley's Watching Time: The Unauthorized Watchmen Chronology, now available from Hasslein Books (hassleinbooks.com/pages/book_watchmen.php), offers:

A folio from Watching Time: The Unauthorized Watchmen Chronology

• A detailed history encapsulating every recorded event from all corners of the franchise—not merely the comics, games, movie, and RPG books, but also viral videos and websites, trading cards, unproduced scripts, and other coincident sources, some quite obscure.

• A mini-"crimeline" summarizing the careers of masked law-breaking-fighters and supervillains throughout Watchmen history.

• A foreword by noted comic guru Brian Cronin of "Comic Volume Legends Revealed" fame, whose thousands of meticulously researched articles have enthralled comics fans for years.

• A nostalgic essay by Duy Tano, creator of the popular web log The Comics Cube, explaining why Watchmen is simultaneously dated and timeless.

• And a gallery showcasing more than than 250 covers from the Watchmen comics, trade-paperback collections, DVDs, Blu-rays, reference books, and video games.

Designed both for long-fourth dimension and new fans alike, Watching Time tells you everything you lot need to know about Alan Moore'southward highly influential and Hugo Award-winning ballsy and its spinoffs. The book is now available at Amazon, CreateSpace, and Barnes & Noble. For more than data or to place an lodge, visit hassleinbooks.com/pages/book_watchmen.php.

Media Requests: To obtain a review copy or arrange for an writer interview, please email info@hassleinbooks.com.

Well-nigh the Author

Rich Handley's previous works include Planet of the Apes: Tales From the Forbidden Zone for Titan Books; Timeline of the Planet of the Apes, Lexicon of the Planet of the Apes, The Dorsum to the Future Chronology, and The Back to the Future Lexicon for Hasslein Books; The Sacred Scrolls: Comics on the Planet of the Apes, Bright Eyes, Ape City: Examining the Planet of the Apes Mythos, A Long Time Ago: Exploring the Star Wars Cinematic Universe, A Galaxy Far, Far Abroad: Exploring Star Wars Comics, A More Civilized Age: Exploring the Star Wars Expanded Universe, and New Life and New Civilizations: Exploring Star Expedition Comics for Sequart; and IDW's v Star Trek comic strip hardcover reprint books.

Well-nigh Hasslein Books

Hasslein Books (hassleinbooks.com) is a New York-based contained publisher of reference guides by geeks, for geeks. In addition to Watching Time, its lineup includes unauthorized genre-based reference books based on Planet of the Apes, Back to the Future, Crimson Dwarf, and Doctor Who, with futurity volumes slated to feature Grand.I. Joe, Conflicting vs. Predator, James Bond, and more than. To stay informed regarding the company's projects, follow Hasslein Books online at facebook.com/hassleinbooks, twitter.com/hassleinbooks, and hassleinbooks.blogspot.com.

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