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Sometime after the events of the Faux New York Alien Invasion, a new Rorschach appeared, breaking a couple of criminals, Mime and Marionette, out of prison. Still unwilling to compromise, he demands that Dr. He attempts to leave the compound and reveal Veidt's actions, but is stopped by Dr. Veidt is able to convince all the gathered heroes to allow his plot to fake an alien invasion of New York to continue, but Rorschach refuses to compromise. There, he and Dreiberg confront the man and he easily bests them in physical combat. Rorschach's End.Īfter posting his journal to a newspaper, Rorschach and Dreiberg travel to Veidt's headquarters in Antarctica. Along the way, unraveling the nature of the conspiracy including the revelation that Veidt had been orchestrating events all along. Together with Dreiberg, he visits several sources seeking information. His escape is aided by Dan Dreiberg and Laurie Juspeczyk. He is sent to prison and remains there for some time before using a riot, and subsequent attempt by a former enemy to seek revenge, to escape. Rorschach goes, only to find that Jacobi has been murdered and somebody has set him up. He receives a note apparently from Jacobi requesting a meeting so he can provide Rorschach with further information. This view is strengthened when Adrian Veidt is the target of an assassination attempt. Manhattan's self-exile after allegations that he gave those close to him cancer, Rorschach becomes further convinced of a sinister plot. He visits the home of former villain Edgar Jacobi, who explains that a distraught Blake had visited him a week previously.įollowing Dr. He begins warning fellow masked heroes that he believes a masked killer is operating and may target them next, though most brush him off. Watchmen Enter: Rorschach.įollowing the murder of Edward Blake whom he soon discovers to be the Comedian, Rorschach becomes increasingly obsessed with unraveling the web of conspiracy that surrounds him and the mystery which continues to permeate the lives of the former masked heroes. He stabs the reverend through the chest with his picket sign, declaring that it had to be done. He is captured and nearly burned to death by the reverend, but rescued by Nite Owl. Simultaneously, he is working for a reverend, who is ultimately revealed to be the culprit. Later, he joins forces with Nite Owl, and becomes involved in an investigation into missing and murdered prostitutes. During a citywide blackout he is captured by the gang, but manages to escape following the deaths of both the leader, at the hands of a mob, and his second-in-command, who is killed by a tiger. He continues to hunt for the gang, while developing a tentative relationship with the waitress. Severely wounded, he is committed to a hospital by the waitress at the Gunga Diner. Investigating an organized criminal operation dealing primarily in drugs and prostitution, Rorschach is beaten and left for dead. He is closely based on the comic book characters The Question and Mr A.
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He made his first appearance in Watchmen #1. Rorschach was created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. This event galvanized his instability, driving him to forever abandon his identity as Kovacs, and to describe the Rorschach identity as his true self. Horrified, he killed the dogs and burned the killer to death. Spending several days investigating, Rorschach found that the child had been murdered and fed to dogs shortly before he arrived. He continued as a relatively benign hero for several years, working occasionally with Nite Owl, until he was involved in the investigation into the kidnapping of a young girl. Deeply affected by the murder of Kitty Genovese, he fashioned some cast-off material into a mask and became the masked crime-fighter Rorschach. He was placed in a children's home, where he thrived and remained until age 16, when he became a garment worker. Physically and emotionally abused by his mother and occasionally by her johns, he was removed from her care following an incident in which he severely injured two bullies. The son of a prostitute and an unknown father, the young Walter Kovacs was raised in poverty.