Formed in 1966 by Captain Metropolis, this new group of masked adventurers was made up of folks who grew up watching their favorite costumed heroes in action. Comprised of freaks, fans, fools and family, The Crimebusters ushered in a whole new dangerous era. By bizarre accident, one of their members actually developed superpowers … but we’ll get to him in a moment.
These are the main characters of Watchmen (the comic and the movie) from left to right: Edward Blake/The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Laurie Jupiter/Silk Spectre II (Malin Akerman), Jon Osterman/Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl II (Patrick Wilson) and Walter Kovacs/Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley).