Question: who are the watchmen and what are their powers

title: List of Watchmen characters
text: In Before Watchmen : The Minutemen # 1 , additional details are revealed about Comedian while material from the main story is somewhat retconned . It is revealed that the Comedian got his start as a costumed adventurer at the young age of sixteen and had a prior criminal record for assault . Unlike the rest of the costumed heroes of the Minutemen , he is shown to be driven by greed and an inherent love for violence . In particular , he assaults a bartender after breaking up a bar fight and steals liquor and money from the cash register . The issue also implies Blake may have been a victim of severe child abuse as he claims that a `` caseworker '' told him what he suffered was the cause of his violent outbursts , though Blake 's status as an unreliable narrator makes the claim uncertain . The