Edward Blake

Few characters carry the moral weight of Edward Blake, who made his comics debut in Watchmen in 2009 under the Urban Comics imprint, brought to life by the legendary creative team of Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and Geneviève Coulomb. A Modern Age figure whose presence looms large despite a relatively compact catalog footprint of four appearances, Blake shares the page with an extraordinary cast — Le Hibou, Spectre soyeux, Jonathan Osterman, Laurie Juspeczyk, and Daniel Dreiberg — a roster that speaks to the rich, layered world he inhabits. His place at the heart of Watchmen marks him as one of comics' most compelling and morally complex figures, the kind of character whose shadow falls across every page even when he isn't on it. If you're discovering this corner of the Urban Comics catalog, Edward Blake is an essential reason to start here.