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Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ' seminalWatchmenhas long been sound out to be un - adaptable , but apparently nobody told the writers of The Simpsons that . The SimpsonsSuper Spectacular # 13puts a unique , yellowish - skinned spin on the iconic book in 2011 ’s absurd parodySplotchmen .
The write up revolve around an unidentified vigilance man hellbent on keep a bake - off between Springfield and Shelbyville for cause unknown to the reader . This less - than - subtle bash off of Rorschach , Pastry Face warns that the competition will write end of the world for both towns and attempt assistance from Springfield ’s fighter , both new and old ( in this story basically everyone has a grand alter - ego , so there ’s plenteousness to choose from ) . But while the chief secret plan is interesting , the real star of this book is its lampooning ofWatchmenand the stupefying number of homages and source it contains .
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Instead of The Comedian , the book opens with a police investigation in the apartment of Krusty the Clown , who , it ’s revealed , formerly fought crime as TheKomedian . Doctor Manhattan is exchange by Doctor New Haven , the result of Professor Frink having a terrible accident while researching the " volatile belongings of creams and custards " forThe Journal of the Springfield Academy of Culinary Chemistrythat lead the scientist dyed blue . LikeWatchmen , the issue is interspersed with text from fictional in - creation books to crack up its chapters , including Krusty ’s memoir of his crime fighting days : Don’t Mask , Do n’t Tell .
And even all that is barely scrub the open of the Easter testicle for astuteWatchmenfans to find . Instead of the constantly wind down clock that finish each chapter ofWatchmen , Splotchmenends its section with a Proto-Indo European tin containing one less slice each metre it look . Throughout the issue , Milhouse spends much of his fourth dimension reading a Radioactive Man comic account book , with its instrument panel lay to rest - cut with the master history short letter , à laTales of the Black Freighter(Comic Book Guy , remain firm in forWatchmen ’s paper marketer , asks why he ’s constantly reading out aloud ) .
There ’s Cold War stress , a local sovereign newspaper called The New Springfieldsman , and even Dr. Manhattan ’s Martian self - exile gets theSimpsonstreatment . Except this fourth dimension it plow out Dr. New Haven just engage himself inside the local planetarium once he ’s " lost the will to loiven . "
And while the comedian is a goldmine forWatchmendie hards , Simpsonsfans will have plenty to enjoy even if they ’ve never read the original Holy Scripture . Besides the core theatrical role , readers will encounter Bumblebee Man , Kent Brockman , and Duffman ( who has acomic pedigree floor of his own ) . There ’s even a succession set in Shelbyville featuring the bizarro Speed - E - Mart and a quick cameo from that townsfolk ’s Milhouse . Also , it turns out Fat Tony used to be Thin Tony in his early days of crime .
The number of callback - as well as the writers ' and artists ' attention to detail - is remarkable and tell of just how much the creatorsappreciate the comical sensitive . Any sports fan of Watchmen or The Simpsons ( or ideally both ) owes it to themselves to give it a read . So who is Pastry Face ? Who ’s been behind the efflorescence of attacks seemingly intend to further split up the two towns ? rooter will have to check outThe Simpsons Super Spectacular # 13to receive out . They just in all likelihood should n’t keep their finger crossed for theWatchmenBabies inV for Vacationadaptation anytime before long .
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