Who likes pirates? Everybody, as issue #3 of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen, “The Judge of All the Earth,” introduces the incredible juxtaposition of “Tales of the Black Freighter.” Meanwhile, Dr. Manhattan deals with several surprising setbacks, Dan and Laurie draw closer, and the Doomsday Clock ticks ever closer to midnight.

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Plus, here’s a transcript of the episode for you to read through as you listen:

Alex:                 Welcome to Watchmen Watch, a
podcast about HBO’s Watchmen, who watches the Watchmen? We watch the Watchmen,
also watch you watching the Watchmen. I’m Alex.

Justin:              I’m Justin.

Pete:                I am Pete. That’s a lot of
watching.

Alex:                 It is a lot of watching.
Unfortunately, there’s one person who isn’t going to be watching this week.
Justin, what’s going on here?

Justin:              Obviously, our fourth host, Alan
Moore, he is usually here for this. I think he’s been at all of them up until
this one, but he just texted me. He can’t make it, he’s trapped in the mid
’80s.

Alex:                 Oh.

Justin:              And so his Skype settings aren’t
working quite correctly.

Alex:                 This is the problem with having
a guy who has the power of time travel on our podcast. It’s very disappointing,
but you know what? He’s been a good friend. The other day I was feeling a
little down and he just appeared. He apparated, if you will, and said,
“Hey, how you doing buddy? You want to hang out? You want to get some
PSLs?” And I was like, “Yeah, I want to get some PSLs.” And he
bought us the PSLs, venti eve, venti PSLs. That’s the kind of guy, Alan Moore
is.

Justin:              Wow, that’s good. He’s a good
friend, a great enemy and a magnificent bastard.