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Panel 1:
where we see the mail carrier delivering the journal to the mail sorting depot,
which will send the package along to its recipient
Panel 2: Note the clock in the background is very
close to the familiar minutes to midnight
motif seen throughout Watchmen.
Panel 5: The editorial cartoonist to whom Godfrey
refers is Walt Feinberg, who worked with Max Shea on the Black Freighter comic after Joe Orlando left the book – as
recounted in the back-matter to Chapter
V – and is the artist for the two-part story, “Marooned,” that the younger
Bernie has been reading at the newsstand throughout the main narrative.
Panel 6: The line read by Seymour from the journal is
a variation on the very first line of Watchmen. It may be that Seymour read it wrong, due to
Rorschach’s scratchy handwriting, or it is, more likely, a simple error on the
part of Moore or Gibbons, who also lettered the book.
Panel 7: Note that Seymour is wearing a smiley face
t-shirt, yet another instance of that prominent visual motif (sans blood
spatter).
Panel 8:
Godfrey’s comment, “I won’t
see truth and integrity buried beneath an avalanche of drivel…” is ironic
considering he’s telling Seymour to bury the truth, in the form of Rorschach’s
journal, beneath an avalanche of drivel, in the form of the crank file
submissions.
Panel 9: Again, Godfrey’s comment, “…we could miss
something important…” is ironic, considering he and Seymour are missing the
most important submission they have – Rorschach’s journal.
Godfrey’s final piece of
dialogue, “…the birds could be in the air right now…” transitions directly into
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