Rorschach is unconvinced of Veidt's theory that Blake was assassinated by a bitter arch-rival.
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Veidt is first seen when Rorschach visits him to get his opinion on Blake's murder and to warn about a possible serial killer targeting superheroes. This led Veidt to personally murder the Comedian, setting off the chain of events told in the story of Watchmen. the Comedian, stumbled upon Veidt's plans. Upon completion of his project, Veidt planned to murder all of his (unwitting) accomplices and arrange the psychological deterioration and self-exile of the presumably invincible Doctor Manhattan.įellow vigilante Edward Blake, a.k.a. He became very wealthy and was known as a great humanitarian, and used this to bankroll his secret scheme of creating a catastrophic event to deceive the world into uniting against a common enemy and thus avert nuclear war. Two years before costumed heroes were banned by the Keene Act, Adrian Veidt revealed his secret identity, retired from superheroism and marketed his image. It was at this moment that Veidt began to believe superheroics were not enough to save the world, and began plotting a method that could.ĭue to the increasingly negative perceptions of vigilantes by the media, Veidt predicted that the public would turn away from them. In 1966, he was invited by former Minuteman and adventurer Captain Metropolis to become a member of the Crimebusters, but the group never came to fruition due to the Comedian's breaking up of the meeting.
He debuted in early 1958 by exposing a drug ring in New York City. On returning to the US, he began training himself to achieve peak physical condition, becoming a world-class gymnast in the process.Īt age nineteen, Veidt named himself Ozymandias (the Greek name for Ramesses II) and became a costumed vigilante, earning a reputation as "the smartest man on the planet” and using his physical skills to non-violently incapacitate opponents. As he finished his travels in Egypt, he realized that Alexander was a pale imitation of Ramesses II, who became Veidt's new hero. During an excursion into the Middle East, Veidt consumed a ball of hashish and saw visions of the past. Veidt embarked on a vision quest, following the route of his childhood idol Alexander the Great. After his parents' deaths, he inherited their substantial fortune at age seventeen, but chose to give it all to charity as he wanted to make something of himself on his own. He then hid this information from his elders and peers by deliberately achieving average marks. As a child, he received high grades in school, and it was noted that he was very intelligent.
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An older Adrian Veidt appeared in the 2019 limited television series Watchmen, played by Jeremy Irons.Īdrian Veidt was born in 1939, and is the son of wealthy German-American immigrant parents. Veidt made his live-action debut in the 2009 film Watchmen, played by Matthew Goode. Ozymandias is ranked number 25 on Wizard 's Top 200 Comic Book Characters list and number 21 on IGN's Top 100 Villains list. Created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, named "Ozymandias" in the manner of Ramesses II, his name recalls the famous poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, which takes as its theme the fleeting nature of empire and is excerpted as the epigraph of one of the chapters of Watchmen.
Lee's art reeks of dark ambition, vague sensuality and pride. The drawings are well-placed, almost always under the notion of self-centeredness and symmetry. Jae Lee in his unique art perfectly complements Wein's interpretation. Wein has carefully crafted the significant moments of Veidt's life from youth until the moment he decides to wear that awful purple robe and boots.
Geez, number of "I"s in this issue is significantly more than the "na"s in Hey Jude. Len Wein interprets Ozymandias as a narcissistic and egotistic man, who with his intellectual and physical prowess plans to rule and change the world. This origin story of Veidt adds more depth and ambition to his character. This guy, dubbed as the "smartest man of the world", the one who was the one responsible for millions of deaths at the end of Watchmen is more than that. We all know Adrian Veidt or Ozymandias as the one closest to being an antagonist in the Watchmen series. This six-part series is written by Len Wein and illustrated by Jae Lee. Happy 2017! My first (Re)read this year is Before Watchmen: Ozymandias.
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