Edward Blake (Watchmen TV Series)

The Comedian
HBO's Watchmen‎
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Real Name	Edward Blake
Main Alias	The Comedian
Relatives	Laurie Blake (daughter)
Affiliation	Formerly Crimebusters, New Minutemen
Base Of Operations	New York City
Status
Alignment	Neutral
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Vigilante
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Watchmen (TV Series)
Creators	Alan Moore · Dave Gibbons
First Appearance	"This Extraordinary Being" (November 24, 2019)
Appearance of Death	Peteypedia

We all have family. Some of them we just don't talk about.

— Agent Blake

Edward Blake was the Comedian, a cruel vigilante and the estranged father of Laurie Blake. He was a member of both the New Minutemen and the Crimebusters, as well as a hero in the Vietnam War.

History

Edward Blake joined the New Minutemen after the team was founded by Captain Metropolis, taking up the moniker of the Comedian.

On October 2, 1940, during the team's tenure, Blake sexually assaulted his teammate Silk Spectre. At the time, he was twenty and she was sixteen. The assault was stopped by Hooded Justice. Though Jupiter wanted to testify against the Comedian, the Minutemen all suggested against it for political reasons.

Eight years later, Sally and the Comedian would have consensual sex, with Sally being impregnated with their daughter Laurie. Laurie would be raised by her mother, not knowing who her true father was. After his time as part of the Minutemen, the Comedian joined another team known as the Crimebusters. He later went on to fight in the Vietnam War alongside Doctor Manhattan, becoming a war hero and an inspiration to his fellow conservatives everywhere, including one Turley, who would later run for president of the United States.

In 1985, the Comedian was killed by his former vigilante teammate Ozymandias for his connection to a conspiracy Veidt had been orchestrating to end the Cold War. At this point, Blake's daughter Laurie would learn of her true parentage and would take his last name.

Blake's murder would be exposed by Rorschach in his journal he sent to the newspaper New Frontiersman. However, the journal would be considered a hoax and just the ramblings of a madman; Veidt would shrug off the rumors as "fake news".

In 2019, a documentary series called American Hero Story: Minutemen aired, dramatizing all the known information about the Minutemen's adventures and drama.

Notes

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series Watchmen and is an adaptation of Eddie Blake. The original character was created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons and first appeared in Watchmen #1.
• Though an actor portraying the Comedian in a television series first appeared in It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice, Edward Blake himself wouldn't appear until This Extraordinary Being.

• Both real-life actors went uncredited in their roles.
  

Trivia

• According to Dale Petey, the Comedian was a popular hero with American conservatives.

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