Thirty-five years after Ozymandias dropped a giant squid on New York City, killing thousands and destroying the publics trust in heroes once and for all, Rorschach reappears as an assassin trying to kill a candidate running against President Robert Redford. Who is the man behind the mask, and whats his goal? Its up to one detective to uncover the identity of this would-be killerand it will take him into a web of conspiracies involving alien invasions, disgraced do-gooders, mystic visions, and, yes, comic books.