Rorschach visits Adrian Veidt, a retired hero formerly known as Ozymandias and a current billionaire, at his office.

A man speaks up and claims that none of them know, so Rorschach releases Steve and leaves.

A man named Steve mocks Rorschach, who then starts breaking the man's pinky and index fingers while continuing to ask the entire bar who killed Edward Blake. He talks to Harry, asking who killed Edward Blake. Rorschach later takes his investigation to a seedy bar called Happy Harry's, where the owner and patrons very fearfully know him well. Rorschach soon leaves but not before giving The Comedian's blood-stained smiley face badge that he found to Dan. Dan is skeptical of this idea, but Rorschach points out that the Comedian had made a lot of enemies over the past forty years. Rorschach proposes another theory that someone is attempting to eliminate costumed heroes. Dan suggests that given Blake's services and history, his murder could have been a political killing in response to his actions in toppling Marxist Republics in South America. Rorschach tells Dan that he has been investigating Blake's death. Rorschach informs Dan of the Comedian's death, who proposes moving their discussion to the workshop in the basement where Dan stores his Nite Owl equipment. After their discussion is over, Dan returns to his apartment to find his door broken in and Rorschach awaiting him while helping himself to a can of cold beans. Meanwhile, Dan Dreiberg is visiting Hollis Mason at the latter's home where they discuss their time as Nite Owl. Rorschach realizes that Edward Blake was the American government-sponsored costumed adventurer known as the Comedian. That night, however, Rorschach enters and searches Blake's apartment, finding a compartment containing weapons, a leather costume, and a picture of the Minutemen. The detectives decide to cover up the investigation in order to avoid interference from the vigilante Rorschach. The detectives conclude that Blake's assailant(s) were rather strong, citing Blake's large and stronger physique as well as the strength of the glass window that Blake was thrown out of. NYPD Detectives Steve Fine and Joe Bourquin investigate the murder of Edward Blake, who was thrown out of his apartment window and fell many stories to his death. Synopsis for 'At Midnight, All the Agents.'

2 Appearing in 'At Midnight, All the Agents.'.

1 Synopsis for 'At Midnight, All the Agents.'.

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