The Dark Knight may have the everyday comic book and action movie fans drooling in anticipation but the true comic book aficionados are holding out for the Zack Snyder (300) directed Watchmen. Based on a critically acclaimed and multi-award winning graphic novel, Watchmen is set in a 1985 alternative history United States where costumed heroes are real and the country is on the brink of nuclear war with the Soviet Union. It tells the story of how these heroes react when one of their own is murdered. Check out the first ever pictures of the heroes below.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as The Comedian:

Patrick Wilson as Nite Owl:

Matthew Goode as Ozymandias:

Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach:

Malin Akerman as Silk Spectre II:

Fun “Facts”: Don’t worry they didn’t get the costume designer from Batman & Robin to put nipples on Ozymandias’ suit. It’s based off of Roman Centurion armour, which has the fake abs and nipples. It’s his whole motif.