Watchmen is a written work.
Literature , in its broadest sense , is any single body of written works . Watchmen is an American comic-book limited series published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 , and collected in 1987 . A commercial success , Watchmen has received critical acclaim both in the comics and mainstream press , and is considered by several critics and reviewers to be one of the most significant works of 20th-century literature .