The Underboss is a former powerful crime boss who was brought down by Rorschach and Nite Owl II, during their time as partners.
Biography[]
In 1965, Underboss was captured by Nite Owl II and Rorschach in his hideout, located in the sewer, during the height of his criminal empire and was put in Sing Sing.
In 1973, however, he broke out of prison during a riot with the help from Jimmy the Gimmick and a mysterious partner. While pursuing him, Rorschach and Nite Owl II find that he has seemingly murdered two innocent news reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, which they confront him with upon cornering him at a construction site. After being beaten, Underboss insisted that he is innocent of this particular charge. Underboss began to explain what he does know about the murders, only to be shot in the head by a mysterious sniper and launched several stories to the ground. Miraculously, Underboss survives, but ends up in a coma. The whole Underboss escape turned out to be a part of a plan to eliminate both reporters, the would-be informers of the Watergate scandal. His mysterious partner, who set him up and organized the murder of the reporters, was the Comedian himself.[1]
Powers and Abilities[]
In the fight, Underboss repeatedly runs up staircases while dispatching his minions to fight the heroes for him, but when he does fight he proves to be a very worthy opponent, with incredible strength, very high stamina, and a flamethrower apparatus carried on his back. After getting shot in the head and launched several stories to the ground, Underboss survives, again showing how strong he is, as a newspaper seen during the ending states that he is in a coma and not dead.
Trivia[]
- Underboss is briefly mentioned in the original comic series and fully appears in the videogame Watchmen: The End Is Nigh.
- The reporters killed were Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who in real life would eventually expose Richard Nixon's corruption. The Comedian killed them and framed Underboss as part of his classified government work for Nixon.