blog post about watchmen

A particularly effective scene in the first chapter was the reader's introduction to Ozymandias and the profits he's made off of his masked alter ego-- Rorschach condemns this as "prostitution." Ozymandias contends he's "never claimed to be anyone special" and his superhuman reputation is the work of "over enthusiastic PR men." It's a parody of the extensive merchandise spawned by superhero comics, but also points out the power of public image and its distance from reality.  Receptiveness to good marketing can make us less inclined to question the qualifications and actions of people in power, something that fits with the context of post-Vietnam disillusionment the comic was written in. Are there other instances where this gap is brought up?