Året er 1985 og en atomkrig mellem USA og USSR truer. Næsten alle superheltene er blevet tvunget til at lægge kostumerne, men da en eks-helt dør under mystiske omstændigheder, beslutter superhelten Rorshach at undersøge sagen. Flere af hans maskerede kolleger vender tilbage fra pensionist livet for at hjælpe. Undervejs afslører de et grueligt komplot, og så er der atter brug for superheltene.
When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the outlawed but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion — a disbanded group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers — Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future.
