L.A.W. (comics)

The L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons) is a six-issue American comic book limited series, published by DC Comics. The starring team "The L.A.W." consisted of Charlton Comics characters Blue Beetle, The Question, Judomaster, Captain Atom, Peacemaker, Nightshade, and Sarge Steel. The first issue marked the first appearance of Mitchell Black as Peacemaker as well as the first appearance of super-villain Avatar. Alan Moore incarnated analogues of the team's first five main characters, along with the first incarnation of Peacemaker and Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt for the basis of his 1986 political thriller vigilante franchise Watchmen, whose character later reappear in Grant Morrison's The Multiversity series.