Pale Horse

"Though maybe I'll borrow them for Pale Horse's Madison Squares Garden concerts in early November. They're kinda devo. (Chapt. 7, page 10, panel 2)

Moore has made Pale Horse the name of a band in the Watchmen and ties it into the novel in several ways. It shows up in dialogue, graffiti, posters and logos on the back of some of the Katie Head's jackets. This is a reference to Revelation 6:8. The King James Bible reads "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." The Pale Horse is one of the many symbols that foreshadow the destruction Veidt causes later in the novel. Moore is implying Veidt's similarity to the Pale Horse and that he is devo or on the rise.

~"Revelation 6:8 I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who." Online Parallel Bible: Weaving God's Word into the Web. 29 Mar. 2009 .