Ok, everybody here knows than the Watchmen characters were based in the Charlton characters, that has been said several times here.
However little has been said of their predecessors, the Minutemen. Outside the original Nite-Owl, who I guess it was bassed in Dan Garret, the first Blue Beetle, little is known about the background of the Minutemen. Well, it is true than in the story itself there was also little said about them too. But still I am curious about them.
Were they totally new ideas of Moore and Gibbons or were they based in other characters too? I have read than the Red Circle characters were the basis for such ideas but I never had seen a clear explanation or a more clear description of that idea.
So who were they based on if they also had some analogues around? Captain Metropolis, Hooded Justice, Dollar Bill, Silhouette, Mothman. We know about Silk Spectre, Comedian and Nite Owl. But the rest?
Do you have any idea?